The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases ___1___ the trial of Rosemary West.
In a significant ___2___ of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a ___3___ bill that will propose making payments to witnesses ___4___ and will strictly control the amount of ___5___ that can be given to a case ___6___ a trial begins.
In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons media select committee, Lord Irvine said he ___7___ with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not ___8___ sufficient control.
___9___ of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a ___10___ of media protest when he said the ___11___ of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges ___12___ to Parliament.
The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which ___13___ the European Convention on Human Rights legally ___14___ in Britain, laid down that everybody was ___15___ to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families.
"Press freedoms will be in safe hands ___16___ our British judges," he said.
Witness payments became an ___17___ after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were ___18___ to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised ___19___ witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to ___20___ guilty verdicts.
1.（A）as to （B）for instance （C）in particular （D）such as
2.（A）tightening （B）intensifying （C）focusing （D）fastening
3.（A）sketch （B）rough （C）preliminary （D）draft
4.（A）illogical （B）illegal （C）improbable （D）improper
5.（A）publicity （B）penalty （C）popularity （D）peculiarity
6.（A）since （B）if （C）before （D）as
7.（A）sided （B）shared （C）complied （D）agreed
8.（A）present （B）offer （C）manifest （D）indicate
9.（A）Release （B）Publication （C）Printing （D）Exposure
10.（A）storm （B）rage （C）flare （D）flash
11.（A）translation （B）interpretation C） exhibition （D）demonstration
12.（A）better than （B）other than （C）rather than （D）sooner than
13.（A）changes （B）makes （C）sets （D）turns
14.（A）binding （B）convincing （C）restraining （D）sustaining
15.（A）authorized （B）credited （C）entitled （D）qualified
16.（A）with （B）to （C）from （D）by
17.（A）impact （B）incident （C）inference （D）issue
18.（A）stated （B）remarked （C）said （D）told
19.（A）what （B）when （C）which （D）that
20.（A）assure （B）confide （C）ensure （D）guarantee
Key： DADBA CDBBA BCBAC ADCDC
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