（考研英语）2001年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试《英语》试题.pdf

2001年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题 SectionI Useof English Directions: Foreachnumberedblankinthefollowingpassage,therearefourchoicesmarked[A],[B],[C],and [D]. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the correspondingletterinthebracketswithapencil.(10points) The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involvedinprominentcases 1 thetrialofRosemaryWest. Inasignificant 2 oflegalcontrolsoverthepress,LordIrvine,theLordChancellor,will introducea 3 billthatwillproposemakingpaymentstowitnesses 4 andwillstrictlycontrol theamountof 5 thatcanbegiventoacase 6 atrialbegins. InalettertoGeraldKaufman,chairmanoftheHouseofCommonsmediaselectcommittee,Lord Irvine said he 7 with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not 8 sufficientcontrol. 9 ofthelettercametwodaysafterLordIrvinecauseda 10 ofmediaprotestwhenhe saidthe 11 ofprivacycontrolscontainedinEuropeanlegislationwouldbelefttojudges 12 to Parliament. The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which 13 the European ConventiononHumanRightslegally 14 inBritain,laiddownthateverybodywas 15 to privacyandthatpublicfigurescouldgotocourttoprotectthemselvesandtheirfamilies. “Pressfreedomswillbeinsafehands 16 ourBritishjudges,”hesaid. Witnesspaymentsbecamean 17 afterWestwassentencedto10lifesentencesin1995.Upto 19witnesseswere 18 tohavereceivedpaymentsfortellingtheirstoriestonewspapers.Concerns wereraised 19 witnessesmightbeencouragedexaggeratetheirstoriesincourtto 20 guilty verdicts. - 1 - 第 1 页 共 14 页 1. ［A］asto