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 0select 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 参考答案：1