The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases (1) 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.

Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or Don ANSWER SHEET 1.12()

A:stated B:remarked C:said D:told

Part Ⅱ Cloze Test Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked [A] , [B] , [C] and [D]. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET I by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases (31) the trial of Rosemary West. In a significant (32) of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a (33) bill that will propose making payments to witnesses (34) and will strictly control the amount of (35) that can be given to a case (36) a trial begins. In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons media select committee. Lord Irvine said he (37) with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not (38) sufficient control. (39) of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a (40) of media protest when he said the (41) of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges (42) to Parliament. The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which (43) the European Convention on Human Rights legally (44) in Britain, laid down that everybody was (45) to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families. "Press freedoms will be in safe hands (46) our British judges," he said. Witness payments became an (47) after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were (48) to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised (49) witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to (50) guilty verdicts.

Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.48()

A:stated B:remarked C:said D:told

(He asked what) (had the weather been) like during my holidays and I (said) that (it had been awful).( )

A:He asked what B:had the weather been C:said D:it had been awful

I should never have said that. I wish I ( ) that.

A:didn’t say B:wouldn’t say C:hadn’t said D:don’t say

It was Sunday. The trains were crowded. A gentleman was walking along the platform (21) a place. In one of (22) he saw a vacant seat. But a small suitcase was (23) on it and a stout gentleman was sitting next to it. "Is this seat vacant" asked the gentleman. "No, it is my (24) " answered the stout gentleman. He is just coming. This is his suitcase. "Well," said the gentleman, "I will sit here till he (25) . "Five minutes later, the train started, (26) nobody came. "Your friend is late, "said the gentleman," He (27) his train, but he need not (28) suitcase. "And (29) these words he (30) the case and threw it out of the window. The stout gentleman jumped up to catch the case but it was too late. He regretted taking two seats for his own comfort.

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A:said B:with C:he saying D:at

It was Sunday. The trains were crowded. A gentleman was walking along the platform (21) a place. In one of (22) he saw a vacant seat. But a small suitcase was (23) on it and a stout gentleman was sitting next to it. "Is this seat vacant" asked the gentleman. "No, it is my (24) . " answered the stout gentleman. He is just coming. This is his suitcase. "Well," said the gentleman, "I will sit here till he (25) ." Five minutes later, the train started, (26) nobody came. "Your friend is late," said the gentleman, "He (27) his train, but he need not (28) suitcase. " And (29) these words he (30) the case and threw it out of the window. The stout gentleman jumped up to catch the case but it was too late. He regretted taking two seats for his own comfort.

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A:said B:with C:he saying D:at

Nowadays most people decide quite (61) what kind of work they would do. When I was at school, we had to choose (62) when we were fifteen. I chose scientific subjects. " (63) , scientists will earn a lot of money," my parents said. (64) I tried to learn physics and chemistry, but in the (65) I decided that I (66) a scientist. It was a long time (67) I told my parents that I wasn’t happy at school. "I didn’t think you were," said my mother. " (68) ," said my father. "Well, the best thing to do now is to look for a job."
I (69) about it with my friends Frank and Lesley. (70) of them (71) suggest anything, but they promised that they would ask their friends. A few days later (72) I was still in bed, (73) telephoned. "Is that Miss Jenkins" a man’s voice asked. "I (74) your hobby is photography and I’ve got a job that might interest you in my clothes factory. My name is Mr. Thomson. "He seemed pleasant on the phone (75) I went to see him. I was so excited that I almost forgot (76) goodbye. "Good luck!" my mother said to me.
I arrived (77) early and when Mr. Thomson came he asked me if I (78) waiting a long time. "No, not long." I replied. After talking to me for about twenty minutes he (79) me a job-- not as a photographer though, (80) a model!

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A:told B:asked C:talked D:said

It was Sunday. The trains were crowded. A gentleman was walking along the platform (21) a place. In one of (22) he saw a vacant seat. But a small suitcase was (23) on it and a stout gentleman was sitting next to it. "Is this seat vacant" asked the gentleman. "No, it is my (24) " answered the stout gentleman. He is just coming. This is his suitcase. "Well," said the gentleman, "I will sit here till he (25) . "Five minutes later, the train started, (26) nobody came. "Your friend is late, "said the gentleman," He (27) his train, but he need not (28) suitcase. "And (29) these words he (30) the case and threw it out of the window. The stout gentleman jumped up to catch the case but it was too late. He regretted taking two seats for his own comfort.

22()

A:said B:with C:he saying D:at

Nowadays most people decide quite (61) what kind of work they would do. When I was at school, we had to choose (62) when we were fifteen. I chose scientific subjects. " (63) , scientists will earn a lot of money," my parents said. (64) I tried to learn physics and chemistry, but in the (65) I decided that I (66) a scientist. It was a long time (67) I told my parents that I wasn’t happy at school. "I didn’t think you were," said my mother. " (68) ," said my father. "Well, the best thing to do now is to look for a job."
I (69) about it with my friends Frank and Lesley. (70) of them (71) suggest anything, but they promised that they would ask their friends. A few days later (72) I was still in bed, (73) telephoned. "Is that Miss Jenkins" a man’s voice asked. "I (74) your hobby is photography and I’ve got a job that might interest you in my clothes factory. My name is Mr. Thomson. "He seemed pleasant on the phone (75) I went to see him. I was so excited that I almost forgot (76) goodbye. "Good luck!" my mother said to me.
I arrived (77) early and when Mr. Thomson came he asked me if I (78) waiting a long time. "No, not long." I replied. After talking to me for about twenty minutes he (79) me a job-- not as a photographer though, (80) a model!

72()

A:told B:asked C:talked D:said

"Ten people are said to have been killed in the accident” could be rewritten as()

A:It is said that ten people are killed in the accident. B:It was said that ten people were killed in the accident. C:It was said that ten people had been killed in the accident. D:It is said that ten people were killed in the accident.

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