The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases 1the trial of Rosemary West.In a significant tightening of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a 2bill that will propose making payments to witnesses 3and will strictly control the amount of 4that can be given to a case 5a trial begins.In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons media select committee, Lord Irvine said he 6with a committee report this year which said that self-regulation did not 7sufficient control.8of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a 9of media protest when he said the 10of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges 11to Parliament.The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which 12the European Convention on Human Rights legally 13in Britain, laid down that everybody was 14to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families."Press freedoms will be in safe hands 15our British judges," he said.

1.A. as to
   B. for instance
   C. in particular
   D. such as

2.A.sketch
   B. rough
  C. preliminary
  D. draft

3.A.illogical
  B. illegal
  C. improbable
  D. improper

4.A.publicity
  B. penalty
  C. popularity
  D. peculiarity

5.A.since
   B. if
   C. before
   D. as

6.A.sided
   B. shared
   C. complied
   D. agreed

7.A.present
   B. offer
   C. manifest
   D. indicate

8.A.Release
   B. Publication
   C. Printing
   D. Exposure

9.A.storm
   B. rage
   C. flare
   D. flash

10.A.translation
    B. interoperation
   C. exhibition
   D. demonstration

11.A.better than
   B. other than
   C. rather than
   D. sooner than

12.A.changes
   B. makes
   C. sets
   D. turns

13.A. binding
   B. convincing
   C. restraining
   D. sustaining

14.A. authorized
   B. credited
   C. entitled
   D. qualified

15.A. with
   B. to
  C. from
  D. by

[ 本帖最后由 暴风雨骑士 于 2008-5-1 20:57 编辑 ]

参考答案及解析：
1.选D。as to关于, 至于，for instance例如，in particular特别，such as例如...,象这种的。
2.选D。draft bill草案。
3.选B。making payments to witnesses illegal 收买证人不合法。
4.选A。publicity公开，penalty处罚, 罚款，popularity普及, 流行, peculiarity特点[征, 色, 质]。
5.选C。原文的意思是：严格控制审判前案件报道的数量。
6.选D。side站在同一边，share with分享，comply with遵守，agree with 同意某人的意见。
7.选B。present介绍, 引见, offer提供, manifest表明, 证明，indicate指出, 显示。

8.选B。Release释放, 让渡, Publication公布, 发表，Printing印刷, 印刷术, Exposure暴露, 揭露。
9.选A。a storm of一股，一阵，惯用搭配。
10. 选B。translation翻译, interoperation相互#作，exhibition显示，展览会, demonstration示范, 实证。
11. 选C。other than不同于, 除了，rather than而不是…，而非…。
12. 选B。
13. 选A。binding有约束力的。
14. 选C。be entitled to sth有...的资格,有权。
15. 选A。be in safe hands with sb: 在（可靠的）人手中。

[ 本帖最后由 暴风雨骑士 于 2008-5-5 09:54 编辑 ]

15分钟，错了6个。

竟然错了7个！！！做了这么久的“一练”，这次死伤最惨重了！
文章主题的西方政治法制理念使我一开始做就晕头转向了，有很多题竟只能用自己的语法与词汇知识片面地完成，根本不能掌握到完型填空的基本要领－“统领全局，瞻前顾后”。

Anyway,多谢骑士，希望您以后多出点这样有深度的完型填空考验下我们

10、11、12、13、15连着几个空都错了，没有看明白这部分的意思。
骑士老师能把这部分翻译一下吗？谢谢！

15分钟，错了4个。

多练练就会好起来的.

错了6个 ，好恐怖！

对于完型和阅读的翻译，大家可以充分利用划词翻译工具。

只对了6个！！！