在职申硕英语考试

【单选题】The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases (61) the trial of Rosemary West.
In a significant (62) of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the LordChancellor, will introduce a (63) bill that will propose making payments to witnesses (64) and will strictly control the amount of (65) that can be given to a case (66) a trial begins.
In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House ofCommons media select committee, Lord Irvine said he (67) with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not (68) sufficient control.
(69) of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a (70) of media protest when he said the (71) of privacy controls contained inEuropean legislation would be left to judges (72) to Parliament.
The LordChancellor said introduction of the Human RightsBill, which (73) theEuropeanConvention on Human Rights legally (74) inBritain, laid down that everybody was (75) to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families.
A．tightening
B．intensifying
C．focusing
D．fastening

网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
[解析] A项tightening意为“使更严格，使更有效，加强，严格化”；B项intensifying意为“加强，增强，加剧，使尖锐”；C项focusing意为“对准焦距，把(光线、注意力等)集中于”；D项fastening意为“系牢，扣紧，束紧，把(注意力、视线)集中于”。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>