eteriorate
[D]depress
24、Equipment not official safety standards has all been removed from the workshop.
[A]conforming to
[B]consistent with
[C]predominant over
[D]providing for
25、As an industry,biotechnology stands toelectronics in dollar volume and perhaps surpass it in social impact by 2020.
[A]contend
[B]contest
[C]rival
[D]strive
26、The authors of the United States Constitution attempted to establish an effective national government while preserving for the states and liberty for individuals.
[A]autonomy
[B]dignity
[C]monopoly
[D]stability
27、For three quarters of its span on earth,life evolved almost as microorganisms.
[A]precisely
[B]instantly
[C]initially
[D]exclusively
28、The introduction of gunpowder gradually made the bow and arrow, particularly in Western Europe.
[A]obscure
[B]obsolete
[C]optional
[D]overlapping
29、Whoever formulated the theory of the origin of the universe,it is justand needs proving.
[A]spontaneous
[B]hypothetical
[C]intuitive
[D]empirical
30、The future of this company is:many of its talented employees are flowing into more profitable netbased businesses.
[A]at odds
[B]in trouble
[C]in vain
[D]at stake
Part ⅡCloze Test 共十分 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 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil.(10 points)
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
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