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Direction: 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 mons media selectmittee, Lord Irvine said he 37 with a mittee 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. Conerns were raised 49 witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to 50 guilty verdicts. 31.[ A] as to [ B] for instance [ C] in particular [ D] such as 32.[ A] tightening [ B] intensifying [ C] focusing [ D] fastening 33.[ A] sketch [ B] rough [ C] preliminary [ D] improper 34.[ A] illogical [ B] illegal [ C] improbable [ D] improper 35.[ A] publicity [ B] penalty [ C] popularity [ D] peculiarity 36.[ A] since [ B] if [ C] before [ D] as 37.[ A] sided [ B] shared [ C] plied [ D] agreed 38.[ A] present [ B] offer [ C] manifest [ D] indicate 39.[ A] Release [ B] Publication [ C] Printing [ D] Exposure 40.[ A] storm [ B] rage [ C] flare [ D] flash 41.[ A] translation [ B] interpretation [ C] exhibition [ D] demonstration 42.[ A] better than [ B] other than [ C] rather than [ D] sooner than 43.[ A] changes [ B] makes [ C] sets [ D] turns 44.[ A] binding [ B] convincing [ C] restraining [ D] sustaining 45.[ A] authorized [ B] credited [ C] entitled [ D] qualified 46.[ A] with [ B] to [ C] from [ D] by 47.[ A] impact [ B] incident [ C] inference [ D] issue 48.[ A] stated [ B] remarked [ C] said [ D] told 49.[ A] what [ B] when [ C] which [ D] that 50.[ A] assure [ B] confide [ C] ensure [ D] guarantee Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension Directions: Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four answers [ A] ,[ B] ,[ C] and[ D] . Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Then mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil.(40 points) Passage 1 Specialisation can be seen as a response to the problem of an increasing accumulation of scientific knowledge. By splitting up the subject matter into smaller units, one man could continue to handle the information and use it as the basis for further research. But specialisation was only one of a series of related developments in science affecting the process of munication. Another was the growing professionalisation of scientific activity. No clear cut distinction can be drawn between professionals and amateurs inscience: exceptions can be found to any rule. Neverthelss, the word `amateur39。裝答題卡 (ANSWER SHEET 1)時(shí)不準(zhǔn)折疊。修改時(shí),必須用橡皮擦凈后,再填涂其它選項(xiàng)。用紅色筆者不給分。2020年全國碩士研究生入學(xué)考試英語試題 注意事項(xiàng): (ANSWER SHEET 1)和答題紙 (ANSWER SHEET 2)上,寫在試題 上不給分。 Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ部分的答案須用鉛筆填涂在答題卡 (ANSWER SHEET 1)上,第Ⅳ、Ⅴ部分的答案須用 藍(lán)、黑墨水筆或圓珠筆寫在答題紙 (ANSWER SHEET 2)上。 ,必須用 2B鉛筆把答題卡 (ANSWER SHEET 1)上的選中項(xiàng)涂滿涂黑,如:[ A] [ B][ ■][ D]。 ,將答題卡 (ANSWER SHEET 1)和答題紙 (ANSWER SHEET 2)一并裝入試卷袋內(nèi)。 Part I Structure and Vocabulary Section A Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked[ A],[ B] ,[ C] and[ D] . Choose the one that best pletes the sentence. Mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (5 points) Example: I have been to the Great Wall three times _______ 1979. [ A] from [ B] after [ C] for [ D] since The sentence should read, “I have been to the Great Wall three times since 1979.” Therefore, you should choose [ D] Sample Answer [ A][ B][ C][■] I were in a movie, then it would be about time that I______ my head in my hands for a cry. [ A] bury [ B] am burying [ C] buried [ D] would bury news was sometimes released prematurely, with the British recapture of the port _______ half a day before the defenders actually surrendered. [ A] to announce [ B] announced [ C] announcing [ D] was announced to one belief, if truth is to be known it will make itself ap parent, so one _______ wait instead of searching for it. [ A] would rather [ B] had to [ C] cannot but [ D] had best felt suitably humble just as she _______ when he had first taken a good look at her city self, hair waved and golden, nails red and pointed. [ A] had [ B] had had [ C] would have had [ D] has had was no sign that Mr Jospin, who keeps a firm control on the party despite from _______ leadership of it, would intervene personally. [ A] being resigned [ B] having resigned [ C] going to resign[ D] resign involved with their puters _______ that leaders at summer puter caps often have to force them to bre