The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases such as the trial of Rosemary West.
In a significant (51) of legal controls over the press. Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a (52) bill that will propose making payments to witnesses (53) and will strictly control the amount of (54) that can be given to a case before a trial begins.
In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons media select committee. Lord Irvine said he (55) with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not (56) sufficient control.
(57) of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a (58) of media protest when he said the (59) of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges (60) to Parliament.
53().
A.illogical
B.illegal
C.improbable
D.improper
参考答案：B
解析：
A．illogical不合逻辑的，不合理的，说不通的。B．illegal非法的，违法的，不合法的。C．improbable不大可能的，不大可能发生的。D．improper不适当的，不得体的，错误的。