题目：
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.
60().
A. better than
B. other than
C. rather than
D. sooner than
答案：
参考答案：C
解析：
A．better than很懂得，有头脑，明事理(而不至于)。B．other than除……以外。C．rather than而不是……。D．sooner than与其……，宁愿……。
