Контрольное задание № 1 (Laws of Babylon)

Вариант 2

1. Copy out the verbs which are not used in the continuous forms.

To impress, to go, to outlaw, to prefer, to play, to mean, to answer, to represent, to like, to wait.

2. Put the correct form of the verbs (the present continuous or present simple).

1. This bill (to consist) of eighteen paragraphs.

2. The clients (to talk) about the settlement of debts now.

3. This law (to cover) inheritance and property contracts.

4. Our opponents (to think) over the second paragraph of the contract now.

5. The judge usually (to award) damages to the victims of a crime.

6. A criminal is a person who (to commit) a crime.

7. This lawyer always (to take account) of the circumstances of the offender.

3. Put questions to the words given in italics.

1. The pillar is now in the Louvre museum in Paris.

2. Criminals receive as punishment the same injuries and damages.

3. Hammurabi's words are still legible.

4. The code outlaws private blood feuds.

5. Hammurabi's laws represent an advance on earlier tribal customs.

4. Put tag questions to the following sentences.

1. The entire code was carved into a great stone pillar.

2. Hammurabi's laws covered crime, divorce and marriage, the rights of slave owners and slaves, the settlement of debts, inheritance and property contracts.

3. The penalty could not be harder than the crime.

4. Punishments under the code were often harsh.

5. Not only murderers but also thieves and false accusers face the death penalty.

6. The code banned the tradition by which a man could kidnap and keep the woman he wanted for his bride.

7. The new law takes account of the circumstances of the offender.

8. In a civil case a lower-ranking citizen would be awarded less than an aristocrat if he or she won.

5. Put the correct form of the personal pronouns.

1. This is a French archaeologist. The pillar, lost after the fall of Babylon, was rediscovered by … .

2. Look at the ruins of the Persian city of Susa. Hammurabi's code was found amid … .

3. The code banned the tradition by which a man could kidnap his bride and keep …

4. Earlier tribal customs were imperfect. Hammurabi's code represented an advance on … .

5. However the crime was, the penalty could not be harder than … .

6. Match the words and their definitions.

1) blood feud	a) the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body
2) divorce	b) damage done to a person's or an animal's body.
3) fine	c) an amount of money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services.
4) tax	d) a lengthy conflict between families involving a cycle of killings

7. Put the parts of the resume in order.

а)	Summary	3 years experience in a commercial bank and in every routine work in this field. Perfect knowledge of banking law and computers.
б)	Qualifications	Legal issues of banking.
в)	Education	Russian Academy of Justice, Moscow, Russia, Jurisprudence diploma, specialist degree.
г)	Objective	A position as a lawyer in a bank or trust company.
д)	Experience June 2003 – July 2005	Chelindbank, Chelyabinsk Lawyer. In charge of preparing legal papers and legal guaranteeing bank operations.

8. Translate into English.

1. Кодекс охватывает все сферы жизни.

2. Он ставит вне закона кровную месть и убийство.

3. Наказания были очень суровы.

4. Убийце и вору грозит смерть.