Test VIII (Unit IV Section I)

Variant I

1. Choose the action for each criminal (offender):

Criminal or offender

1. a burglar

2. a robber

3. a shoplifter

4. a thief

5. a hooligan

Action

1. causes damage or disturbance in public places

2. is someone who steals

3. breaks into houses or other building to steal

4. steals money, etc. by force from people or places

5. steals from shops

2. Make the sentences negative:

1. The British Parliament abolished capital punishment in 1950.

2. He is an arsonist: he set fire deliberately.

3. Jack stole this bike.

4. These young people kidnapped the boy.

5. The judge acquitted him.

2. Ask special questions to the underlined words:

1. The 2014 figures showed the decreasing of crimes.

2. The cost for a prisoner exceeded 40,000 pounds a year.

3. The magistrate imposed a fine of up to 1,000 pounds.

4. The judge gave him a community sentence.

5. About 90 % of all crimes are dealt in magistrates’ courts.

2. Cross out the odd word in a line:

1. abolition, elimination, liquidation, abolish.

2. homicide, murder, suicide, murderer.

3. violence, severe, violent, heavy.

4. figure, number, numeral, enumerate.

5. pounds, money, dollars, rubles.

2. Translate the dialogue into English:

• Какова стоимость содержания заключенного в год в Британии?

• Насколько мне известно, 40 тысяч фунтов в год.

• Неужели? Это сколько в день?

• Дай подумать (Let me see) … Получается 100 фунтов в день.

Test VIII (Unit IV Section I)

Variant II

1. Choose the action for each criminal (offender):

Criminal or offender

1. an arsonist

2. a vandal

3. a smuggler

4. an assassin

5. a pickpocket

Action

1. murders for political reasons or a reward

2. brings goods into a country illegally

3. deliberately causes damage to property

4. steals things from people’s pockets

5. sets fire to property illegally

2. Make the sentences negative:

1. In Britain in 2014 the number of crimes increased.

2. He forged the money.

3. Robert is a shoplifter: he stole the ring from the shop.

4. They vandalized in the city.

5. The jury reached the verdict.

1. Ask special questions to the underlined words:

1. The Parliament abolished capital punishment in 1965.

2. The judge sentenced Adam to 10 years in prison.

3. He gave him a severe punishment.

4. Life imprisonment lasted 8 years.

5. Two years ago he sold drugs.

1. Cross out the odd word in a line:

1. reducing, reduce, decreasing, increasing.

2. a fine, a punishment, punish, a sentence.

3. death penalty, capital punishment, a fine, life imprisonment.

4. an assassin, a killer, kill, a murderer.

5. terrorism, theft, terrorist, vandalism.

1. Translate the dialogue into English:

• Как ты думаешь, отмена смертной казни в большинстве стран решило проблему преступности?

• Мне так не кажется. Я читала, что в штатах США, применяющих смертную казнь, динамика роста убийств выше, чем в штатах, где смертная казнь была отменена.

• Неужели?