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the elderly woman' s trusting nature - доверчивость пожилой женщины
• Read the text and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
In the course of a criminal arrest in St. Petersburg, a 0) B of weapons was seized
that included a Mukha [Fly] grenade launcher, similar to the one which was used to
fire on the American Embassy.
We are gradually becoming accustomed to shootings, explosions and other
criminal escapades.
Automatic gunfire 1)….. in broad daylight on Maly Samsonovsky Street in St.
Petersburg. From the attic of an abandoned bathhouse, the criminal randomly fired on
cars parked in the courtyard and people passing by. SWAT teams 2)….. on the scene
within minutes. They 3)….. the gunman to stop firing and surrender. But the shooting
continued.
Police officials were successful in smoking the unidentified perpetrator out of
the attic onto one of the lower floors. And he was subsequently 4)….. by
sharpshooters. He turned out to be an unemployed Azeri living in St. Petersburg.
Thanks to the outstanding professional training of the SWAT teams, no one was
5)….. during the operation. In the attic where the criminal picked his spot, an arsenal
of weapons was found including а foreign-made pistol, an automatic Kalashnikov
rifle, cartridges, anti-personnel mines and that famous Mukha!
The operational 6)….. surmises that the criminal who was killed in the crossfire
ingested some powerful narcotic and went crazy. This crazed state was a blessing: no
lives were lost. An investigation is now underway.
a cache of weapons - тайный склад оружия
other criminal escapades - другие бандитские выходки
automatic gunfire - автоматные очереди
the criminal randomly fired - преступник вёл шальной огонь
0 A storehouse
B cache
C warehouse
D depot
1 A rang out
B called out
C heard
D sound
2 A left
B went by
C came in
D arrived
3 A ordered
B asked
C bagged
D pleased
4 A landed
B caught
C taken out
D arrested
5 A sad
B hurt
C lucky
D ill
6 A couple
B command
C crew
D team
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Unit 7
• Read the text and fill in the correct word derived from the words in
brackets.
Police “Sting” Nets Stolen Constables
Two …………. (steel) John Constable paintings, worth an estimated £11
million, have been recovered and three men arrested during a secret police operation.
The “sting”* was carried out yesterday at a hotel near Heathrow airport by
officers from the National Crime Squad posing as ……………….(honest) art buyers.
The ……………….. (suspect) art thieves are understood to have asked just
£100,000 for the sketches, which were stolen from the Victoria and Albert Museum
in London in November 1998.
The works are Dedham Lock and Mill and Sketch for Valley Farm which were
painted near the birthplace of the great …………….(paint) on the Suffolk-Essex
borders.
A secret …………….. (operate) was set up a few days ago following a tip off
that criminals were trying to sell the ………………(paint) on the black market. NCS
officers made a deal with three men, …………… (age) 34, 36 and 37, and arranged a
handover at the Crown Plaza Hotel, in West Drayton.
Detective Chief Inspector, Mick Deats, said: “Not only have we managed to
recover two important and very …………….. (value) paintings, we have arrested
three people.”
Dr Alan Borg, director of the museum, said: “We are ……………. (absolute)
delighted. These are two very important pieces of our …………… (art) heritage.”
*sting — a situation in which the police catch criminals by pretending to be
involved in criminal activity themselves
Unit 8
• Find the words in the text below that mean:
- to block a way with an obstacle
- glaringly obvious
- the directing of one's interests outwards, esp. towards making social contacts
- to place suddenly or unexpectedly
- to distract the attention of
- to steal (money or goods) during war or riots
- objects such as rings, necklaces, and bracelets, worn for decoration
- a loop in the end of a rope, tied with a slipknot, such as one used to hang
people
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Shop-lifting
‘I just couldn't do it. I don't know what it is. It's not embarrassment. No, that's
not it. You see, you are putting your head in a noose: that's what it seems to me.’
Derek, an armed robber with a long record of bank jobs, was talking about hoisting.
‘No, I just couldn't do it. I mean just going in there.’ He paused to try to find a more
exact way of fixing his antipathy. ‘I tell you what. It's too blatant for my liking.’
It seemed a funny way to put it. Pushing a couple of ties in your pocket at a shop
was hardly the last word in extroversion.
But my ideas of shop-lifting were still bound up with teenage memories of
nicking packets of chewing gum from the local newsagents. A lot of guilt and not
much loot. After a few conversations with professional bolsters, I realised that
‘blatant’ was just about right.
Nobody took a couple of ties: they took the whole rack. The first member of the
gang would walk in nice and purposefully. Their job was to set up the goods, perhaps
put an elastic band round the ends of a few dozen silk scarves; move the valuable
pieces of jewellery nearer the edge of the counter; slide the ties on the rack into a
compact bunch. Then, while somebody else diverts the assistant or provides some
sort of masking, the third member lifts the lot.
If the walk to the door is a little long, then there may be someone else to take
over for the last stretch. No one is in possession for more than a few seconds, and
there's always a couple of spare bodies to obstruct anyone who seems to be getting
too near the carrier. Store detectives who move forward with well-founded suspicions
may still find themselves clutching empty air.
‘There’s one other little angle,’ said one detective. ‘I often pop round the back
stairs; that’s where you’ll occasionally find one them, trying to relax and get
themselves in the right mood before starting the next job.’
blatant — ужасный, вопиющий
embarrassment — смущение, затруднение
noose — ловушка, петля
extroversion — стремление к материальному благу
to be bound up — быть тесно связанным с чем-либо
loot — награбленное; добыча
divert — отвлекать внимание
obstruct — преграждать, препятствовать
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