The Least Well-planned Robbery

Three thieves at Billericay in Essex gave hours of _1__ in 1971 to raiding the Post Office in Mountnessing Road.

Among the details which they discovered were the times at which there was __2_ cash and least security guard on the premises. They also invested in mask, guns and a get-away car. At a _3_ time, the Mountnessing gang sped through Billericay and screeched to a halt outside the post office.

It was only J_ they jumped out of the car and ran to­wards the building that they discovered the one detail which they had omitted to check. The Post Office had been JL_ for twelve years.

1. a) thought c) ideas

b) schemes d) plots

2. a) least c) bigger

b) larger d) most

3. a) pre-ordered c) post-arranged

b) pre-arranged d) predictable

4. a) before c) after

b) while d) as soon as

5. a) stolen c) closed

b) open d) robbed

B) Questions 6 through 10 are based on the text you "ve read. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer on your answer sheet.

6. Which of the following is not true?

a) The raid on the Post Office was not a success.

b) The Post Office in Mountnessing Road was to come a profitable investment for masks, guns; get-away car.

c) The three thieves could not carry out their raid.

d) It was the Post Office at Billericay in Essex that I three thieves chose for their raid.

7. The thieves discovered:

a) the Post Office in Mountnessing Road to raid.

b) the times most suitable for the raider.

c) all the necessary details about the Post Office.

d) cash in the Post Office at Billericay in Essex.

8. What other headline would you give to the story?

a) The robbery that wasn't.

b) Masks, guns and the get-away car that did it!

c) The thieves who terrorized the Post Office.

d) Post Office raided.

9. Why didn't the thieves succeed?

a) Their car couldn't get away from the halt outside the post office,

b) The only detail the thieves didn't check proved lo be very important.

c) The gang sped through Billericay and screeched to a halt.

d) There wasn't enough security guard in the Post Of­fice.

10. The word promises means:

a) premium, reward, bonus.

b) lawn near the Post Office.

c) house or building with its land, etc.

d) land of wealth and promise.

Test 6

A) Fill in the gaps in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct answer and mark it on your answer sheet.

Happy (1) For the Kidnapped Girl

Mr. and Mrs. Peters were especially happy when celebrated their daughter Marian's first birthday at a res rant at the Strand yesterday. Marian was kidnapped last July by Alice McBurg, 31, who had been (2) to take care of her as a child-minder. Mrs. Peters had left Marian with McBurg on the first day of her return to work at a bank in London. Marian was taken to McBurg's home in Wales, (3) police found her, unharmed, three days later.

Mrs. Peters said yesterday, "At the JL times in those three days it seemed we would never see her again." She also said she had no thought now of going back to work. She just couldn't leave Marian with anybody else. She loved looking (5) her.

1. a) review c) returns

b) Renaissance d) recall

2. a) given c) tried

b) paid d) stolen

3. a) where c) until

b) as soon as d) consequently

4. a) first c) happiest

b) worst d)tragedy

5. a) for e) of

b) on d) after

B) Questions 6 through 10 are based on the text you "ve read. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer on your answer sheet.

6. Which of the following is not true?

a) A one-year old Marian Peters was a loveable daugh­ter,

b)The restaurant at the Strand saw the special occasion in the Peters'familv.

c) Marian Peters was kidnapped by the baby-sitter.

d) As soon as the happy Peters celebrated the birthday of their one-year old daughter, she was kidnapped by Alice McBurg.

7. It was due to:

a) the police that Marian was returned to her parents.

b) Mrs. McBurg that Marian celebrated her first birthday.

c) the London bankers that the Peters were especially happy.

d) the care of the child-minder that Marian was and sound.

8. How did Mrs. McBurg happen to be in the Peter house?

a) She was paid by police.

b) Marian had to be taken care of when her mother i at work.

c) The Peters hired her to kidnap their daughter.

d) Mrs. Peters preferred leaving Marian and working) a bank to taking care of her own daughters.

9. How did the Peters feel about having their daughter back at home again?

a) They had no thought of doing without another chik minder.

b) They seemed not to see Marian again.

c) They were happy and looked like they were on cloi nine.

d) They couldn't do without work no matter how loved being with Marian.

10. The word unharmed means:

a) injured, c) wounded.

b) safe. d) endangered.