Unit 4 Test | Group B

Name: _____________________ Class: ____

LISTENING
1 Track 04 Listen to the talk and answer the questions.
1 What is the speaker’s assumption about his audience and crime?
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2 How can bike theft be prevented during the day?
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3 What measures can make it more difficult to access data on stolen phones?
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4 Why do people need to be more alert when shopping?
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5 What advice does the speaker give about responding to cyberbullying?
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VOCABULARY
2 Complete the sentences with the correct words formed from the words in brackets.
1 You can tell that this twenty pound note is a ______________ (forge) if you look carefully.
2 The offender escaped a ______________ (custody) sentence but has to do a long period of community
service.
3 The high fines for speeding should act as a ______________ (deter) to drivers.
4 Working ______________ (cover) can be both rewarding and dangerous to officers.
5 The line of ______________ (enquire) that the police are following relates to family members of the victim.
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3 Choose the correct options.

1 Let me set you direct / straight on a couple of points you made during the discussion.
2 It can take quite a while to resolve / determine the cause of death if the person has been dead a long time.
3 Track / Trace evidence, found at the crime scene, can help identify the perpetrator.
4 Mistakes / Miscarriages of justice are rare, but they still happen and must be investigated.
5 James cannot be ruled / erased out as a suspect because he has no alibi for the time of the murder.
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GRAMMAR
4 Choose the correct options.
1 The more serious the crime, ___ offenders will stay in prison.
A longer B the longer C the longest
2 Doing community service is ___ like as hard as it is to serve a custodial sentence.
A nothing B nowhere C scarcely
3 The judge is ___ the most respected judge on the circuit.
A easily B far C a lot
4 It ___ complicated to use this app than the one you downloaded last month.
A is any more B is no more C isn’t no more
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5 Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one. Use the word in capitals.
1 You have to first log on before you can access the website. WITHOUT
You can’t access the website _________________________________________________________.
2 The vet thinks that our cat is suffering from dehydration. APPEARS
According to the vet, our cat _________________________________________________________
from dehydration.
3 In his confession, the thief said that he had broken into ten houses in one night. HAVING
The thief ________________________________________________________ into ten houses in one night.
4 They postponed the sentencing from yesterday to next week at the last minute. SENTENCED
He expected _________________________________________________________, but it was postponed
to next week at the last minute.
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USE OF ENGLISH
6 Complete each pair of sentences with the same word.
1 __________
A The judge will deliver his __________ on Friday morning, so we must be in court.
B The opening __________ was so long that I lost track of the meaning.
2 __________
A The accident victim’s arm was __________ at a funny angle and the doctors knew it was broken.
B In the drama, the murderer turned out to be a __________ copper.
3 __________
A The __________ of the book showed a lovely mountainous area.
B An officer was pretending to be a gang member, but an article with his photograph blew his __________.
4 __________
A An anonymous letter to the police put the detectives on the right __________ and they tracked down
the thieves.
B There was a __________ of roses in the room, which was quite delightful.
5 __________
A The police are trying to __________ the person who sent the emails.
B It is said that everyone who commits a crime leaves a __________ at the crime scene.
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READING
7 Read the article and choose the correct options.
Crime and punishment
From a very early age, we learn that not following the rules can lead to unwanted results, such as being sent
to your room or not being allowed to go out. For most of us, the negative consequences of some actions act
as a deterrent. We then transfer that awareness into adult life, meaning that we obey the law and generally
follow the rules. A small percentage of the population, however, grow up to break the law, with some
becoming career criminals. These people treat punishment as a necessary price to pay for their illegal activities.
Society has always struggled to work out the best way of dealing with these people.
One common way of addressing the issue is to send people to prison. This raises the question of whether
prison exists to punish people or to prepare them to live as an honest member of society. Historically, prison
was seen as a place where offenders were sent in order to be punished, and sentences often included corporal
punishment as well. In many countries today, prison is thought to work as a deterrent due to the unpleasant
nature of life inside. However, some countries believe that the loss of freedom itself is the punishment and that
life in prison should be at least basically comfortable. In these systems, some effort is made to provide
prisoners with skills that will be useful to them on the outside. This process is known as rehabilitation, and it is
intended to lower the rate of reoffending.

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An interesting development for minor crimes is the use of community service as an alternative to prison. This is
particularly effective when the type of community service is related to the crime someone has committed.
Someone who is guilty of vandalism might be asked to work in a park painting benches or removing graffiti,
for example. The idea is that putting something back into your local community helps you realise why rules
and laws exist for us all.
The main aim of community-based sentences is to make the people who commit crimes realise that other
people are harmed by their actions. This process starts even before a crime is committed, with some places
trying to point out the link to deter the crime in the first place. For instance, a playground might just seem like
something provided by the local council, and so some people might vandalise it without thinking. However,
posters made by children asking people not to damage the playground they love can help potential criminals
realise that victims of crime are real and this can help to prevent crime.
1 According to the writer, a small number of people who have been punished as children
A become aware of the need to comply with society’s rules.
B choose crime as a way of life as adults.
C learn how to avoid being punished for breaking the law.
D have problems in pursuing a chosen career.
2 Many countries try to prevent crime by
A ensuring that prison life is as uncomfortable as possible.
B giving more freedom to prisoners serving their sentences.
C equipping prisoners with the ability to live well outside prison.
D extending prison sentences for reoffenders.
3 The aim of community service is to
A keep offenders in the community they come from.
B force offenders to do physical work to help the community.
C educate offenders about the consequences of law breaking.
D ease the problem of overcrowded prison communities.
4 Putting posters in a playground is given as an example of
A showing how children can be influenced by criminal activity.
B encouraging potential offenders to refrain from committing a crime.
C pointing out how criminal actions can harm the offenders themselves.
D illustrating that criminals do not believe they are really hurting others.
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SPEAKING
8 Complete the dialogue with the phrases a–e.
X: So, which crime drama do you think will win the award tonight?
Y: Well, out of the three nominations, I’d have 1 ___ ‘Line of Duty’. How about you?
X: Well, I’d say the ‘Channel 4’ one is 2 ___, because the reviews weren’t that good. So, I think 3 ___ ‘Bravo 5’
and ‘Line of Duty’. The former didn’t 4 ___, but I guess it’s up to the judges.
Y: Personally, I think ‘Bravo’ was 5 ___ exciting to watch as ‘Line of Duty’. I’m guessing that will get the award
– at least, I hope so!
a do a lot for me
b out of the running
c nowhere near as
d it’s between
e to go for
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WRITING
9 Ostatnio w Twojej okolicy miało miejsce przestępstwo, które odbiło się szerokim echem w mediach.
Napisz artykuł do gazetki szkolnej, w którym zrelacjonujesz, co się wydarzyło i zasugerujesz, w jaki sposób
można by zapobiec tego typu przestępstwom w przyszłości.
Twoja wypowiedź powinna zawierać od 200 do 250 słów.

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TOTAL SCORE: ___ / 50

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