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Test 9

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2009

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1. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.

1 The criminal was … to prison for fourteen years by the judge.

A jumped

B taken

C sent

D arrested

2 Crimes are solved by hard-working members of the … force.

A spy

B killer

C police

D detective

3 After many months, the … was caught and charged with selling secrets to the enemy.

A killer

B spy

C detective

D thief

4 That man can’t have been … or he would have been sent to prison for the crime.

A hilarious

B innocent

C obvious

D guilty

5 There had to be a(n) … as to how the man had been killed and I was determined to find it.

A evidence

B track

C clue

D suspect

6 It said on the radio that the suspect had been … by police yesterday afternoon.

A suspected

B committed

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C sent

D arrested

7 In the comedy, a woman is ...... to court by her five-year-old son because she won’t let him stay up

late.

A sent

B taken

C committed

D arrested

8 The murder was … on the night of Friday the 13

th

of June.

A done

B arrested

C broken

D committed

9 If you … the law, you will be punished.

A break

B take

C go against

D jump

10 Just because Amy was there doesn’t mean she stole the money; don’t … to conclusions!

A step

B run

C jump

D leap

11 The jury found the man … and he was allowed to go free.

A criminal

B suspect

C guilty

D innocent

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12 Two … saw the man leaving the jeweller’s holding a black bag.

A witnesses

B lawyers

C suspects

D martyrs

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2. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word in capitals.

1 Somebody must have …………….. your house because your computer and your money are

missing.

BURGLAR

2 Look! He’s going into that house when there’s no one home! He must be a …………….. .

THEFT

3 The …………….. was found guilty and will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

MURDER

4 This machine may be able to …………….. when someone is telling a lie.

DETECTIVE

5 I have a …………….. that the diamonds were stolen by someone in the family.

SUSPECT

6 You’ll need to get a …………….. to defend you in court.

LAW

7 Only the most dangerous …………….. are held in this prison.

CRIME

8 The police don’t have enough …………….. to arrest the man.

EVIDENT

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3. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first

sentence using the word given.

1 Sam is a very careful driver.

Sam ………………………….. . DRIVES

2 The police are definite that they will arrest the suspect tomorrow.

The police will ………………………….. the suspect tomorrow. ARREST

3 It’s not possible for me to give evidence in court.

I can’t ………………………….. evidence in court.

GIVE

4 The detective gave the suspect a direct look.

The detective ………………………….. into the suspect’s eyes. LOOKED

5 You must wear smart clothes to the dinner.

You ………………………….. for the dinner.

DRESS

6 He always behaves very politely to his teachers.

He ………………………….. to his teachers.

IS

7 We are certain that you committed this crime.

We are certain that you ………………………….. this crime.

GUILTY

8 Two detectives asked the woman a lot of questions.

The woman ………………………….. two detectives.

WAS

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4. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1 The police searched

everywhere/definitely

for clues, but the criminal must have been very clever

because they couldn’t find a thing.

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2 The detective is

fairly/obviously

sure that he knows who the criminal is, but he wants more

evidence to be gathered before he arrests a suspect.

3 The murder must have taken place

inside/outside

because the police found the gun and the body

on the kitchen floor.

4 The film was

carefully/quite

daft but the children must have liked it because they laughed a lot.

5 Why are you playing that DVD so

nicely/loudly

? You must be deaf.

6 I can’t find my bag

in anywhere

/

anywhere

; maybe somebody has stolen it.

7 The thief must have walked

quickly/definitely

into the house, stolen the computer, and then

walked backed out again.

8 Well done, Emily. You said ‘thank you’ very

nice

/

nicely

.

9 I’m

rather/possibly

tired after our walk; I think I’ll go to bed.

10 I’m

certainly/pretty

sure that Angela took the money.

11 The children walked

slowly/slow

home from the police station.

12 That man is

rather/obviously

the murderer because when he was caught by police he had blood

on his clothes.

Marks / 12

Total Marks / 40