Activate! B1+ Extra Vocabulary Tests
Test 9
Developed by Pearson Longman Hellas
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
Marks / 12
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
Marks / 8
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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
Marks / 8
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