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Name: _________________________________________

Score: ____________ / 30 points

unit 3

language TeST 3b

PHOTOCOPIABLE

© Pearson Central Europe Sp. z o.o. 2011 New Matura Success Intermediate

1

Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the

words in capital letters.

(6 points)

The criminals got a suitable punishment.

PUNISH

1 Driving without a seatbelt is __________ ,

you can be fined for it.

LEGAL

2 The __________ of being arrested is enough

to discourage many people from committing
crimes.

HUMILIATE

3 The two __________ stole a computer from

the house.

BURGLE

4 Nowadays __________ crime is increasing.

VIOLENCE

5 What kind of __________ did they commit?

OFFEND

6 The police took a __________ from the

witness.

STATE

2

Complete the missing words. The first letter of each

word is given.

(7 points)

The police were wearing uniforms, that’s how
we knew they were police officers.
1 A policeman put the h__________ on the

prisoner so that he wouldn’t attack anyone.

2 He’s under h__________ a__________ – he

isn’t in prison, but he can’t leave his home.

3 When the judge walked into c__________

everyone stood up and stopped talking.

4 They had to do fifty hours of c__________

service instead of going to jail.

5 The s__________ guard tried to catch the

robbers but they escaped. The police caught
them later because they were s__________
– driving too fast in the city centre!

3

Complete the missing words. The lines show you how

many letters to use.

(3 points)

What crimes do young people commit at school?

• Teens often damage or destroy property so v a n d a l i s m

is often a problem.

• Many crimes are related to anti-social

1

_ e _ a v _ _ _ _,

for example dropping

2

_ i t _ _ _ or using bad language in

public.

• Some young people

3

_ _ e a _ money or things from other

students.

• Sometimes students can be really horrible to each other

and

4

_ _ l _ y _ _ _ can occur.

• Some students also complain about

5

_ a c _ _ _ abuse saying

that some of their schoolmates are not tolerant of their skin

colour.

In the worst cases, the school has to involve the police but

6

_ _ n _ _ h _ _ n _ is usually given by the school.

Crime and young people

report

4

Complete the sentences and questions with the

correct forms of the words in brackets. Use the Past

Perfect, Past Continuous and Past Simple. (5 points)
I was listening (listen) to my new CD when
Jane phoned (phone) and told me about
the party.
1 The policeman _______________ (stop) the

girl after she _______________ (take)
a jumper without paying.

2 Where _______________ (you/going) when we

_______________ (meet) last night?

3 He _______________ (go) to prison for two

years and _______________ (not/commit) any
crimes afterwards.

4 The robber _______________ (give) the

cashier a note while she _______________
(count) the money.

5 I _______________ (still/think about) the

problem when my father _______________
(suggest) a solution.

5

Complete the text with the correct forms of the verbs

in brackets.

(4 points)

Last summer I went (go) to Rome in Italy. One
night, I 

1

_____________ (go) out for dinner with

some friends. While we

2

_____________ (have)

dinner, the hotel manager

3

_____________

(phone) me on my mobile. He

4

_____________

(ask) me to return to the hotel because a man

5

_____________ (steal) some of the room keys

and the manager was afraid that he might have
broken into my room. I 

6

_____________ (go)

back to the hotel and

7

_____________ (check)

my possessions. Luckily, the man

8

_____________

(not/go) into my room.

6

Choose all the answers that complete the text in

a correct way.

(5 points)

When I was younger, I 

enjoyed / would enjoy /

used to enjoy reading stories about crime and
I 

1 

watched / would watch / used to watch a lot

of crime films. I enjoyed watching detectives at
work and trying to find out who the criminal
was. Then one time I 

2 

got / used to get / would

get so terrified after watching a particularly
scary movie that I couldn’t sleep all night. After
that, my mum

3 

didn’t let / wouldn’t let / didn’t

use to let me watch crime films at night.
I 

4 

wanted / would want / used to want to be

a crime writer but then I fell in love and
I 

5 

changed / would change / used to change

my mind. Now I write romance novels!