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Name: _________________________________________

Score: ____________ / 30 points

unit 3

language TeST 3a

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)

Do you think they got a suitable punishment?

PUNISH

1 Three boys were arrested for __________

of public property.

VANDAL

2 The __________ was sent to prison for six

months.

ACCUSE

3 The criminals had to go on a __________

programme.

REHABILITATE

4 The judge sent the two __________ to prison.

OFFEND

5 Electronic __________ is popular in America

for some crimes.

TAG

6 The crime of __________ is becoming more

and more common.

PIRATE

2

Complete the missing words. The first letter of each

word is given.

(7 points)

The police caught the three robbers after they
left the bank with the stolen money.
1 The members of the j__________ took seven

hours to agree that the criminal was
g__________.

2 Three prisoners broke out of j__________

early this morning.

3 A m__________ attacked him in the street

and stole his wallet and mobile phone.

4 He was fined for a__________ behaviour.

He vandalised a phone box.

5 The s__________ stole some trousers from

the clothes shop.

6 A b__________ threatened to tell the press

about the minister’s love affair.

3

Complete the missing words. The lines show you how

many letters to use.

(3 points)

Fortunately, young people are not usually involved in

serious c r i m e s nowadays.

•

1

_ _ _ f _ _ t _ is probably the biggest problem – teenagers

draw or paint on walls to get attention.

• Teenagers often steal things such as clothes or music so

2

_ h _ f _ is also a problem.

•

3

_ w _ _ r _ _ _ in public is also typical teenage behaviour.

Older people often take offence when they hear such

language.

• Noise

4

_ _ i s _ _ c _ can be a big problem, especially

when teens hang out together outdoors.

• Some young people belong to

5

_ a _ g _ and these groups

cause trouble.

What about punishments? Judges don’t usually send

teenagers to prison so doing community

6

_ _ _ v _ _ e is

a typical form of punishment.

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 driving (drive) to work when I saw (see)
the accident.
1 The witness _______________ (just/start)

speaking when the accused _______________
(begin) to shout at him.

2 What _______________ (you/do) when the

robbers _______________ (arrive)?

3 Burglars _______________ (break) into our

house last night and _______________ (steal)
the TV.

4 The robber _______________ (not/go) very far

when the police _______________ (arrest)
him.

5 While the police _______________ (test) the

man for alcohol, he _______________ (fall)
over.

5

Complete the text with the correct forms of the verbs

in brackets.

(4 points)

Last night at 9 p.m. I was (be) at home.
I 

1

_____________ (watch) television when

suddenly I 

2

_____________ (hear) a noise. I went

to check and it turned out that someone

3

_____________ (break) a window at the back of

the house! I 

4

_____________ (try) to phone the

police, but the burglar

5

_____________ (cut) the

phone line so I couldn’t get through.
I 

6

_____________ (run) upstairs and

7

_____________ (phone) the police on my

mobile. The burglar heard me and while
I 

8

_____________ (speak) to the police he ran

away. It was a frightening experience.

6

Choose all the answers that complete the text in

a correct way.

(5 points)

When I was younger, I 

loved / would love /

used to love reading stories about crime.
I 

1 

took / would take / used to take two or three

books out of the library every week and read
them. While I was reading the stories, I 

2 

have

tried / used to try / would try to imagine who
had committed the crimes. I 

3 

wouldn’t get /

didn’t use to get / hadn’t got the answer right
every time, but most times I was right.
I remember one time I 

4 

solved / would solve /

used to solve a really difficult crime. It’s not
surprising I 

5 

wanted / would want / used to

want to be a policewoman!