Name and class: ……………………………………………. POINTS …... / 55p.
ex 1 Listen to a news report and complete gaps 1–5 with the missing information. Write between one and three words in each gap. 5p.
Max: Hey Liam, I’ve just heard on the radio that last night
someone broke into the Creston Museum!
Liam: What? Our baseball museum? How did they get
inside?
Max: Through 1 __________________________ .
The problem is that the owner of the building does not
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__________________________ to employ on-site
security guards. Most of the items were not very valuable,
but they meant a lot for 3 __________________________ .
The museum staff are now making a list of the stolen
items, but they already know that the 1974 National
Championship Cup is missing. The cup is very attractive
for 4 __________________________̶it’s worth $25,000!
Liam: I bet the police haven’t caught the burglars yet.
Max: No, but they are hoping to arrest them when the stolen
items 5 __________________________ .
ex 2 Rewrite the sentences into Reported Speech. 10p.
1 ‘I work as a private detective.’ The man told us _________________________________.
2 ‘They are looking for a suspect.’ She said _______________________________________.
3 ‘I haven’t broken the law.’ The woman said ________________________________.
4 ‘They’ll inform us soon.’ They said ______________________________________.
5 ‘Somebody broke into my computer.’ She told us that _________________________________.
6 ‘How often do you go to the gym?’ she asked me. _____________________________________________
7 Will you visit us next week?’ we asked them. _____________________________________________
8 ‘What have you eaten?’ I asked him. _____________________________________________
9 ‘Did you see Mark last week?’ he asked me. ____________________________________________
10 ‘What time are you leaving?’ he asked her. _____________________________________________
ex 3 Complete the sentences with appropriate words. 5p.
1 It seems ____________ me that we cannot ignore such a serious problem.
2 Have you ____________ the story about the bank robbery?
3 Really? ____________ on! Tell me more about what happened!
4 First of ____________, I must say that I felt really shocked to read your article.
5 He got arrested because he left a lot of fingerprints in the flat of the victim.____________ a silly man!
ex. 4 Complete the sentences with the missing words. The first letters have been given. 8p.
1 Two men tried to s____________ some items from a supermarket. Fortunately, some w____________ (a man and a woman who
were doing their shopping there at the time)saw what was happening, and the men were stopped by the security guards.
2 Two young v____________ damaged all the litter bins in the town square last month. Yesterday, in court, the j____________
said that they’d have to pay for all the damage.
3 During the t____________, the police presented a lot of e____________, so the jury’s v____________ was that the man
was g____________ of murder.
ex 5 Read the definitions and write the correct words. 4p
1 somebody who suffers because of a crime: ____________
2 a criminal who enters a building illegally in order to steal things:____________
3 downloading music or films illegally from the Internet: ____________
4 the place where criminals are tried: ____________
ex 6 Complete the sentences with appropriate words. 3p
1 Somebody broke ____________ our house a few days ago.
2 He was selling illegal substances, so the police arrested him for ____________.
3 She was found ____________ by the jury, so she didn’t get punished at all.
ex 7 Choose the answer a, b or c which means the same as the Polish parts of the sentences in brackets. 5p
1 Maria’s parents ______ (obawiali się o jej) her life.
a were afraid of b feared for c scared of
2 The man told the police officer that ______ (nie widział) the burglars.
a he hasn’t seen
b he wouldn’t see
c he hadn’t seen
3 They said they’d send some detectives ______ (jutro).
a yesterday b the next day c that day
4 Local authorities have to ______ (poradzić sobie z)
the problem of vandalism.
a cope with b deal c protect from
5 They arrested her for ______ (kradzież).
a theft b burglary c bullying
ex 8 Read the text and complete gaps 1–5 with sentences a‒g. There are two extra sentences. 5p.
JOURNALISTS VS CRIME
We usually find out about crimes from the mass media.
TV, radio and all kinds of press reporters interview witnesses and police officers to write their reports. But among the huge number
of journalists who write about crimes, there is a very special group. 1______ Their main job is to investigate and report on things that
some people may try to hide from the public. Stories presented by this type of journalists are often about some local problems.
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______ Thanks to such stories, corrupt politicians and big companies that break the law cannot feel totally safe.
Investigative journalists often spend months collecting the necessary information to reveal a crime to the public. 3______
The interesting question here is: how do such investigative journalists gather the information they need? After all, they do not have
the same power as police detectives. The truth is that some of the facts are easily available from public sources. However, the most
exciting crime stories described by journalists usually involve the help of a secret informant. 4______ Journalists often protect these
people by changing their personal details in their reports.
In the history of investigative journalism, there have been quite a few famous reporters whose work has allowed the public to find out
about serious wrongdoings. Many of these have received important awards for their work. Here, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
from the Washington Post are probably top of the list. 5______ As a result of their investigation, President Nixon resigned from his
office.
a The results of this work are often presented in a large article or even a book.
b Not surprisingly, they don’t want anybody to discover the truth.
c They are known as investigative journalists.
d That’s because people in power often use it in a wrong way.
e They became famous through revealing the Watergate scandal.
f However, they sometimes describe much more serious crimes.
g The informants are people who want the public to know what is happening somewhere.
ex 9. Complete the transformations. 5p.
1.1. The woman who was caught in the shopping mall was (charge / shoplift) ________________________.
1.2. The man who was arrested for dealing drugs (go / trial) ________________________ next week.
1.3. The two men were (find / guilty / robbery) ________________________ on the basis of collected evidence.
1.4. If authorities really want to fight violence in the city, they need to (come / solutions) ________________________ which will bring about real change.
1.5. Last night, terrorists (threaten / blow) ________________________ the embassy if their demands were not met.
ex.10 Answer the question. 5p.
1. What would you do if you lost your ID card or your credit card?
2. Do you feel safe in the place where you live? Why? / Why not?
3. Do you like reading crime stories or watching crime films? Why? / Why not?
