CRIME PRACTICE A OPEN CLOZE 1
For Questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use
only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0). BUNGLING BURGLARS
Detectives who were called (0)
to a shop in Southend early (1) __________ Christmas
morning found two burglars stuck in a lift with the office safe. In their haste to (2) __________
away, the two men, both in their twenties, (3) __________ tried to take a heavy office safe
downstairs in a small service lift. They did not notice the sign on the door (4).that it was meant (5)
__________ no more than two people.
'It stuck (6) __________ floors because they overloaded it,' said Detective Inspector Dave
Frampton. 'They were trapped inside that small steel cupboard for six hours, sitting on what they
had hoped (7) __________ be their Christmas present. They were robbing (8) __________ a time
when normal people were at home celebrating with their families. (9) __________ was a very
special moment when the firemen opened the doors and they staggered out (10) __________ our
arms. They said they had never been (11) __________ pleased to see police and firemen. We were pleased to see them too.'
The two burglars had (12) __________ trying to (13) __________ attention for most of the six
hours they were locked in, but it was not (14) __________ the discotheque next door closed that
anyone heard them and the police (15) __________ alerted. 2
Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in
each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). House-sitters
Nowadays (0) there are far too many stories of homeowners (1) _____________ have been away
on holiday and come home to find that their house (2) ____________ been broken into.
Unfortunately, simply locking the doors and cancelling the newspapers is (3) ____________ enough to keep out burglars.
A much better way to prevent your home from (4) ____________ burgled is to employ a
professional house-sitter, either through an agency (5) ____________ as 'Homesitters', (6)
___________ by placing an advertisement in a magazine like The Lady. House-sitters are paid
around £10 a day, including a food allowance, to live in a house while (7) ____________ owners
are away. An extra charge (8) ____________ made if the house-sitter is required to (9)
____________ care of one or more pets.
Agencies, which charge a considerable fee for their services, accept full responsibility (10)
____________ anything which might go wrong. House-sitters (11) _____________ therefore
chosen very carefully; as well as the usual interview and personal references, inquiries are (12)
_____________ about any previous criminal convictions.
B Complete these texts with the correct form of the words in capital letters at the end of
each line. The first one (0) has been done for you. a) A burglary
When I got home I knew (0) immediately that someone had IMMEDIATE
broken into the flat in my (1) …………………. . The signs that ABSENT
the locks had been forced were (2) …………………. .Because MISTAKE
I was (3) …………………. that the burglars might still be there WORRY
I rang the police first. Burglars can be (4) ………………. when VIOLENCE
surprised and it would have been very (5) ………………………. RESPONSE
to put myself into a potentially (6) …………………… situation DANGER
instead of making a phone call. Two policemen arrived soon after.
Their (7) ……………….. really impressed me. EFFICIENT
(8) ……………………, not a lot had been taken, but the flat FORTUNE
was in a (9) …………………… mess, with things all over the TERROR
floor. The police were very (10) ……………………….. and UNDERSTAND
even helped me put things away. b)
Arthur's life of crime
At his last trial, nobody believed in Arthur's (1) innocence . He INNOCENT
had been accused of the (2)........................ of a valuable Chinese vase, THIEF
and was also charged with ten other (3)...........................The value of OFFEND
the (4) .......................... goods was said to be over £20,000. Arthur said STEAL
in his own (5) .......................... that the vase had been put into his car DEFEND
(6).............................. He also pointed out that the Chinese vase was a ACCIDENT
fake, and was almost (7) ........................... The judge did not believe WORTH
Arthur's story. He told Arthur he was a hardened (8)....................... CRIME
and that he deserved a severe (9)......................... Then the judge PUNISH
sentenced Arthur to five years' (10) ………………………….. Arthur just PRISON
smiled. He had spent most of his life in prison and so he was used to it. c) CCTV cameras
Close circuit television cameras are (0) increasingly becoming INCREASE
a fact of life in modern Britain. They can be seen in office
(1) ______________ , shopping centres, banks, BUILD
(2) ______________ areas and even parks, and it is estimated RESIDENT
that the average Briton is filmed an (3)______________ 200 times AMAZE
a day. It is believed that CCTV leads to a (4) _____________ in REDUCE
certain types of crime, such as car theft, (5)_____________ and ROB
street violence. Its supporters defend it as an (6)_____________ EFFECT
way of improving security in town centres, and of helping to
bring (7) ______________ to justice. Civil liberties groups, who CRIME
object to the (8)______________ of CCTV cameras, feel that they PRESENT
constitute a serious (9) ______________of privacy and say that INVADE
there is little (10) ______________ that they reduce offending. EVIDENT d)
Last night, Joe Bloggs was arrested on (1) …………………. of robbery. SUSPECT
The police had no (2) …………….... that he had committed the crime PROVE
and Joe denied the (3) ………………. saying he had a good alibi. CHARGE
When he was put on (4) ………………… , the police called several witnesses TRY
to the stand but Joe's (5) …………………. defended his client well LAW
and tried to prove that Joe had not done anything (6) …………………. LEGAL
However, the jury found Joe (7) ……………….. and he was sentenced to GUILT
six months in prison. As Joe had never committed a (8) ………………… CRIMINAL
before this was a very heavy (9) ………………….. . Most people were PUNISH
convinced of Joe's (10) …………………. and his lawyer appealed against INNOCENT the verdict. e)
Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the space. White-collar Crime
White-collar crime is defined as (1) …………………… (LEGAL) acts committed by middle or upper-
class people while at work. The term gained (2) …………………… (POPULAR) in 1940 when it was
first used by the American criminologist Edwin H. Sutherland. Sutherland argued that there were
important sociological (3) ……………………… (DIFFERENT) between conventional crimes such as
(4) …………………….. (BURGLAR) and murder, and white-collar crimes such as fraud and income
tax (5) ……………………. (EVADE). In general, the latter are committed by persons of (6)
………………………… (RELATIVE) high social status and are treated more leniently than are more
(7) ………………………… (CONVENTION) crimes.
White-collar crime has become an (8) ………………….. (INCREASE) problem. The authorities are
now dealing with such crimes more severely because of a growing feeling that an effort must be made
to establish (9) ………….……… (EQUAL) before the law for all citizens – (10) ……………………
(REGARD) of money, power or social status. C Phrasal verbs
1 Read the story and decide whether you feel the punishment was suitable.
When she saw the broken chair the teacher said she wouldn't let us go home until the person who was
responsible for the damage (1) owned up. In the end Brian Ogilvie said he'd done it, but that it had
been an accident. He (2) made up a story about falling over backwards onto it and the chair just falling
apart under his weight. Our teacher will believe anything and she was completely (3) taken in by his
words, totally unaware that the chair had been broken in an act of pure vandalism. She (4) let him off with
nothing more than an unconvincing warning.
But he didn't (5) get away with it. The next day the teacher (6) found out the truth when she overheard
Ogilvie (7) showing off to his friends in another class about how he'd managed to deceive the teacher.
The head teacher was informed, and after (8) looking into the incident, decided to suspend him for a month.
2 Read the story again. Work out the meaning of each of the underlined phrasal verbs using
the context of the sentence and of the story as a whole.
3 a Match the following phrasal verbs with the definitions in 1-8. get away with get up to
look into look up to make out make up take in take up
1 trick or deceive ________________ 2 investigate ________________
3 not be punished for something ________________
4 see, hear or understand with difficulty ________________
5 invent (a story, an excuse) ________________ 6 start doing ________________
7 admire and respect ________________
8 do things you know you shouldn't ________________
b Complete the gaps with the appropriate forms of the phrasal verbs above.
1 Is this story true or are you __________it __________ ?
2 I couldn't ________________ what he was saying. I think he was drunk.
3 He said he'd been robbed and needed some money for a taxi, but I wasn't ___________ ___________ by his story.
4 You're a fool if you think you can drive so fast all the time and ___________________ it.
5 The police are __________________ the causes of the accident.
6 Are you in trouble with the police again? What have you been ________________ this time? D MULTIPLE CHOICE
Read the text and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (0). 0 A demands B wants C insists D looks 1 DOG HANDLER
Bruno Holden works for the police. As an experienced dog handler, he (0) C on complete
obedience from the dogs he trains. If a policeman (1) … someone of (2) … a crime,' Bruno
explains, 'he will usually arrest him. It is easier to make an arrest with a dog present. A good
police dlog should (3) … a criminal from escaping but it should (4) … attack without a signal from
its owner.' Bruno's dogs look very gentle. (5) …, he warns me (6) … stroking them. 'They are (7)
… training,' he says, 'so you can't (8) … them if they bark and jump up at people sometimes.'
The dogs stay with Bruno for about six months. They sleep in the kitchen. 'Luckily, my wife
doesn't (9) … to them being there,' he says. Before I leave, he (10) … that I join him in the garden
'for a private show'. I watch (11) … the biggest dog pretends to arrest me. I stand there, paralysed
with tear until the clog (12) … me go. At that moment I (13) … myself to obey the law at all costs. I
never want to be that close to a police dog again! 1 A suspects B believes C thinks D realises 2 A making B carrying C committing D achieving 3 A refuse B prevent C warn D make 4 A ever B hardly C never D scarcely 5 A Although B In spite C However D Since 6 A for B against C to D from 7 A still B yet C more D during 8 A accuse B complain C blame D tell 9 A object B mind C forbid D deny 10 A offers B tells C asks D suggests 11 A at B during C for D while 12 A allows B admits C lets D permits 13 A promise B threaten C suggest D agree
2 Read the text and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. Example: (0) B
SHOULD YOUNG PEOPLE EVER BE SENT TO PRISON?
When young people under the age of 18 commit crimes, it is often difficult to decide how they
should be punished and whether or not they should be sent to prison.
There are some (0) _____ in locking young people up. (1) _____, the experience will be
unpleasant for them, and they will hopefully learn their lesson. (2) _____, it keeps them off the
streets and stops them from committing more crimes. And (3) _____, they can often get the
chance to learn new skills (4) _____ they are away from school.
On the other (5) _____, there are many (6) _____ to sending young people to prison. For (7)
_____ they can be bullied and frightened by the older prisoners. (8) _____, they are likely to
become more difficult if they are taken away from their friends, families and schools. And (9)
_____, they might learn how to commit even more serious crimes while they are in prison.
In (10) _____, prison is not suitable for young offenders because on the whole it can do more
harm than good. Other forms of punishment which allow them to remain in touch with their
families and education are more likely to succeed in the long run. 0. A opportunities B advantages C allowances D improvements 1. A To start B To begin C Firstly D Opening 2. A In addition B However C Despite D Nevertheless 3. A lately B eventually C in the end D lastly 4. A despite B even though C nevertheless D however 5. A way B hand C line D side 6. A disadvantages B problems C difficulties D mistakes 7. A a start B an opening C an example D a beginning 8. A Moreover B In contrast C Nevertheless D However 9. A secondly B therefore C finally D on the whole 10. A the rule B the end C lastly D conclusion KEY A Open Clozes 1 Bungling burglars
1 on 2 get/run 3 had 4 warning/saying/explaining 5 for 6 between 7 would 8 at 9 It
10 into 11 so 12 been 13 attract/get/call/catch/draw 14 until 15 were 2 House-sitters
1 who/that 2 has 3 not/never 4 being 5 such 6 or
7 the/its 8 is 9 take 10 for 11 are 12 made B Word Formation a) A burglary
1 absence 2 unmistakable 3 worried 4 violent 5 irresponsible 6 dangerous 7 efficiency 8
fortunately 9 terrible 10 understanding
b) Arthur's life of crime
2 theft 3 offences 4 stolen 5 defence 6 accidentally 7 worthless 8 criminal 9 punishment 10 imprisonment c) CCT cameras
1 buildings 2 residential 3 amazing 4 reduction 5 robbery
6 effective 7 criminals 8 presence 9 invasion 10 evidence d) Joe Bloggs
(1) suspicion (2) proof ( 3 ) charge (4) trial (5) lawyer (6) illegal
(7) guilty (8) crime (9) punishment (10) innocence e) White-collar crime
1 illegal 2 popularity 3 differences 4 burglary 5 evasion
6 relatively 7 conventional 8 increasing 9 equality 10 regardless C Phrasal verbs 2
1 own up to doing something to confess to something which you are to blame for
2 make something up to invent (a story)
3 take somebody in to trick or deceive someone
4 let somebody off to give someone a lighter punishment than they expected, or not punish them at all
5 get away with something to avoid being caught or punished for something wrong you have done
6 find something out to discover or hear about something
7 show off to try to impress people by telling or showing them what you are capable of
8 look into something to investigate 3 a
1 take in 2 look into 3 get away with 4 make out 5 make up
6 take up 7 look up to 8 get up to b
1 making (it) up 2 make out 3 taken in
4 get away with 5 looking into 6 getting up to D Multiple choice 1
1A 2C 3B 4C 5 C 6B 7A 8C 9A 10D 11D 12C 13A 1C 2A 3D 4B 5B 6A 7A 8A 9C 10D