Open cloze - Crimes - with key (6 pages) Mã A684106

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) .......................... …