matrix intermediate
UNIT 2
Crime andpunishment
1 Circle the correct letter.
At 10.30 ______ June the 9th millionaire Harry Squires was (1) _______________ in his sitting room. His business partner, Julian Clayton, was (2) _______________ in the attack.
There were three other people at the house at the time: Harry's wife, Martina, his sister Belinda Ewers and her (3) _______________, Craig.
According to their stories, at the time of the (4) _______________ Martina Squires was reading in the library. Belinda Ewers was upstairs in her bedroom. She wasn't (5) _______________ well. Craig Ewers was in the garden. Harry Squires himself and Julian Clayton were in the sitting room. The French windows were open.
Suddenly a shot was (6) _______________. It was quickly followed by a second shot and a (7) _______________. Belinda Ewers arrived at the sitting room first. Harry Squires was already dead and Julian Clayton was (8) _______________ on the floor. His hand was (9) _______________ and he was holding a handkerchief around it. Soon afterwards Martina Squires arrived. While she and Belinda were helping Julian, Craig Ewers entered the sitting room through the French windows. He was (10) _______________ a gun in his, hand. The police were (11) _______________.
Preliminary (12) _______________ showed that Harry Squires and Julian Clayton had almost certainly been
(13) _______________ with the gun that Mr Ewers bad brought in. The (14) _______________ had been fired from the direction of the garden. The only (15) _______________ on the gun were Mr Ewers.
EXAMPLE: a on b in c at d after
1 a murdered c burgled
b hijacked d solved
2 a present c wounded
b fired d called
3 a wife c sister
b gun d husband
4 a murder c commit
b assassin d investigation
5 a being c staying
b feeling d doing
6 a bullet c held
b gunned d fired
7 a fingerprint c murder
b scream d telephone call
8 a standing c walking
b lying d feeling
9 a bleeding c holding
b fingerprints d blood
10 a firing c holding
b shown d given
11 a investigated c arrived
b called d asked
12 a investigates c experts
b investigations d collections
13 a weapons c examined
b shot d charged
14 a bullets c blood
b fingerprints d cigarettes
15 a fingerprints c footprints
b paint d evidence
____ / 15
2 Write the crimes.
EXAMPLE: You deliberately set fire to a building. ARSON
1 You break into a house and steal things. ______________
2 You bring goods into a country without paying tax. ______________
3 You damage things in public places. ______________
4 You take someone's son and demand money ______________
5 You know someone's secret and demand money. ______________
6 You kill someoneunintentionally. ______________
7 You drive at 100 mph where the limit was 70 mph. ______________
8 You use force to take control of an aeroplane. ______________
9 You get things by telling lies. ______________
10 You steal things from shops ______________
____ / 10
3 Circle the correct letter.
EXAMPLE: Look! The car in front has stopped.
a has stopped c have stopped
b stopped d is stopped
1 A _____ been parachuting?
a Are you ever c have you ever
b do you ever d you
b Yes, _____.
a i go. b i been.
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