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1 Mcarmenoo Gap-Filling Crime
1 Mcarmenoo Gap-Filling Crime
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The Independent
FILL-IN THE GAPS
For questions 1-10, complete the following article. Use only one word for each space.
The exercise begins with an example (0).
A DNA fingerprint __of___ (0) every active criminal in Britain will be taken
__AS________ (1) part of government plans ____FOR________ (2) a wide-ranging
overhaul of the criminal justice system, the Prime Minister said yesterday.
In his first public announcement ___SINCE_________ (3) returning from holiday, Tony
Blair promised to deliver a courts system fit for the 21st century. Addressing police
officers in Kent, in southern England, he accused the courts of being run for
___THEIR_______ (4) own convenience and promised to ensure that victims, witnesses
and police giving evidence would receive more respect.
Mr Blair declared the justice system archaic, saying it hindered police efforts to keep up
___WITH_________ (5) organised crime, and announced a 107 million package to expand
the DNA database. According to a government spokesman, the database should hold more
than three million samples equivalent __TO_______ (6) almost the whole criminal class of
the UK.
'I think we __HAVE_____(7) effectively got a 19th century justice system in a 21st
century world,' the Prime Minister said.
'We have totally failed to keep __UP__________ (8) to date with the fact that we have
got major organised crime operating in a completely different way to 50 or 60 years ago,'
he said.
Mr Blair stressed that he was ___IN_____ (9) favour of so-called zero tolerance and
wanted a law-abiding society based on courtesy _TOWARDS/TO________ (10) others.
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