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Focus 3, unit 8

Choose the correct words.

1.Police statements claim that last week's fire at the NuVu Cinema was arson/arsonist

2.'My life as a drug dealer/dealling.' Read our shocking interview with an ex-criminal

3.DVD piracy/pirate falls as more people download films legally online

4.Film star tells her terrible secret: 'I was a celebrity shoplifter/shoplifting'

5.Police question students after thieves/thefts steal exam papers from city school

6.Street cameras fail to decrease the number of vandalism/vandal cases in local area

7.High Street robbery/robber caught by 78-year-old Maggie Pearson

8.Government announces muggings/muggers to get stricter sentences

9.Burglary/Burglar gets away with cat worth £5,000

10.Investigation continues into murder/murderer of Count Wardling

11.Someone has reported/vandalised/robbed our local library by spray-painting political slogans all over it

and breaking the windows.

12. Weren’t you terrified when the arsonist/burglar/mugger pushed you down on the pavement and took

your backpack?

13. Some young people think taking things from department stores without paying is fun – they don’t realise

that robbery/mugging/shoplifting is a serious crime.

14. In the early days of the Internet, shoplifting/ robbery/piracy of music was a huge problem, but now

most people pay for the music they want to listen to.

II

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1.Climate change is another ________ challenge confronting humanity.

2.I've got a __________ gift for you.

3.She'd report back if anyone ________ approached her.

4.Whoever sent it wished to remain _______.

5.You trouble me over such __________ matter?

6.It must make you pretty _________.

7. You know him... you're __________, but here nothing has happened in years.

8. Please specify and list any ___________ documents

9. If you have any problems at all, no matter how _______they might seem please call me.
Choose the correct answers.

 1
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When our boss was   with a serious crime, everyone in the company was shocked.

 2

After Mark spent five years in prison, it was discovered that someone else was guilty and Mark
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was  .

 3
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Someone has   our local library by spray-painting political slogans all over it and

breaking the windows.

 4
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After she was arrested, the   was taken to court and asked to say if she was guilty or

not.

 5
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Weren’t you terrified when the   pushed you down on the pavement and took your

backpack?

 6
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When a   ends, the judge usually decided how long the criminal will go to prison for.

 7

Some young people think taking things from department stores without paying is fun – they don’t realise
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that   is a serious crime.

 8
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In the end, the chairman was   guilty of stealing money from his own business and

sent to prison.

 9
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Have they found a   to the crime, or is it true that nobody saw what happened?

 10
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In the early days of the Internet,   of music was a huge problem, but now most

people pay for the music they want to listen to.

 11
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After a serious crime is committed, special officers are called in to   evidence which

can then be used to find out who is guilty.

 12
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The judge   the guilty woman to twelve years in prison.

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