Module Test in English

Topic “Crime and Punishment”

Name Alla Zholob
Group 341.2
Date 11.11.22
1.Read the text.
It may be a question that has never crossed your mind, and hopefully one that you will never even have to
contemplate, but should children ever be kept in prison, even if their mother is incarcerated there? Last week, a
mother scored a victory in the courts when the prison service was ordered to review its decision over whether she
should be allowed to keep her daughter, who is nearly two, with her. Children in the mother and baby unit at a
prison near York are usually allowed to live inside only until the age of 18 months. The mother’s motives, and her
presumable delight at what has undoubtedly been an unprecedented legal decision, are understandable, but are they
justified?
Chris Tchaikovsky of the campaigning prison reform group, Women in Prison, believes it can never be right to
keep children in jail. She says she can’t think of an easier way to destroy a child, and asks: “Why aren’t the mothers
tagged? They could then stay with their children in a healthy environment.” Alternative punishments of this kind are
beginning to gain ground, but it remains to be seen what the attitude of the general public might be to this solution to
an ever-rising crime rate.
The prison service argues that around the age of 14 months, babies start to become aware of their
institutionalized surroundings, and that jealousies can develop among other inmates who sometimes believe that
prisoners in mother and baby units are accorded special privileges, there have also been incidents of children
learning and using prison jargon.
Parenting campaigner Sheila Kitzinger described the potentially traumatic effect on a child of a break in
attachment to his or her primary carer. “For any young child, the basis of love and trust is a close and continuing
attachment with not more than two or three loving adults who are completely committed to that child.”
Are the following statements true or false? ( 1, 5point)
1. As a rule courts allow mothers to be incarcerated with their children. True
2. In some prisons there exist special departments where prisoners live with their children. False
3. The majority of experts believe that incarceration can be beneficial for a child. False
4. Children under 2 are too small to realize in what surroundings they are brought up. False
5. Prisoners in mother and baby units are accorded special privileges. True

2. Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with a suitable phrase from your topical vocabulary on crime
and punishment. (1.4 points)
1. The thief sentenced to twenty years imprisonment by a very reactionary judge.
2. The jury reached verdict of “guilty” after many hours of deliberation.
3. He was fined two hundred pounds for causing a breach of the peace.
4. The police were getting out of the car to arrest the man for trespassing on private land when he pulled out
a gun.
5. The magistrate was involved the man in driving for one year.
6. The police arrested the man and took him to the police station where he was formally banned from
murder.
7. Unfortunately he was sue for of a chance to enter this university.

3. Put the right preposition after each verb. (2 points)

 To reach a verdict of guilty
 To be kept on remand
 To hold into custody
 To sentence to five years
 To be on trial
 To put on probation
 To ban on driving
 To charge of
 To accuse of
 To be acquitted of the charge

4. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets. (1.6 points)
1. The rapist admitted that he had spoken to the woman but denied that he had raped her.
2. It is difficult to protect children from abusers who are members of their own family.
3. The blackmailer was caught when someone recognised her handwriting.
4. Armed robbers is increasingly common, with criminals using shotguns and other weapons.
 5. The murders of women tend to be their husbands (48%) whereas only 10%of men were murdered by
their wives.
6. The mugger came up to her in the street and produced a knife.
7. The thief got into the gallery at night and took three Picassos.
8. The arsonist who set fire to Ann Hathaway’s cottage did it because he had had a row with his
girlfriend.

5. Translate into English. (3.5 points)

1. Я відчував, що треба зізнатися і розповісти їй усе, що сказав мені лікар.

I felt I had to accept and tell her everything the doctor told me.

2. Вона підозрювала, що її залишили відповідати за помилки боса.

She suspected that she was left responsible for her boss's mistakes.

3. Я знаю його. Ми познайомилися, коли разом сиділи у в’язниці.

I know him. We met when we went in prison together.

4. Нажаль, сьогодні багато людей відмовляються від своїх принципів, коли на горизонті – гроші.

Unfortunately, today many people abandon their principles when money is on the horizon.

5. Жорстокість та схильність до ненависті надихають злочинців реалізовувати свої злочинні мрії.

Cruelty and hatred inspire criminals to realize their criminal dreams.

6. Проблема підліткової злочинності є однією з найактуальніших в наш час, а тому потребує

негайного вирішення.

The problem of juvenile delinquency is one of the most relevant in our time, and therefore requires an
immediate solution.

7. Я впевнений, що не існує вроджених вбивць, бо саме вплив оточуючих факторів спонукає людей
порушувати закон.

I am sure that there are no born killers, because it is the influence of environmental factors that leads
people to break the law.