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TEXT 1.
THE COST OF EDUCATION.
1. Students of all over the world have to work for their education. A college education in the United States is expensive. The costs are so high that most families begin to save for their children’s education when their children are babies. Even so, many young people cannot afford to pay the expenses of full-time college work. They do not have enough money to pay for school costs.
2. Tuition for attending the university, books for classes, and dormitory costs are high. There are other expenses such as chemistry and biology laboratory fees and special student activity fees for such things as parking permits and football tickets. The cost of a college education increases every year. However, campuses are still crowded with students.
3. Some American students depend on family support to pay for college. Perhaps some of the students have scholarships or money grants, but many do not. How do the rest of the students manage? There are two obvious answers to the money difficulties of college students. They can borrow money, or they can find jobs and earn it. In either cases, thousands of students everywhere find answers to their financial problems.
4. Where do students work? Many of them work in shops, movie houses, and restaurants. They have part-time jobs in the evenings or on weekends. Some plan their class schedules so that their classes are in blocks of time. Then they manage to squeeze in regular jobs. For example, if students have all their classes in the morning, they can take afternoon or evening jobs.
5. Another moneymaking possibility is summer employment. Students look for the highest-paying jobs that they can find. Of course, they plan to work only during the three months of summer vacation. One young man took a summer job driving an earth-moving machine at the city’s landfill project.”Working at the city garbage dump in the summer is pretty bad”, the sophomore said, “but I can take any bad smell for three months if it means another year of school.” Obviously, the discomfort of the job is not enough to prevent this young man from his goal – making money for his education.
6. The second obvious solution to the college students” money problems is borrowing. Money for education is available from special funds. The government is the largest moneylender, but business and churches also provide money for student loans. When students finish their education, they are likely to get good jobs. Former students pay back the money they owe to the special funds. Because they pay interest, they increase the amount of money available for other students to borrow. Each year there should be a little more money for others.
7. Students from other countries have financial problems to overcome, too. Because students in most international programs need to have a sponsor (a person, organization, or government agency that pay for them), they work hard to earn scholarships or special loans. International students understand the value of going to school in another country. They also know that it is difficult. Yet, just as many American students work to go to other countries to study, many foreign students choose to attend American universities in spite of the difficulty. However, it is usually possible for students from abroad to work on university campuses to pay for some of the costs of their educations. Some people believe that students value their education more if they work for it.
8. Students must sometimes ask themselves whether the cost of education is worth it. Each student spends great amounts of money that he or she might have to work for years to repay. The student spends years of time studying and learning. What are the benefits? How does education affect the student’s future? In most cases, the effects make a better life.
1. What is the main idea of paragraph 1?
A. A college education costs more than some young people can pay.
B. Many people begin to work when they are little children.
C. Many young people work at their colleges.
2. What is not mentioned in paragraph 2?
A. Students have to pay for books.
B. Students have to pay for using laboratories.
C. Students have to pay for playing sports.
3. What is clear from paragraph 3?
A. Many American students support their families.
B. Students can borrow or earn money for education.
C. It is impossible for young people to find money for education.
4. What is the main idea of paragraph 4?
A. Many students manage to fit part-time jobs into their schedules.
B. Many students can take jobs only on weekends.
C. Many students get jobs only after classes.
5. What is the young man’s attitude to his summer job according to paragraph 5?
A. He is glad to have the highest-paying job.
B. He is glad to make money for his education.
C. He is glad to drive an earth-moving machine.
6. What is the main idea of paragraph 6?
A. Students can borrow from special funds.
B. Former students get good jobs.
C. Students pay interest to churches.
7. What is clear from paragraph 7?
A. American students find financial support from abroad.
B. It is difficult to choose a university to study.
C. International students find the way of overcoming financial difficulties.
8. What is the main idea of paragraph 8?
A. Students spend a lot of money for education.
B. A lot of time is spent to study.
C. Education changes a student.
TEXT 2.
HACK ATTACK, HOW YOU MIGHT BE A TAGRET.
Imagine waking up one morning to discover all your personal information has been stolen. Your bank account has been cleaned out. The project you have been working on for the past six months has vanished. Your e-mails have been infected with a virus that has copied itself to all the people you have ever exchanged e-mails with. You try to make a call but your mobile phone’s address book has been deleted remotely. Then things start to get really bad. The computer system protecting your house no longer recognizes you because the data containing your retina scan has been stolen. Now you are barred from your home, so you alert the police, but they are very keen to talk to you about your recent credit card purchase in Panama.
It sounds like technophobe’s worst nightmare, but it could be reality. In America, the FBI reports that cybercrime is rising costing individuals and businesses billions of dollars. And the war on this kind of crime seems hard to win. Marius Nacht, Senior Vice President at Israeli security technology company Check Point, says: “There is no easy way to say this, but if your PC is connected to the Internet, there is someone trying to attack it within 15 minutes of the connection being made.
Hackers are not looking for individuals, they are looking for any vulnerable computers. Sometimes computer users are helping the hacker unknowingly. Most people do not use complex methods to protect personal information because most people think they have very little a hacker might want. So they use their birthday as a PIN code to access bank accounts, mobile phones and other personal information, to make it easier to remember. Hackers work very logically. Once they uncover one password to the PC, getting the one to the cash point isn’t rocket science. There is software available on the Internet which can calculate passwords.
1.What can happen if the data containing your retina scan has been stolen?
A. You can’t work on your computer.
B. You can’t exchange e-mails with people.
C. You can’t get into your house.
2. According to the FBI reports….
A. Cybercrime is rising, costing individuals and businesses billions of dollars.
B. The war on this kind of crime is hard to win.
C. Both A and B.
3.In what way can computer users help hackers?
A. Most people give their pin code to other people.
B. Most people use simple methods to protect their information.
C. Most people using the Internet leave their passwords there.
TEXT 3.
A REVOLUTIONARY HEROINE.
The American revolution had numerous heroes and heroines who contributed to its ultimate success. Some of these individuals, however, are not described adequately in the history books. You probably never read about Phoebe Fraunces, although this young black woman may well have been responsible for saving Washington’s life so he could go on to become the country’s first president.
Phoebe Fraunces was the housekeeper in charge of Washington’s New York head quarters. A British spy, Thomas Hickey, gained access to the American headquarters by posing as a deserter. He wasn’t a deserter at all, but had it in mind to kill General Washington by serving him poisoned peas.
Before carrying out his plan, Hickey happened to fall in love with Ms. Fraunces, and he made the fatal (for him) mistake of telling her what he intended to do. She quietly informed Washington that the peas were poisoned, as she set the plate down in front of the general.
Washington reportedly tossed the peas out the window into the yard, and the vegetables were eaten by chickens who then died. Hickey was caught. He gave a full confession and was hanged for his crime. An audience of 20,000 New Yorkers witnessed the spy’s final punishment.
1.This selection is mainly about
D. Washington’s life in New York.
E. A woman who saved Washington’s life.
F. Killing chickens with poison.
G. 20,000 people at hanging.
2. Phoebe Fraunces was
A. Washington’s wife.
B. Hickey’s housekeeper.
C. A British spy.
D. None of the above.
3. The last thing to happen was that
A. Hickey poisoned the peas.
B. Hickey talked about his plan.
C. Chickens died in the yard.
D. The peas went out the window.
4. Hickey told Ms. Fraunces about his plan
A. To get her to help him.
B. Because he loved and trusted her.
C. So she would cook the peas.
D. Hoping she would discourage him.
5. You can conclude from this story that
A. Ms. Fraunces was loyal to her boss.
B. Crime sometimes pays.
C. Washington didn’t like peas.
D. Ms. Fraunces was in love.
6. Hickey’s punishment was
A. Losing Phoebe’s love.
B. Eating poisoned peas
C. Falling in love.
D. Public hanging.
7. Without Phoebe Fraunces, you can guess
A. Hickey would have died.
B. Washington would have starved.
C. History might have been different.
D. More spies would entertain.
TEXT 4.
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY
An 82-year-old accountant who has had a perfect driving record since passing his test before the Second World War was banned for a year yesterday for traveling seventeen miles in the wrong direction on a dual carriage way.
William Howarth became confused as he tried to avoid roadworks and set off on a road between Oxford and Newbury in the wrong direction, magistrates at Abingdon were told.
Howarth, who uses a hearing aid and wears glasses, was driving in the fast lane of the northbound carriageway as traveled south causing several drivers to swerve on a dark January afternoon. A police car in the correct lane drove alongside Howarth’s car and stopped him, but as the policeman climbed over the central barrier Howarth set off again. He continued for another ten miles until a police road block forced him to stop.
Howarth pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and was also fined. He was ordered to re-take his test if he wants to drive again after the year in which he is banned from driving is over.
He leaned forward as he strained to hear yesterday as Mr. John Horn, prosecutor, said police received a number of 999 calls saying a car was traveling in the wrong direction.
Mr. Robert Hawes, defending said Howarth still worked five days a week as an accountant, sometimes until eight at night, and had a perfect 60-year driving record. He had driven on to the road as he tried to avoid roadworks and had not at first realized he was in the wrong lane because traffic was light and trees blocked his view of the opposite carriageway.
Within a mile, he realized he was on the wrong carriageway and his intention was to get off as quickly as possible and get back on to the right road. There were in fact eight lay-bys along the route where he could have stopped and for that reason he accepts that he is guilty. This was not a wicked piece of driving. Mr. Howarth was disoriented. It was a nightmare journey for him and he was dazed, confused and in obvious shock.
1. What did the court decide about Mr. Howarth?
A. That he should never be allowed to drive again.
B. That he should pay a fine and be prohibited from driving for a year.
C. That he should take another driving test at once.
D. That he should not be punished.
2. How did the police learn about Mr. Howarth?
A. They saw him.
B. Other drivers reported him.
C. A police car had to swerve to avoid him.
D. Another driver telephoned them.
3. Why did Mr. Howarth stop in the end?
A. Some policemen managed to stop him.
B. Another driver stopped him.
C. He realized they would catch him eventually.
D. There were road works on the road and he had to stop.
4. Mr. Howarth did not realize his mistake at first because
A. There were other cars traveling in the same direction.
B. The incident happened at night.
C. There were not many cars and he couldn’t see the other side of the road.
D. He was not wearing his glasses.
5. Why did Mr. Howarth plead guilty?
A. Because he thought he had done a terrible thing.
B. Because he was dazed and confused.
C. Because he had driven off when the policeman stopped him.
D. Because he had not stopped as soon as he could have done.
6. Mr. Howarth
A. was not aware he was on the wrong side of the road when the police stopped him
B. did not realize he was on the wrong side of the road until he had driven seventeen miles
C. realized he was on the wrong side of the road when he saw other cars swerving to avoid him
D. realized he was on the wrong side of the road after he had driven about a mile.
7. How did Mr. Howarth feel about the incident?
A. Terrified and upset.
B. Angry and frustrated.
C. He did not think he had done anything wrong.
D. He was glad it was over.
8. Mr. Howarth’s lawyer claimed that
A. He had done a very wicked thing.
B. This was not typical of his normal behavior
C. He was not to blame for what happened.
D. He was too old to be driving.
TEXT 5.
FOREIGN POLICE PLAN ATTACKED
1. Government proposals to recruit foreigners to head the UK’s police forces have been severely criticized. A consultation document suggests senior foreign officers should be considered for new chief constable posts.
2. But Michael O’Byrne, former chief constable of Bedfordshire Police, said the idea was “very silly”. “Policing is based on community values and I think bringing people in who don’t understand the values and community really is a backward step”,he said. “Most foreigners don’t share the British police forces’ approach to the community, they’re traditionally armed and they traditionally take little account of community views on policing”
3. Shadow home secretary Oliver Letwin also criticized the proposals, saying they were an unwelcome move towards more centralized control of policing. The Association of Chief Police Officers, which represents senior officers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, said it needed time to consider the proposals.
1. What is criticized according to paragraph 1?
A. The document about coming foreigners to the UK’s government.
B. The idea of recruiting foreigners to the UK’s police.
C. The proposals given by new chief constable.
2. What is the most important approach for the British police in their work according to paragraph 2?
A. The British police must be traditionally
B. The British police forces take much account on traditions of foreign policing.
C. Policing in Great Britain is based on understanding community values.
3. What is clear from paragraph 3?
A. The authorities welcome the proposal.
B. The authorities need time to find the solution.
C. The authorities control the proposals of officers.
TEXT 6.
In the United States today there are more than half a million criminals serving time in prisons. Most prisoners are male high-school dropouts between the ages of 18 and 29. Even more shocking is the fact that the number and rate of imprisonment has more than doubled over the past twenty years, and the recidivism - that is, the rate for rearrest - is more than 60 percent.
Although the stated goal of most prison systems, on both federal and state levels, is to rehabilitate the inmates and reintegrate them into society, the systems themselves do not support such a result. Prisons are usually geographically or psychologically isolated and terribly overcrowded. Even in the more enlightened prisons, only one-third of the inmates have vocational training opportunities or work release options.
If prisons are indeed to achieve the goal of rehabilitating offenders, then the prisons themselves will have to change. First, they will have to be smaller, housing no more than five hundred prisoners. Second, they will have-to be built in or near population centers with community resources available for gradual reintegration into society. Finally, prison programs must be restructured to include work release and vocational and academic training that promises to carry over into the inmate's life after release. Models for such collaborative efforts between the criminal justice system and the community already exist in several hundred half-way houses throughout the country.
1 . What is the author's main point?
A. Prisons must be restructured if they are to accomplish the goal of rehabilitation.
B. Models for community collaboration have been successful.
C. Most of the criminals serving time in prison are high-school dropouts.
D. The criminal justice system must establish a better goal.
2. According to the author, how many prisoners are offered training or work release?
A. None C. 33 1/3 percent
B. 50 percent D. 60 percent
3. The author mentions all the following as necessary to prison
reform EXCEPT
A. newer buildings C. vocational training
B. smaller institutions D. collaboration with the community
4. The word "recidivism" in line 5 refers to
A. all people who are imprisoned
B. people who return to prison after release.
C. people who drop out of high school.
D. people who have been in prison for a long time
5. The word "them" in line 8 refers to
A. prison systems C. goals
B. inmates D. levels
TEXT 7.
MUGGER THWARTED BY TWO OLD LADIES.
1. A 15-stone mugger jailed for four years for attacking two elderly ladies who fought back so strongly that he ended up in hospital. Methew Frape, 28, was left with a broken ankle when Vera Hull, 78, hit him with her walking stick. He crawled away to telephone the police for help and told them he had been set upon by five youths with an iron bar.
2. Later he confessed he had attacked Mrs Hull and Sheila Hastings, 71, - both just 5ft2in tall – because “they were there”. Leicester Crown Court was told that Frape approached the women near a dark alleyway near their homes. He threw Mrs. Hastings to the ground and grabbed Mrs Hull’s handbag.
3. Mrs Hull said after the hearing: “I wasn’t going to let him get away with it. I’ve always been brought up to believe that you have to fight your own corner. I managed to get to me hands and knees and hit him on the head and legs two or three times with my stick”.
4. Frape, from Leicester, pleaded guilty to robbing Mrs. Hull of her handbag and causing grievous bodily harm to Mrs Hastings. He was also ordered to pay a total of 1,000 in compensation.
1. Who telephoned the police for help according to paragraph 1?
A. Mrs. Hull.
B. Sheila Hastings.
C. Mathew Frape.
2. What is clear from paragraph 2?
A. Frape confessed that he threw Mrs Hull to the ground.
B. Frape confessed that he attacked two ladies.
C. Frape confessed that he grabbed Sheila’s bag.
3. Why did Mrs Hull manage to cope with Frape according to paragraph 3?
A. Mrs. Hull had a walking stick with her.
B. Mrs Hull believed that she would fight her own corner.
C. Mrs Hull knew how to hit Frape.
4. Why was Frape jailed according to paragraph 4?
A. Frape was jailed for robbing.
B. Frape was jailed for causing bodily harm.
C. Both A and B.
TEXT 8.
1.A landmark decision by magistrates to send a mother to prison for allowing her children to play truant was welcomed by the Government. Patricia Amos, from Banbury, in Oxfordshire, was sentenced to 60 days’ imprisonment for failing to ensure that her daughters Emma, 15, and Jackie, 13, attended the local comprehensive regularly.
2.Ms Amos’s family claimed that the sentence was unduly harsh but Estelle Morris, the Education secretary, said that it sent the right message to other parents who might be tempted to condone absences.
It is the first time that the courts have used new custodial powers directed at the families of truants. Surveys have shown that more than 80 per cent of the 50,000 pupils who miss lessons each day do so with the complicity of their parents.
3. Ms Amos, 43, a single mother who has five children by three different fathers was jailed for allowing her daughters to stay away from Banbury School for extended periods. Her eldest daughter, Kerry Cowman, 25, said that her mother had pleaded to be released from Holloway prison, in North London, where she was serving her sentence. She said that the two girls had told her that they started missing school to comfort their mother after the death of her mother, who lived with them. Jackie said: “ When my granny died I didn’t want to leave my mother alone. It wasn’t her fault I missed school.”Emma added: “It wasn’t right my mum has been punished for something I did.” Ms Cowan said that it was a harsh lesson for the girls to learn. “There must be another way of teaching kids a lesson without licking their mother up”.
1.What is the main idea of paragraph 1?
A. Emma and Jackie attended school regularly.
B. Patricia Amos was sent to prison.
C. Emma and Jackie Amos missed school.
2. What is clear from paragraph 2?
A. Parents allow their children to miss school.
B. All parents send their children to school.
C. Courts use a new decision for all families.
3. Why did girls begin missing their classes?
A. They wanted to be alone.
B. They wanted to please their mother.
C. They wanted to stay away from school.
TEXT 9.
U. S. PLANS TO ASSAULT MONEY LAUNDERING.
The U. S. administration plans to ask Congress for sweeping new powers to combat money laundering, including the authority to ban financial transactions between U. S. banks or brokerage houses and offshore financial centers, administration officials said Wednesday.
The request is the centerpiece of administration efforts to tighten money laundering laws after the Bank of New York was found to have acted as a conduit for about $7 billion in Russian money, some of which investigators believe was derived from illegal activities. The administration has also been searching for ways to make it harder for drug traffickers to funnel their profits through U. S. banks.
Treasure Secretary Lawrence Summers plans to announce proposed legislation in a speech to bankers Thursday, officials said. The legislation would give his department a broad range of powers to investigate and in serious cases forbid transactions between U. S. financial institutions and individual foreign banks or entire countries.
Administration officials say current laws do not provide enough authority to fight money laundering, the practice of filtering profits from illegal activities through banks to disguise their origin. Short of having Congress declare emergency sanctions against countries deemed to be a national security threat, the officials said, they are mostly confined to waving a finger at nations that tolerate money laundering and urging U. S. banks to be wary of doing business with such places.
“The issue of money laundering is so prominent and public that it can’t be ignored anymore,” a senior official said. “We need to be able to target the root problems without unnecessarily hindering legitimate economic activity.”
The effort to seek new powers is clearly a response to Russia, where financial mismanagement has been a problem for the U. S. administration and the International Monetary Fund. Some analysts and members of Congress have complained that widespread corruption in Russia – helped in part by the ease of transferring funds abroad – undermined multibillion-dollar foreign aid programs and ruined one of the administration’s top foreign policy priorities.
The proposed legislation also appears to be an attempt to broker a compromise between congressional proposals and private financial companies. Both the House and the Senate are weighing bills that would impose draconian restrictions on foreign banks that hide money and, in some cases, new enforcement duties on domestic banks and brokerage houses. Financial companies have complained that such laws threaten to make them uncompetitive against foreign rivals.
The new legislation would give the Treasury Department the right to take any number of steps, along a progressive scale, to fight laundering. On the light end of the spectrum, the department wants the power to ask U. panies to collect data on all kinds of transactions with an offshore bank or financial company. That would help law enforcement officials track suspicious activity, and would also make U. S. banks wary of doing business with such places, officials said.
1. The U. S. administration intends to …
A. Make money laundering laws more severe.
B. Give Russia a credit of $7 billion.
C. Allow drug trafficking to put their money in U. S. banks.
D. Derive money from illegal activities.
2. The new money laundering legislation would…
A. Give the Treasure Department more powers.
B. Forbid to investigate transactions between U. S. financial institutions and foreign banks.
C. Allow individual foreign banks to operate in the U. S.
D. Make Lawrence Summers the head of his department.
3. The current laws do not provide the administration with …
A. The authority to disguise the origin of illegal profit.
B. The power to combat money laundering.
C. The practice of filtering profits.
D. The opportunity to find out the origin of some banks.
4. U. S. Congress imposed sanctions against…
A. Countries that are believed to be dangerous to U. S. national security.
B. Banks that tolerate money laundering.
C. Banks doing business with foreign countries.
D. Countries that urge the U. S. to tolerate money laundering.
5. Financial companies say that the new legislation would…
A. Decrease the number of their financial rivals.
B. Make them less able to compete with their rivals.
C. Give more powers to some banks and brokerage houses.
D. Lift restrictions from them.
TEXT 10.
BRITAIN PRIMES FOR ALL-DAY PUBS.
In a land where subways are closed after midnight and all-night shopping is rare, a new late-night public service could soon be on tap:
The 24-hour pub.
Round-the-clock sales of alcohol in pubs and shops in England and Wales were among proposals unveiled Monday by a British government determined to rewrite licensing laws, many of which have been on the books since World War 1.
Monday the government presented a “white paper” and solicited responses to the proposals. Aiming to make pubs more enjoyable – and safer - the British appear eager to adopt a drinking atmosphere favored by their continental neighbors. Parliament is unlikely to take up a bill until after the next election, perhaps as early as next year.
If the proposals become law, the traditional 11 p. m. “last orders” call will be wiped away, with closures spread between 11 p. m. and 3 a. m. Some pubs, primarily in bustling center cities, will be able to keep their doors open 24 hours. An industry group leader estimated that only about 50 pubs in the land would keep their doors open all hours.
The goals is to do away with the so-called closing-time flash point, when thousands of drinkers leave the pub. Scotland already has extended hours in some areas, but no 24-hour pubs. “Fixed closing times encourage binge drinking around last orders,” Home Secretary Jack Straw said in the House of Commons. “The result is lots of people hitting the streets – and sometimes each other – at the same time.
Current regulations that make it seem as if dogs enjoy a warmer welcome in pubs than children also will be revised. Children are to be given more access to pubs. Those aged 16 and 17, eating a meal with adults, will be able to drink alcohol at the pub owner’s discretion. The present legal drinking age is 18.
The measure also seek to get tough on rowdy pubs, with police able to close them immediately. “Habitual drunkards” could be banned from licensed premises for 10 years, up from three, while those convicted of a violent offense in public could be banned for life.
Why all the fuss about pubs?
They’re a British tradition and big business.
In his foreword to the licensing proposals, Straw stated. “The pub is a crucial focus for community life in cities, towns and villages across the nation”. He noted $40 billion a year is spent on alcohol in Britain, and nearly 1 million people work in the pub industry.
“For tourists coming to this country, the No.1 destination is not Buckingham Palace, it’s a pub”, said Mary Curnock Cook, director of the British Institute of Innkeeping, a trade group.
At the Red Lion, a pub so close to Parliament that voting bells ring in the bar, landlord Raoul de Vaux said he was thrilled with the proposals, but, he cautioned, it will be difficult for pubs to meet the overhead of extended hours. “Wages will have to go up and so will the price of beer,” said de Vaux, who noted he was unlikely to extend his hours. “If I can’t make my money between 11 a. m. and 11 p. m., I shouldn’t be in the business’, he said. “By the time you work your 12 hours, you want to put your head down and go to sleep”.
A prominent alcohol abuse campaigner cautioned that the proposals will only be judged successful if violent incidents around pubs decline.
Meanwhile, drinkers seemed to enthusiastically support the proposal to extend opening hours.
“By the time you go home after work, wash up, and go back out, you only have three hours to ram the beer in”, said Peter Moffet, a bricklayer. “Longer hours will give us more time to drink – and pick up women”.
1. The planned changes in the law regulating the work of pubs are aimed to …
A. Make this law the same as before the World War 11.
B. Make the atmosphere in pubs closer to continental.
C. Make sure that all pubs have their licenses.
D. Stop round-the clock sales of alcohol.
2. If the proposals become law …
A. All pubs will be closed at 3 a. m. instead of 11 p. m.
B. Visitors will have to order heir last beers before 11 p. m.
C. Only 50 pubs will be allowed to close after 11 p. m.
D. Visitors will be able to stay in pubs after 11 p. m.
3. What do fixed closing times often lead to?
A. Visitors start fights in pubs.
B. Too many “last orders” at the same time make the owners unable to serve them.
C. Visitors start fights on leaving pubs.
D. Visitors refuse to leave pubs so early.
4. What will be changed in the regulations concerning children in pubs?
A. Young people over 18 will be allowed to drink alcohol.
B. Young people aged 16 and 17 will be given access to pubs only together with adults.
C. Young people over 16 will be able to drink alcohol if the owner of the pub allows them to.
D. Young people under 18 will be allowed to drink alcohol at the discretion of the adults who accompany them to the pub.
5. The police will have the right to …
A. Close noisy and overcrowded pubs that disturb peace.
B. Close pubs that are not licensed.
C. Forbid people suspected of a violent offence to visit pubs.
D. Close pubs popular among “habitual drunkards”.
6. Raoul de Vaux is unlikely to extend the working hours of his pub, because….
A. He is afraid he won’t have many visitors after 11 p. m.
B. His staff refuses to work longer than 12 hour.
C. He is satisfied with the money he makes at present.
D. He won’t be allowed to close later, as his pub is too close to Parliament.
7. How do alcohol abuse campaigners treat the proposal?
A. They think it’ll be quite successful.
B. They warn that it’s still early to make conclusions.
C. They believe that the proposed changes will make it easier for people to get drunk.
TEXT 11.
Hi Ralph,
Sorry we didn’t get to see each other while I was in town, but my day didn’t quite go according to plan.
I started by bolting down my breakfast, as I wanted to leave early to avoid the 8.00 I was bombing along the M4 until I got stopped for speeding by a police officer. I started to explain but he butted in saying, “The speed limit applies to everyone, you know”. Luckily, he let me off with a warning.
When I eventually got to town my adventure really began. Anyway, when you’ve read this clipping from “The Evening Star”, I’m sure you’ll forgive me for not calling you.
See you next time.
Dominic.
1. Why did Dominic eat very quickly in the morning?
A. She didn’t want to be late.
B. She didn’t want to get stuck in the traffic jam.
C. She wanted to read “The Evening Star”.
2. What did the police officer tell Dominic?
A. Traffic rules are relevant to every person.
B. Speed is limited on the M4.
C. Bombing along the road must be stopped.
TEXT 12.
Nicholas Forbes who is wanted for armed robbery and has been seen on the run from the police for several weeks, was apprehended outside a supermarket in Long Street yesterday.
Forbes was attempting to dispose of a bag in a rubbish bin when a police officer approached him. Forbes sprinted off, with the officer in hot pursuit, and bystander Tom Clarke joined the chase. Onlookers cheered Clarke on as he quickly gained on Forbes and wrestled him on the ground.
A crowd of shoppers congregated around the struggling men and Forbes was arrested. A police spokesman praised Clarke’s bravery but urged the public not to tackle dangerous criminals themselves. “Such matters are best left in the hands of the police,” he said
1. Who managed to gain on a robber?
A. A police officer
B. A witness
C. A police spokesman
TEXT 13.
Two teenagers convicted yesterday on a charge of car theft should be let off with a suspended sentence in view of their age, their lawyer argued.
Andrew McWade and Peter Duncan, both 17, were already on the run from the police in connection with another crime when they stole the car. The stolen vehicle was spotted by the driver of a police car, who immediately gave chase. Realising that the patrol car was gaining on, the youths attempted to dispose of evidence linking them to both crimes but were soon arrested.
Prosecution lawyers insisted that, given circumstances of the crime, normal grounds for a reduction in punishment did not apply to the two accused. Sentence will be passed today.
1. What did the youths attempt to do when the police car got nearer to them?
A. They tried to run away immediately.
B. They tried to steal a police patrol car.
C. They tried to throw evidence away.
TEXT 14.
1. In a detective story, the hero thrives on mystery, and after a glance at the evidence he hits on a brilliant solution. Real life detective work isn’t like that, of course. Solving a mystery comes about through routine checking and forensic evidence. This murder was no exception.
2. The victim was found to be Charles Parr, Barry Jones’ partner in crime. Anonymous calls brought Jones and the police to Parr’s house at the same time – because somebody wanted us to find Jones there and assume he was guilty. Forensic evidence showed, however, that Parr had died on Monday morning, the day before, when Jones had been in court on a charge of theft.
3. Real-life detectives all want to improve on their past record of successes, but we also have to cut down on valuable police time spent in long fruitless investigations. With no clear ideas, I almost decided to call off our enquiries and sit on the investigation for a while, hoping for a lucky break. I didn’t want the murderer to get away with the crime, but I couldn’t waste time checking on every possible suspect.
4. Then I had an idea. Why try to make us think Parr had been killed on Tuesday rather than on Monday? Of course – the killer had established a solid alibi for Tuesday. I concentrated on those suspects with the best alibis for Tuesday, and soon discovered the truth. We had already interviewed Sean Sayers, because of his threats to “get” Jones and Parr in revenge for cheating him in a business deal.
5. He had eagerly shown us several receipts from shops, restaurants and a hotel, proving he had been 250 miles away on Monday night and all of Tuesday. This made me suspicious enough to check the hotel phone records. Sure enough, the calls to Jones and the police had been made from Sayers’ hotel room, so I ordered a careful search of his home. A forensic examination found traces of the victim’s blood on a pair of Sayers’ shoes and he confessed to the crime – caught by his own attempt to be clever.
1. How can a mystery in a real-life detective work be solved according to paragraph 1?
A. The detective suddenly finds a brilliant solution.
B. The detective is inspired by mystery to solve it.
C. The detective solves a mystery working hard.
2. What is wrong according to paragraph 2?
A. The police found Barry Jones in Parr’s house and assumed he was guilty.
B. Somebody wanted the police to find Jones in Parr’s house.
C. The police found the victim in his own house.
3. What does the author mean by saying that he almost decided to sit on the investigation for a while according to paragraph 3?
A. He wanted to delay further actions concerning the investigation.
B. He wanted to improve the investigation.
C. He wanted to achieve a better result than before.
4.Why did the police interview Sean Sayers according to paragraph 4?
A. He had no alibi for Tuesday.
B. He wanted the police to think that Parr had been killed on Tuesday.
C. He wanted retaliation for harm that Parr had caused in their business.
5.What is not mentioned in paragraph 5?
A. The hotel phone records were carefully checked.
B. The restaurant phone calls were checked.
C. Sayers’ room was ordered to be checked.
