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 Задание № 1.  Read the article and do exercises below.

 Armed police to wear body cameras in London

 Armed police in London will soon be wearing body cameras[1] when they (1) ____ to incidents. This is to ensure greater transparency and reduce speculation when police shoot people. The move came in response to the (2) ____ shooting of a 29-year-old Londoner in North London in 2011. London police stated that its officers were attempting to arrest the man (3) ____ suspicion of planning an attack, and that he was (4) ____ possession of a handgun. The killing led to widespread clashes with the police and (5) ____ into riots across London and other cities. The man’s family and friends campaigned for (6) ____ claiming he was unlawfully killed. A public inquiry decided on January the 8th that the killing was lawful.

London’s senior police officials hope the body cameras will (7) ____ greater clarity and proof surrounding any future shootings. The head of the police pointed         (8) ____ that it was relatively rare for London police officers to open fire. Regular police officers patrolling the streets do not carry guns, (9) ____ police in many cities around the world. Between 2010 and 2012, there were 12,721 times when armed police responded (10) ____ incidents. Shots were fired on just four occasions. Neil Basu, head of the police’s specialist firearms (11) ____, said: «These are professional officers who want to be believed and want the public to trust them. If [wearing body cameras is] what it (12) ____, then that is what they will do.»

 

  1. Complete the article with the correct words from the table.

 

1.                (a) responsible (b) respond (c) response (d) responsive
2.                (a) fatality (b) fatal (c) fatally (d) fatale
3.                (a) as (b) of (c) in (d) on
4.                (a) on (b) in (c) of (d) as
5.                (a) contrived (b) escalated (c) electrified (d) destructed
6.                (a) annually (b) times (c) years (d) ever
7.                (a) take (b) service (c) provide (d) adapt
8.                (a) to (b) up (c) out (d) above
9.                (a) unlikeable (b) liking (c) likelihood (d) unlike
10.            (a) to (b) by (c) on (d) around
11.            (a) unit (b) united (c) unity (d) unitary
12.            (a) removes (b) uses (c) takes (d) picks

 

 

  1. Decide if these statements are true (T) or false (F).

 

a. London’s armed police will soon wear cameras 24 hours a day. T F
b. The cameras follow the controversy over the police shooting someone. T F
c. The police said the man they shot was carrying a rifle. T F
d. The man’s family campaigned that his killing had been unlawful. T F
e. It is rare for police in London to open fire with guns. T F
f. All London police officers carry guns, hidden under their shirts. T F
g. Police fired over 12,000 shots in London between 2010 and 2012. T F
h. Police officers want to wear the cameras to get the public’s trust. T F

 

 

Задание № 2.     Choose the correct word

 

Police Vocabulary Test

 

  1. The opposite of guilty is
  2. arrested
  3. innocent
  4. wanted

 

  1. An _______ is a person who enters a house or business illegally.
  2. Intruder
  3. offender
  4. officer

 

  1. Some misdemeanors are punishable by paying a
  2. patrol
  3. fine
  4. radar

 

  1. The person a police officer works closest beside every day is his or her
  2. offender
  3. convict
  4. partner

 

  1. Dealing drugs behind a restaurant is an example of a
  2. pickpocket
  3. back-up
  4. street crime

 

  1. When a man commits a felony he gets taken into police
  2. custody
  3. gangs
  4. squad

 

  1. Another word for «theft» is
  2. felony
  3. stolen
  4. robbery

 

  1. In order to prevent a criminal suspect from escaping, police use
  2. handcuffs
  3. perpetrators
  4. fingerprints

 

  1. One of the first things detectives do at a crime scene is check for
  2. cruisers
  3. fingerprints
  4. felonies

 

  1. Convicted offenders can be fined or given a _______ sentence.
  2. Jail
  3. cell
  4. bail

 

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