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MULTIPLE CHOICE
................ means catching game birds, animals or fish without permission on somebody
else’s property.
a. hunting
b. stealing
c. trespassing
d. poaching
A person who steals money, etc from other people’s pockets, especially in crowded places.
a. a thief
b. a pickpocket
c. a shoplifter
d. a robber
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6. Choose the correct answer:
The correct spelling for the English equivalent of the Romanian word – delapidator – is:
a. imbezzler
b. embezler
c. embezzler
d. embezller
He has been released from prison .................... and if he does not behave satisfactorily, he
will be sent back.
a. on probation
b. on remission
c. into custody
d. on testing
There was no need for a trial, because the client decided to ......................... and forgive the
attacker.
a. serve his sentence
b. appear in court
c. drop all the charges
d. commute his sentence
............... means money paid by or for a person accused of a crime, as security that he will
return for his trial if he is allowed to go free until then.
a. Probation
b. Bribe
c. Bail
d. Fine
A .................... is a lawyer who prepares legal documents, advises clients on legal matters
and speaks for them in lower courts.
a. solicitor
b. prosecutor
c. judge
d. barrister
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12. Choose the correct answer:
The correct spelling for the English equivalent of the Romanian expression – omor din
culpã – is:
a. menslaughter
b. manslother
c. manslaughter
d. manslauther
After ten hours, the Jury finally reached its …………….: the prisoner was guilty.
a. sentence
b. verdict
c. point
d. conclusion
A person who willfully gives a false statement while under oath, concerning a material
matter in a judicial proceeding is said to commit ................................... .
a. slander
b. bribery
c. perjury
d. treason
A .............. is someone who testifies, especially in a court of law to events or facts within
his own knowledge.
a. registrar
b. spectator
c. witness
d. friend
Any witness shall take an oath that the .................. he/she is about to give shall be the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
a. confession
b. testimony
c. verdict
d. statement
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18. Choose the correct answer:
.................... is the false making or altering of any document that either has legal
significance or is commonly relied upon in business transactions.
a. Deceit
b. Smuggling
c. Corruption
d. Forgery
Since the defendant did not have a criminal record, he got away with a small ..............
a. ransom
b. punishment
c. fine
d. ticket
The woman sitting in the witness ............ will certainly commit perjury.
a. box
b. stand
c. seat
d. bench
A .............. will be appointed to investigate the violent and suspicious death of the
teenager.
a. prosecutor
b. doctor
c. coroner
d. judge
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24. Choose the correct answer:
You can’t have burgled the house alone, so who was your ............... ?
a. ally
b. accomplice
c. assistant
d. associate
She will soon ................. trial for the part she played in the recent robbery.
a. give
b. perform
c. make
d. stand
Detectives are said to be ....................... into the causes of the recent fire.
a. looking
b. investigating
c. checking
d. searching
The victim ............... the law into her own hands by killing her attacker.
a. took
b. seized
c. grabbed
d. put
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30. Choose the correct answer:
A threat of attack to another person, followed by actual attack which need amount only to
touching with hostile intent is called .........................................
a. rape
b. assault and battery
c. threat
d. vandalism
The police said there was no sign of a .......... entry even though the house had been
burgled.
a. broken
b. burst
c. forced
d. smashed
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36. Choose the correct answer:
Mr. Johnson was ............... fifty pounds for drinking and driving.
a. charged
b. fined
c. ordered
d. penalized
As it was her first offence, the judge gave her a ............... sentence.
a. kind
b. lenient
c. severe
d. tolerant
The defendant was able to prove his innocence at the trial and was ...................... .
a. absolved
b. acquitted
c. forgiven
d. pardoned
Ted Bundy was a hardened criminal who showed no .................. for his crimes.
a. penance
b. pity
c. remorse
d. reproach
His sentence has been commuted to six months on the ................ of failing health.
a. bases
b. causes
c. grounds
d. reasons
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42. Choose the correct answer:
The judge recommended more humane forms of punishment for juvenile ................... .
a. convicts
b. villains
c. sinners
d. delinquents
All his friends thought he was guilty, but no one could ................. anything against him.
a. accuse
b. ensure
c. point
d. prove
As the result of a police ............. on the disco, twenty teenagers were arrested.
a. invasion
b. raid
c. intrusion
d. entry
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48. Choose the correct answer:
The police have to ................... the law, not to take it into their own hands.
a. press
b. break
c. force
d. enforce
He was taken ......... custody for smuggling and released ..................... bail the same day.
a. into, with
b. in, on
c. to, with
d. into, on
As he didn’t have a criminal ............., the judge sentenced him to 50 hours of community
work.
a. case
b. file
c. record
d. dossier
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54. Choose the correct answer:
The judge will hear the next ............ after a short break.
a. lawsuit
b. trial
c. charge
d. case
After they pronounced the verdict, the judge .................. the case.
a. dismissed
b. discharged
c. declined
d. removed
Before the trial begins, the jurors ................ to decide the facts fairly.
a. promise
b. declare
c. swear
d. guarantee
In criminal cases, the judge has to decide whether the accused is guilty ‘beyond any
..................... doubt’.
a. reasonable
b. unresolved
c. probable
d. uncertain
Any sentence has to be imposed ................ limits that have been fixed by the legislature.
a. inside
b. within
c. outside
d. under
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60. Choose the correct answer:
Judge Williams ........................ today as judge Thomson has been taken ill.
a. presides
b. will preside
c. is presiding
d. presided
Before taking up his duty, each judge ............. an oath to respect his responsabilities.
a. takes
b. is taking
c. took
d. has taken
We ...................... for the verdict for almost two hours! There must be something wrong.
a. are waiting
b. were waiting
c. waited
d. have been waiting
The window is broken; the intruder ............... tried to get into their bedroom.
a. can have
b. should have
c. would have
d. must have
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66. Choose the correct answer:
The members of the jury ....... now ................... on the murder case.
a. is __ deliberating
b. were __ deliberating
c. are __ deliberating
While the people ......................... for the verdict, the judge was talking to the defendant
about the weather.
a. had been waiting
b. are waiting
c. were waiting
d. wait
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72. Choose the correct answer:
He ................ have committed the crime! He was immobilized in bed at that time!
a. mustn’t
b. couldn’t
c. wouldn’t
d. shouldn’t
The leader of the gang ...... just ............ acquitted by the court of justice.
a. has...been
b. had...been
c. was...been
d. is ...
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78. Choose the correct answer:
One of the kidnappers ................ to kill him while they were driving away.
a. threatens
b. threatened
c. is threatening
d. had threatened
He was placed under investigation only after they .............. hard evidence against him.
a. found
b. had found
c. has found
d. finded
As soon as the jury .................. the verdict, the case was dismissed.
a. had pronounced
b. pronounced
c. has pronounced
d. pronounces
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84. Choose the correct answer:
The members of the jury ................. for hours when they finally reached a verdict.
a. were deliberating
b. deliberated
c. have been deliberating
d. had been deliberating
The witnesses were still being heard when I ............. the court of law.
a. left
b. leaved
c. was leaving
d. had left
She told me that she ..................... filing for divorce for a long time.
a. considered
b. had been considering
c. would consider
d. has been considering
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90. Choose the correct answer:
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96. Choose the correct answer:
I am sorry you didn’t ask for help; I ....................... introduced you to my lawyer.
a. can’t have
b. must have
c. could have
d. was able to
The legislation says that judges ........................ immune from legal proceedings.
a. shall be
b. will be
c. should be
d. must be
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102. Choose the correct answer:
As soon as the search warrant ..................... they will be allowed to look for the
documents.
a. has been issued
b. will be issued
c. was issued
d. had been issued
You cannot enter this room. The witness ..................... cross - examined right this moment.
a. is being
b. is
c. will be
d. has being
While he ....................... tried in his absence, his wife was sitting in the Court of Law,
waiting for the verdict.
a. is being
b. was being
c. had been
d. will be
The suspect ............... under investigation long before the police found irrefutable
evidence.
a. was placed
b. has been placed
c. had been placed
d. will be placed
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108. Choose the correct answer:
You had better .................... your crimes right now, when you still have a chance.
a. to confess
b. confessing
c. confess
d. confessed
‘Find me a good lawyer! I don’t want to risk .................. the rest of my life in jail.’
a. spending
b. to spend
c. having spended
d. spend
‘I’m sorry Your Honour, but I can’ t help ................... when I speak about my son.’
a. crying
b. not to cry
c. not crying
d. cry
The judge admitted ..................... bribe from one of his clients months before the trial.
a. to take
b. to be taking
c. having taken
d. having took
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114. Choose the correct answer:
I would rather .......... the rest of my life in jail than confess to a crime I did not commit.
a. spend
b. to spend
c. spending
d. spent
He let me .............. which option was the best for my difficult situation.
a. decide
b. deciding
c. to decide
d. being to decide
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120. Choose the correct answer:
He ................ have committed the crime! He was immobilized in bed at that time!
a. mustn’t
b. couldn’t
c. wouldn’t
d. shouldn’t
I am sorry you didn’t ask for help; I ....................... introduced you to my lawyer.
a. can’t have
b. must have
c. could have
d. was able to
You …………… submitted the case to a higher court! The verdict was in your favour!
a. couldn’t have
b. mustn’t have
c. needn’t have
d. may not
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127. Choose the correct answer:
Any Member State .......... comply with the judgements of the European Court of Justice.
a. shall
b. must
c. will
d. have to
He ........................... to 100 hours of community work only because he was at his first
offence.
a. have been sentenced
b. was sentenced
c. will be sentenced
d. had being sentenced
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133. Choose the correct answer:
134. Choose the correct passive form of the following active sentence: The Commission has
just appointed the new President of the European Court of Justice.
a. The new President of the European Court of Justice had just been appointed by
the Commission.
b. The new President has just been appointed by the European Court of Justice.
c. The Commission has just been appointed to vote the new President of the
European Court of Justice.
d. The new President of the European Court of Justice has just been appointed by the
Commission.
135. Choose the correct passive form of the following active sentence: The members of the
European Parliament were still debating the issue of competition law at that point.
a. The issue of competition law was still debated at that point by the members of the
European Parliament.
b. The issue of competition law was still debating at that point the members of the
European Parliament.
c. The issue of competition law was still being debated at that point by the members
of the European Parliament.
d. The members of the European Parliament were still being debated by the issue of
competition law.
136. Choose the correct English translation for the following Romanian passive sentence: Nu
s-a ajuns încã la nici o concluzie cu privire la noua lege a adopþiei.
a. No conclusion hasn’t yet been reached regarding the new adoption law.
b. No conclusion has yet been reached regarding the new adoption law.
c. No conclusion was reached yet regarding the new adoption law.
d. Yet, no conclusion is reached regarding the new adoption law.
137. Choose the correct equivalent sentence for the following: People say that Mr. Johnson
had business difficulties in the past.
a. Difficulties are said to have been had by Mr. Johnson in the past.
b. Mr. Johnson is said to having had business difficulties in the past.
c. Mr. Johnson is said to have had business difficulties in the past.
d. It is said that Mr. Johnson has had business difficulties in the past.
138. Choose the correct answer:
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139. Choose the correct answer:
The home-made bomb may have been destined …... the recruits.
a. to
b. for
c. at
d. upon
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145. Choose the correct answer:
The Ministry of Defence has laid …... strict procedures for this kind of situation.
a. on
b. down
c. up
d. out
Quite ……… from this problem, can such tests predict what the future holds in store for
us?
a. aside
b. apart
c. away
d. out
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151. Choose the correct answer:
I generally agree …. you, but I strongly object …... your behaving so rudely.
a. to, to
b. with, to
c. to, at
d. with, with
He pleaded guilty …... manslaughter after trying to escape from police custody.
a. of
b. to
c. against
d. for
The lorry belonged …. an ex-convict that rented land on Smiths Farm, in Northolt, west
London.
a. with
b. to
c. of
d. in
Both men were meant to be ……. surveillance at the time of the killing.
a. on
b. above
c. under
d. below
Another person at the scene said that children were ……. the hostages taken by the
gunmen.
a. between
b. among
c. within
d. inside
This prisoner is not …... our jurisdiction. We have to call district authorities.
a. above
b. below
c. under
d. on
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157. Choose the correct answer:
The number of ……………... in our city has been doubled this year.
a. holds-ups
b. hold-ups
c. helds-ups
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164. Choose the correct answer:
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