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MULTIPLE CHOICE

1.

Choose the correct noun:

A person who steals money placed in his care is called a/an ..... .

ANS:     C

2.

Choose the correct answer:

. means catching game birds, animals or fish without permission on somebody else's  property.

ANS:     D

3.

Choose the correct noun:

A person who enters a building illegally, especially by force, in order to steal.

ANS:     A

4.

Choose the correct noun:

A person who steals money, etc from other people's pockets, especially in crowded places.

ANS:     B

5.

Choose the correct noun:

The judge has pronounced .. of ten years'imprisonment.

ANS:     C

6.

Choose the correct answer:

The correct spelling for the English equivalent of the Romanian word - delapidator - is:

ANS:     C

7.

Choose the correct expression:

He has been released from prison .. and if he does not behave satisfactorily, he will be sent back.

ANS:     A

8.

Choose the correct expression:

There was no need for a trial, because the client decided to . and forgive the attacker.

ANS:     C

9.

Choose the correct noun:

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.

ANS:     C

10.

Choose the correct noun:

A . is a lawyer who prepares legal documents, advises clients on legal matters and speaks for them in lower courts.

ANS:     A

11.

Choose the correct noun:

A person who takes people hostage for a ransom is called a ..

ANS:     C

12.

Choose the correct answer:

The correct spelling for the English equivalent of the Romanian expression - omor din culpa  - is:

ANS:     C

13.

Choose the correct noun:

After ten hours, the Jury finally reached its ......: the prisoner was guilty.

ANS:     B

14.

Choose the correct noun:

A person who willfully gives a false statement while under oath, concerning a material matter in a judicial proceeding is said to commit .. .

ANS:     C

15.

Choose the correct noun:

A .. is someone who testifies, especially in a  court of law to events or facts within his own knowledge.

ANS:     C

16.

Choose the correct noun:

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.

ANS:     B

17.

Choose the correct verb:

To means to go or intrude on the property, privacy, or preserves of another with no right or permission.

ANS:     A

18.

Choose the correct noun:

is defined as giving or promising to give a public official something of value with a corrupt intention to influence the official in the discharge of his or her official duty.

ANS:     C

19.

Choose the correct noun:

.. is the false making or altering of any document that either has legal significance or is commonly relied upon in business transactions.

ANS:     D

20.

Choose the correct noun:

Since the defendant did not have a criminal record, he got away with a small ..

ANS:     C

21.

Choose the correct noun:

The woman sitting in the witness will certainly commit perjury.

ANS:     B

22.

Choose the correct noun:

A .. will be appointed to investigate the violent and suspicious death of the teenager.

ANS:     C

23.

Choose the correct answer:

He was caught stealing money from the cash-box.

ANS:     A

24.

Choose the correct noun:

You can't have burgled the house alone, so who was your ?

ANS:     B

25.

Choose the correct past participle:

Wilkinson is alleged to have . a number of serious crimes.

ANS:     C

26.

Choose the correct verb:

She will soon .. trial for the part she played in the recent robbery.

ANS:     D

27.

Choose the correct present participle:

Detectives are said to be .. into the causes of the recent fire.

ANS:     A

28.

Choose the correct verb:

The victim the law into her own hands by killing her attacker.

ANS:     A

29. Choose the correct answer:

refers to scientific methods used to solve crimes and find out who committed them.

ANS:     C

30.

Choose the correct noun:

Many civilized countries have long abolished the death .

ANS:     A

31.

Choose the correct legal term:

A threat of attack to another person, followed by actual attack which need amount only to touching with hostile intent is called .. .

ANS:     B

32.

Choose the correct noun:

The man jumped out of the window and committed .

ANS:     D

33.

Choose the correct answer:

The police said there was no sign of a . entry even though the house had been burgled.

ANS:     C

34.

Choose the correct preposition:

He was placed house arrest for his own safety.

ANS:     C

35.

Choose the correct verb:

Is the defendant going to guilty or not guilty?

ANS:     A

36.

Choose the correct verb:

Mr. Johnson was fifty pounds for drinking and driving.

ANS:     B

37.

Choose the correct adjective:

As it was her first offence, the judge gave her a sentence.

ANS:     B

38.

Choose the correct noun:

The defendant was able to prove his innocence at the trial and was . .

ANS:     B

39.

Choose the correct noun:

Ted Bundy was a hardened criminal who showed no for his crimes.

ANS:     C

40.

Choose the correct answer:

His sentence has been commuted to six months on the of failing health.

ANS:     C

41.

Choose the correct verb:

He was convicted to 10 years of prison and .. of his property.

ANS:     D

42.

Choose the correct noun:

The judge recommended more humane forms of punishment for juvenile . .

ANS:     D

43.

Choose the correct noun:

If you can't resolve the dispute, it will have to be settled by . .

ANS:     B

44.

Choose the correct verb:

All his friends thought he was guilty, but no one could .. anything against him.

ANS:     D

45.

Choose the correct verb:

I to say anything unless I am allowed to speak to my lawyer.

ANS:     C

46.

Choose the correct noun:

The new harassment law comes into . on September 15.

ANS:     A

47.

Choose the correct noun:

As the result of a police . on the disco, twenty teenagers were arrested.

ANS:     B

48.

Choose the correct verb:

The police have to . the law, not to take it into their own hands.

ANS:     D

49.

Choose the correct preposition:

He was charged .. assault and battery and taken to prison.

ANS:     B

50.

Choose the correct prepositions:

As he was suspected .. drug traffic, he was placed investigation.

ANS:     D

51.

Choose the correct prepositions:

He was taken custody for smuggling and released bail the same day.

ANS:     D

52.

Choose the correct noun:

'You have no right to enter my house without a search ..', the old man yelled

at the policeman..

ANS:     B

53.

Choose the correct noun:

As he didn't have a criminal ., the judge sentenced him to 50 hours of community work.

ANS:     C

54.

Choose the correct noun:

The judge will hear the next after a short break.

ANS:     D

55.

Choose the correct verb:

After they pronounced the verdict, the judge the case.

ANS:     A

56.

Choose the correct present participle:

'I am a law-. citizen, I could never break the law!'

ANS:     B

57.

Choose the correct verb:

Before the trial begins, the jurors . to decide the facts fairly.

ANS:     C

58.

Choose the correct adjective:

In criminal cases, the judge has to decide whether the accused is guilty 'beyond

any doubt'.

ANS:     A

59.

Choose the correct preposition:

Any sentence has to be imposed  . limits that have been fixed by the legislature.

ANS:     B

60.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

Judge Williams today as judge Thomson has been taken ill.

ANS:     C

61.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

Before taking up his duty, each judge . an oath to respect his responsabilities.

ANS:     A

62.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

He . a solicitor for more than a year now.

ANS:     C

63.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

We . for the verdict for almost two hours! There must be something wrong.

ANS:     D

64.

Choose the correct modal construction:

The trial judge ..... bribe from the defendant; it was so foolish of him to do so!

ANS:     A

65.

Choose the correct modal construction expressing logical deduction:

The window is broken; the intruder to get into their bedroom.

ANS:     D

66.

Choose the correct verbal form (infinitive or gerund):

Everybody hates   law expenses.

ANS:     B

67.

Choose the correct passive form:

The woman accused of indecent public exposure on bail last week.

ANS:     B

68.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

The members of the jury . now . on the murder case.

ANS:     C

69.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

the jury a verdict?

ANS:     B

70.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

By the time you reach the Court, he released on bail.

ANS:     B

71.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

While the people . for the verdict, the judge was talking to the defendant about the weather.

ANS:     C

72.

Choose the correct modal verb:

He was innocent! They .. have taken him into custody! It was so foolish of them to have done that!

ANS:     A

73.

Choose the correct modal verb:

He . have committed the crime! He was immobilized in bed at that time!

ANS:     B

74.

Choose the correct verbal form (infinitive or gerund):

I look forward to .you in Court! We shall settle things then.

ANS:     A

75.

Choose the correct passive form:

Right now I think I am .. . Come and pick me up!

ANS:     B

76.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

The leader of the gang just acquitted by the court of justice.

ANS:     A

77.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

He .. down a street near his home when he was kidnapped.

ANS:     B

78.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

One of the kidnappers . to kill him while they were driving away.

ANS:     B

79.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

How long ago . you . an appeal?

ANS:     C

80.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

I saw you yesterday, while you . that famous criminal.

ANS:     A

81.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

He was placed under investigation only after they .. hard evidence against him.

ANS:     B

82.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

His sentence was by far more severe than everybody . .

ANS:     C

83.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

As soon as the jury the verdict, the case was dismissed.

ANS:     A

84.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

Everybody wondered why he .. caught red-handed before.

ANS:     C

85.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

The members of the jury .. for hours when they finally reached a verdict.

ANS:     D

86.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

The witnesses were still being heard when I . the court of law.

ANS:     A

87.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

She told me that she filing for divorce for a long time.

ANS:     B

88.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

This time tomorrow the prosecution .. the witnesses.

ANS:     C

89.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

. to represent yourself in the trial?

ANS:     B

90.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

By the end of this year he ten years in prison.

ANS:     C

91.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

Look out! One of the robbers .. .

ANS:     D

92.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

I .. my solicitor tomorrow; I am changing my will.

ANS:     A

93.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

I . in a court of law since my parents filed for divorce.

ANS:     B

94.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

As soon as I .. from my lawyer, I will let you know.

ANS:     D

95.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

We knew that the defendant .. to do such a thing.

ANS:     C

96.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

They said that the new constitution .. soon.

ANS:     A

97.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

By this time next year, he his prison sentence.

ANS:     B

98.

Choose the correct modal construction:

I am sorry you didn't ask for help; I .. you to my lawyer.

ANS:     C

99.

Choose the correct modal form:

According to article 3 (from the Protocol on the Statute of the European Court of Justice) judges immune from legal proceedings.

ANS:     A

100.

Choose the correct passive modal construction:

A judge . of his office if he no longer fulfils the legal conditions.

ANS:     C

101.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

The criminal .. to trial if there is enough evidence against him.

ANS:     C

102.

Choose the correct passive form:

As soon as the search warrant they will be allowed to look for the documents.

ANS:     A

103.

Choose the correct passive form:

. his criminal record to the slightest detail?

ANS:     C

104.

Choose the correct passive form:

You cannot enter this room. The witness right this moment.

ANS:     A

105.

Choose the correct verbal tense:

If he does not confess his crime, he .. to life imprisonment.

ANS:     C

106.

Choose the correct passive form:

While he .. tried in his absence, his wife was sitting in the Court of Law, waiting for the verdict.

ANS:     B

107.

Choose the correct passive form:

The suspect under investigation long before the police found irrefutable evidence.

ANS:     C

108.

Choose the correct infinitive form:

You had better .. your crimes right now, when you still have a chance.

ANS:     C

109.

Choose the correct verbal form (infinitive or gerund):

'Find me a good lawyer! I don't want to risk the rest of my life in jail.'

ANS:     A

110.

Choose the correct verbal form (infinitive or gerund):

'Shall we proceed? It's no use .. for the witness!'

ANS:     C

111.

Choose the correct verbal form (infinitive or gerund):

'I'm sorry Your Honour, but I can't help . when I speak about my son.'

ANS:     A

112.

Choose the correct verbal form (infinitive or gerund):

I suggest . upon the case after a short recess.

ANS:     B

113.

Choose the correct verbal form (infinitive or gerund):

The judge admitted bribe from one of his clients months before the trial.

ANS:     C

114.

Choose the correct verbal form (infinitive or gerund):

He has been charged with .. and taken into custody.

ANS:     B

115.

Choose the correct verbal form (infinitive or gerund):

Would you mind .. up when the verdict is pronounced?

ANS:     D

116.

Choose the correct verbal form (infinitive or gerund):

I would rather . the rest of my life in jail than confess to a crime I did not commit.

ANS:     A

117.

Choose the correct verbal form (infinitive or gerund):

He made me .. all my charges, threatening me with a gun.

ANS:     B

118.

Choose the correct verbal form (infinitive or gerund):

He let me .. which option was the best for my difficult situation.

ANS:     A

119.

Choose the correct verbal form (infinitive or gerund):

'I strongly object to . treated like a hardened criminal!'

ANS:     C

120.

Choose the correct verbal form (infinitive or gerund):

Let's . a short coffee break and decide afterwards.

ANS:     D

121.

Choose the correct modal verb:

He . have committed the crime! He was immobilized in bed at that time!

ANS:     B

122.

Choose the correct modal form:

I am sorry you didn't ask for help; I .. introduced you to my lawyer.

ANS:     C

123.

Choose the correct definition:

'To be liable for punishment' means:

ANS:     A

124.

Choose the correct definition:

'To be eligible for a remission' means:

ANS:     C

125.

Choose the correct modal verb:

This procedure .. be without prejudice to Article 170.

ANS:     B

126.

Choose the correct modal form:

You ..... submitted the case to a higher court! The verdict was in your favour!

ANS:     C

127.

Choose the correct modal verb:

Any Member State . comply with the judgements of the European Court of Justice.

ANS:     A

128.

Choose the correct passive form:

Many houses in this area ..... into by burglars.

ANS:     B

129.

Choose the correct passive form:

A photofit picture of the wanted man .. last week.

ANS:     C

130.

Choose the correct passive forms:

After the verdict ., the case by the judge.

ANS:     A

131.

Choose the correct passive form:

He .. just with sexual assault on a six-year-old boy.

ANS:     C

132.

Choose the correct passive form:

He to 100 hours of community work only because he was at his first offence.

ANS:     B

133.

Choose the correct passive forms:

Before of breach of trust, the lawyer . also .

with  perjury in a divorce case.

ANS:     C

134.

Choose the correct passive form:

The two diplomats .. now ..... to the American Embassy by a member of the government.

ANS:     D

135.

Choose the correct passive infinitive form:

Six bomb attacks seem ...... in London for the last five years.

ANS:     A

136.

Choose the correct passive form:

In the next minutes a new warning ... for the refugees to leave the camp immediately.

ANS:     C

137.

Choose the correct passive form:

More funds ......... to the Ministry of Justice if the government had voted the new budget law.

ANS:     D

138.

Choose the correct passive form of the following active sentence: The Commission has just appointed the new President of the European Court of Justice.

ANS:     D

139.

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.

ANS:     C

140.

Choose the correct passive form of the following active sentence: This law entitles the holder of intellectual property rights to financial compensations.

ANS:     B

141. Choose the correct passive form of the following active sentence: They all considered that the Court of First Instance had used Article 86 improperly.

ANS:     A

142. Choose the correct passive form of the following active sentence: The European

Commission rejected this Article on the grounds of unjustified discrimination.

ANS:     C

143. Choose the correct passive form of the following active sentence: The members of the jury were still deliberating upon the matter of reasonable doubt.

ANS:     D

144. Choose the correct passive form of the following active sentence: The Court

dismissed your appeal due to lack of further evidence.

ANS:     B

145. Choose the correct passive equivalents of the following active clauses: The two

parties signed the contract only after they had discussed the terms of the contract.

ANS:     C

146. Choose the correct passive form of the first active clause: The trial judge was still

hearing the witnesses in that murder case when the press release was made.

ANS:     B

147.

Choose the correct English translation for the following Romanian passive sentence: Nu s-a ajuns inca la nici o concluzie cu privire la noua lege a adoptiei.

ANS:     B

148.

Choose the correct equivalent sentence for the following: People say that Mr. Johnson had business difficulties in the past.

ANS:     C

149.

Choose the correct preposition:

Terrorists resort . violence as a political weapon.

ANS:     B

150.

Choose the correct preposition:

The unknown foreigner carried .. a bombing in the centre of Paris.

ANS:     A

151.

Choose the correct preposition:

How should Governments deal .. terrorist attacks?

ANS:     C

152.

Choose the correct preposition:

The Iraqi citizen had been suspected .. many offences before.

ANS:     D

153.

Choose the correct preposition:

Who was held responsible .. the journalist's death?

ANS:     A

154.

Choose the correct preposition:

The home-made bomb may have been destined . the recruits.

ANS:     B

155.

Choose the correct preposition:

The Palestinian blew himself .. in a crowded bus.

ANS:     C

156.

Choose the correct preposition:

The terrorist attack coincided . an important religious celebration.

ANS:     A

157.

Choose the correct preposition:

The attack, attributed  .. a new terrorist group, had many casualties.

ANS:     C

158.

Choose the correct preposition:

How can the government prevent journalists .. endangering their lives?

ANS:     D

159.

Choose the correct preposition:

I am sure that this is one of the exceptions .. the rule.

ANS:     B

160.

Choose the correct preposition:

The Ministry of Defence has laid . strict procedures for this kind of situation.

ANS:     B

161.

Choose the correct preposition:

Quite ... from this problem, can such tests predict what the future holds in store for us?

ANS:     B

162.

Choose the correct preposition:

I generally agree .. you, but I strongly object . your behaving so rudely.

ANS:     B

163.

Choose the correct preposition:

He pleaded guilty . manslaughter after trying to escape from police custody.

ANS:     A

164.

Choose the correct preposition:

The lorry belonged .. an ex-convict that rented land on Smiths Farm, in Northolt, west London.

ANS:     B

165.

Choose the correct preposition:

Both men were meant to be ... surveillance at the time of the killing.

ANS:     C

166.

Choose the correct preposition:

Another person at the scene said that children were ... the hostages taken by the gunmen.

ANS:     B

167.

Choose the correct preposition:

This prisoner is not . our jurisdiction. We have to call district authorities.

ANS:     C

168.

Choose the correct plural noun:

The number of ..... in our city has been doubled this year.

ANS:     B

169.

Choose the correct plural noun:

We need a negotiator to talk to the ....... .

ANS:     B

170.

Choose the correct plural noun:

Many ...... have been issued this week.

ANS:     A

171.

Choose the correct plural noun:

The ...... will be punished sooner or later.

ANS:     C

172.

Choose the correct plural noun:

Two ....... have been accused of perjury.

ANS:     B

173.

Choose the correct plural noun:

"My beloved ........, your claims will soon be solved."

ANS:     A

174.

Choose the correct plural noun:

My ....... have been charged with indecent exposure.

ANS:     C

175.

Choose the correct plural noun:

These ...... are the result of hard work.

ANS:     B

176.

Choose the correct plural noun:

Which are the ...... used in this classification?

ANS:     B

177. Choose the correct answer:

Should the Court so request, the Council of the European Union may, acting ....,

increase the number of Advocates-General.

ANS:     C

178. Choose the correct answer:

The Court of Justice may now sit as a full Court, in a Grand .... (13 Judges) when a Member State or a Community institution so requests.

ANS:     D

179. Choose the correct answer:

What qualifications should a legal expert possess to hold a/an ..... in the European Court of Justice?

ANS:     A

180. Choose the correct answer:

The Member State concerned has to take the necessary measures to ..... the Court's judgement within three months.

ANS:     C

181. Choose the correct answer:

Reproducing copyright material without the copyright owner's permission will usually be a .

ANS:     B

182. Choose the correct answer:

What is the time-limit within which we have to ..... our observations to the European Commission?

ANS:     C

183. Choose the correct answer:

One of a number of people living together, especially in a hospital, prison or some other institution is called a/an .....

ANS:     A

184. Choose the correct answer:

The penalty laid down in a law for contravention of its provisions is called a/an .....

ANS:     B

185. Choose the correct answer:

.... is custody or confinement, especially of a suspect awaiting trial.

ANS:     D

186. Choose the corresponding synonymous expression for home confinement:

ANS:     B

187. Choose the correct answer:

All the things that are said and shown in a court case to prove that someone is not guilty represent the .....

ANS:     A

188. Choose the correct answer:

All the things that are said and shown in a court case to prove that someone is guilty

represent the .....

ANS:     C

189. Choose the correct collocations by combining the words in set A: (1) community, (2) home, (3) probation with the words in set B: (1) officer, (2) service, (3) confinement. All three combinations have to be correct:

ANS:     C

190. Choose the correct collocations by combining the words in set A: (1) criminal, (2) forensic, (3) capital with the words in set B: (1) punishment, (2) record, (3) evidence. All three combinations have to be correct:

ANS:     B

191. Choose the correct collocations by combining the words in set A: (1) first, (2) witness, (3) life with the words in set B: (1) sentence, (2) offender, (3) stand. All three combinations have to be correct:

ANS:     C

192. Choose the correct collocations by combining the words in set A: (1) jury, (2) search, (3) suspended with the words in set B: (1) warrant, (2) trial, (3) sentence. All three combinations have to be correct:

ANS:     A

193. Choose the correct plural noun:

We all wonder whether the globalisation has increased the frequency and spread of financial .

ANS:     B

194. Choose the correct plural noun:

What would you do if your ....... disinherited your wife?

ANS:     A

195. Choose the correct plural noun:

When was the Manual for ....... (United States) last amended?

ANS:     B

196. Choose the correct plural nouns:

One of the ......  tried to snatch the elderly person's bag and, to my surprise, all the ...... did nothing to prevent the theft.

ANS:     C

197. Choose the correct plural nouns:

The police will always arrive at a crime scene to find a crowd of ...... blocking their way.

ANS:     B

198. Choose the correct conjunction used to join the two sentences:

I can't afford a lawyer, ..... my only option is to get free legal help.

ANS:     A

199. Choose the correct conjunction used to join the two sentences:

Persons who have committed crimes shall be equal before the law and subject to criminal responsibility ...... sex, race, nationality, language.

ANS:     C

200. Choose the correct conjunction used to join the two sentences:

...... lesser penalties, what would be the other ways to prevent first offenders from committing further crimes?

ANS:     B