Закон в силе - Law Booster I. Дроботенко Ю.Б - 39 стр.

    J. “Local solicitor swaps office for the ocean”                                  5. Match the words from A with their synonyms from B.
    K. “Microsoft buoyant after court ruling”
    L. “US awaits key Florida judgement”
    M. “Three judges rejected the bid to outlaw the use of the American-                               A                                    B
       made device”                                                                         rumour           lenient             unfriendly        tourist
    N. “Drink drive ruling avers court chaos”                                               hostile       despicable             formal proposal      test
    O. “Egyptian activist freed pending retrial”                                            quiz         contentious             extremely cruel     need
                                                                                            hardship     submission              tolerant          gossip
4. Choose the most appropriate headlines from exercise 3 to each news                               backpacker                         controversial
   extract given.
        a) … zero-tolerance policy on crime is being held up as a major rea-
son for the city’s success. Another initiative has focused police efforts on
combating petty crimes. The theory is that people who commit petty crimes            6. Recognise the words according to the definitions given and cross
eventually graduate to more violent offences…                                           them out with a continuous line starting with a highlighted letter.
        b) … has announced his resignation over legislation approving con-
                                                                                      A.   someone who tries to catch a punish crimi-
tinuation of the country’s “faceless courts”. The system allows judges to                                                                  N     T       E
                                                                                           nals by themselves, without waiting for the
remain behind two-way mirrors whilst prosecutors and witnesses also pre-
                                                                                           police
serve their anonymity…                                                                                                                     A     G       I
        c) … was stopped on 11 January at Keahole-Kona International Air-
port security checkpoint while on her way to board a United Airlines flight                                                                L     I       V
to San Francisco. During a search of her bag, a security officer allegedly
found the marijuana and seized the bag…
                                                                                      B.   negative, unpleasant, or harmful
        d) …Channel 4 had grossly defamed him suggesting he was incompe-                                                                    A     E      R
tent to practise, had obtained his job fraudulently and should be struck off.
But colleagues have a high regard for him…
                                                                                                                                            D     V          S   E
        e) … was sentenced to jail in July for tarnishing the country’s image,
accepting foreign money without government approval and embezzling
funds. He was also accused of spreading misinformation about the political            C.   the period of time during which people must
situation in … "I did not expect things to go so fast; I thank the justice." …             not go outside                                   U        C       W
        f) … is to restructure its market-leading litigation practice for the sec-
ond time in two years as the top 10 London firm gears up for a wider over-                                                                  R        F       E
haul of its practice management…
        g) … Court news following a landmark ‘test case’ in which the House
of Lords handed down judgment on 3 February, barristers across the board              D.   an angry expression of protest by a lot of
can now heave a huge sigh of relief that in ...                                            people, as a reaction to something someone       R        C       T
        h) …The company has long argued that the anti-monopoly suit                        has done
against it was inspired by its commercial competitors…                                                                                      Y        O       U


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