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14 Read the text below. For questions 1-10, choose the correct letter A, B,
C or D.
One-boy crime wave barred from streets
A 13-year-old boy (1)______ terrorized his neighbours has been banned from a
square-mile zone around his house.
Stephen Gedge, 13, who has a (2)_____ of convictions, can visit only his
grandmother and sister. If he wants to leave his home in Armley, Leeds, he has to
use an alleyway next to his house that goes (3)_____ from the exclusion zone to
a us stop.
Neither the boy nor his mother (4)_______ at Leeds Magistrates Court to hear the
Anti-Social Behavior Order against him being made.
Nancy Goddard, 44, a single mother, criticized the court (5)_____ not giving her
son a chance. “He hasn’t done anything wrong to deserve this,” she said. “What
hope is there now for him? He has no friends, he cannot go into most of Armley
until he is 16.”
“I know he has done (6)_____ in the past but he was trying to behave and was
doing really well. I hope this might do him some good, but I doubt it well.”
Gedge’s crimes include burglary, criminal damage and joy-riding in stolen cars.
Under the order he is forbidden from harassing, abusing or threatening people,
being in the company of certain individuals in a public area or inciting others to
carry (7)________ actions on his behalf.
Norman Brennan, director of the Victims of Crime Trust, said: “This young lad has
become a scourge on society and is clearly completely (8)_____ control. He
needs to be educated and rehabilitated.”
Three years ago Gedge was expelled (9)_____ school after attacking a teacher;
another school willing to take him has still not been found. Three months ago he
was offered a (10)_______ by his local authority to attend a ₤150,000 specialist
private boarding school in West Yorkshire. He failed to turn up to take a tour of the
school.
The order was welcomed by Keith Wakefield, Leeds council leader. “This is
exactly the kind of tough line we need to be taking with the likes of Gedge, who
are notorious individuals,” he said.
1 A which B who C whose D whom
2 A row B line C string D rank
3 A away B at C by D for
4 A turned off B turned up C turned to D turned in
5 A about B in C because D for
6 A without B up C wrong D over
7 A over B out C through D off
8 A without B under C out of D in
9 A from B of C out of D at
10 A solution B help C hand D chance
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