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Grile Drept, An 1, Sem 1
Grile Drept, An 1, Sem 1
Grile Drept, An 1, Sem 1
Limba engleza
MULTIPLE CHOICE
a. solicitor
b. prosecutor
c. judge
d. barrister
10. Choose the correct noun:
A person who takes people hostage for a ransom is called a ............................................
a. hijacker
b. bandit
c. kidnapper
d. rapist
11. 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
12. Choose the correct noun:
After ten hours, the Jury finally reached its …………….: the prisoner was guilty.
a. sentence
b. verdict
c. point
d. conclusion
a. slander
b. bribery
c. perjury
d. treason
14. Choose the correct noun:
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
15. 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.
a. confession
b. testimony
c. verdict
d. statement
16. Choose the correct verb:
To ............... means to go or intrude on the property, privacy, or preserves of another with no
right or permission.
a. trespass
b. forge
c. break in
d. burgle
17. 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.
a. Forgery
b. Larceny
c. Bribery
d. Perjury
18. 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.
a. Deceit
b. Smuggling
c. Corruption
d. Forgery
a. ransom
b. punishment
c. fine
d. ticket
20. Choose the correct noun:
The woman sitting in the witness ............ will certainly commit perjury.
a. boxes
b. stand
c. seat
d. bench
21. Choose the correct noun:
A .............. will be appointed to investigate the violent and suspicious death of the teenager.
a. prosecutor
b. doctor
c. coroner
d. judge
22. Choose the correct answer:
He was caught ..................... stealing money from the cash-box.
a. red-handed
b. heavy-handed
c. light-fingered
d. heavy-set
23. Choose the correct noun:
You can’t have burgled the house alone, so who was your ............... ?
a. ally
b. accomplice
c. assistant
d. associate
24. Choose the correct past participle:
Wilkinson is alleged to have ................... a number of serious crimes.
a. done
b. made
c. committed
d. discharged
25. Choose the correct verb:
She will soon ................. trial for the part she played in the recent robbery.
a. give
b. perform
c. make
d. stand
26. Choose the correct present participle:
Detectives are said to be ....................... into the causes of the recent fire.
a. looking
b. investigating
c. checking
d. searching
27. Choose the correct verb:
The victim ............... the law into her own hands by killing her attacker.
a. took
b. seized
c. grabbed
d. put
28. Choose the correct noun:
Many civilized countries have long abolished the death ............... .
a. penalty
b. punishment
c. conviction
d. sentence
29. 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 .................... .
a. rape
b. assault and battery
c. threat
d. vandalism
30. Choose the correct noun:
The man jumped out of the window and committed ................
a. death
b. homicide
c. murder
d. suicide
31. Choose the correct answer:
The police said there was no sign of .......... entry even though the house had been burgled.
a. broken
b. burst
c. forced
d. smashed
32. Choose the correct preposition:
He was placed ............ house arrest for his own safety.
a. on
b. in
c. under
d. within
a. plead
b. play
c. appeal
d. appear
34. Choose the correct verb:
Mr. Johnson was ............... fifty pounds for drinking and driving.
a. charged
b. fined
c. ordered
d. penalized
35. Choose the correct adjective:
As it was her first offence, the judge gave her a ............... sentence.
a. kind
b. lenient
c. severe
d. tolerant
36. Choose the correct noun:
The defendant was able to prove his innocence at the trial and was ...................... .
a. absolved
b. acquitted
c. forgiven
d. pardoned
37. Choose the correct noun:
Ted Bundy was a hardened criminal who showed no .................. for his crimes.
a. penance
b. pity
c. remorse
d. reproach
38. Choose the correct answer:
His sentence has been commuted to six months on the ............ of failing health.
a. bases
b. causes
c. grounds
d. reasons
39. Choose the correct verb:
He was convicted to 10 years of prison and ................. of his property.
a. confiscated
b. denied
c. removed
d. deprived
40. Choose the correct noun:
The judge recommended more humane forms of punishment for juvenile ................... .
a. convicts
b. villains
c. sinners
d. delinquents
41. Choose the correct noun:
If you can’t resolve the dispute, it will have to be settled by ................... .
a. arbitration
b. court
c. election
d. referee
42. Choose the correct verb:
All his friends thought he was guilty, but no one could ................. anything against him.
a. accuse
b. ensure
c. point
d. prove
43. Choose the correct verb:
I ............... to say anything unless I am allowed to speak to my lawyer.
a. deny
b. neglect
c. refuse
d. resist
a. force
b. condition
c. date
d. power
45. Choose the correct noun:
As the result of a police ............. on the disco, twenty teenagers were arrested.
a. invasion
b. raid
c. intrusion
d. entry
46. Choose the correct verb:
The police have to ................... the law, not to take it into their own hands.
a. press
b. break
c. force
d. enforce
47. Choose the correct preposition:
He was charged ........... assault and battery and taken to prison.
a. of
b. with
c. on
d. in
a. into, with
b. in, on
c. to, with
d. into, on
50. Choose the correct noun:
‘You have no right to enter my house without a search ..............’, the old man yelled
at the policeman..
a. permit
b. warrant
c. authorisation
d. licence
a. lawsuit
b. trial
c. charge
d. case
a. respecting
b. abiding
c. obeying
d. breaking
a. presides
b. will preside
c. is presiding
d. presided
56. Choose the correct verbal tense:
Before taking up his duty, each judge ............. an oath to respect his responsabilities.
a. takes
b. is taking
c. took
d. has taken
a. was
b. had been
c. has been
d. is
a. are waiting
b. were waiting
c. waited
d. have been waiting
59. Choose the correct modal construction:
The trial judge ..............……. bribe from the defendant; it was so foolish of him to do so!
a. stand
b. run
c. candidate
d. elect
62. Choose the correct passive form:
The woman accused of indecent public exposure .................. on bail last week.
a. is … deliberating
b. were … deliberating
c. are … deliberating
d. are … being deliberated
64. Choose the correct verbal tense:
............ the jury .................. a verdict?
a. had been
b. will have been
c. has been
d. was
66. Choose the correct verbal tense:
While the people ......................... for the verdict, the judge was talking to the defendant about
the weather.
a. shouldn’t
b. mustn’t
c. needn’t
d. can’t
68. Choose the correct modal verb:
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
69. Choose the correct answer:
The judges and advocates-general are ..................... by the governments of the member states.
a. appointed
b. elected
c. chosen
d. voted
70. Choose the correct verbal tense:
The leader of the gang ...... just ............ acquitted by the court of justice.
a. has...been
b. had...been
c. was...been
d. is ...
71. Choose the correct verbal tense:
He ....................... down a street near his home when he was kidnapped.
a. walked
b. was walking
c. had been walking
d. is walking
72. Choose the correct verbal tense:
One of the kidnappers ................ to kill him while they were driving away.
a. threatens
b. threatened
c. is threatening
d. had threatened
73. Choose the correct verbal tense:
I saw you yesterday, while you ................... that famous criminal.
a. were defending
b. defended
c. had been defending
d. defending
74. Choose the correct verbal tense:
He was placed under investigation only after they .............. hard evidence against him.
a. found
b. had found
c. has found
d. finded
75. Choose the correct verbal tense:
His sentence was by far more severe than everybody ................................................. .
a. expected
b. was expecting
c. had expected
d. has expected
76. Choose the correct verbal tense:
Everybody wondered why he ................. caught red-handed before.
a. hasn’t been
b. wasn’t
c. hadn’t been
d. wouldn’t be
77. Choose the correct verbal tense:
The witnesses were still being heard when I ............. the court of law.
a. left
b. leaved
c. was leaving
d. had left
78. Choose the correct verbal tense:
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
a. will cross-examine
b. would cross-examine
c. will be cross-examining
d. are cross-examining
80. Choose the correct verbal tense:
............................ to represent yourself in the trial?
a. Will you
b. Are you going
c. You are going
d. Will you be
81. Choose the correct verbal tense:
By the end of this year he ........................ ten years in prison.
a. will be spending
b. will spend
c. will have spent
d. has spent
82. Choose the correct verbal tense:
Look out! One of the robbers .......................... .
a. will shoot
b. is shooting
c. was shooting
d. is going to shoot
83. Choose the correct verbal tense:
I ....................... my solicitor tomorrow; I am changing my will.
a. am seeing
b. will see
c. see
d. would see
84. Choose the correct verbal tense:
I ......................... in a court of law since my parents filed for divorce.
a. wasn’t
b. haven’t been
c. won’t be
d. hadn’t been
a. would be voted
b. will be voted
c. would vote
d. is voted
87. Choose the correct verbal tense:
By this time next year, he ..................... his prison sentence.
a. can be deprive
b. must deprive
c. may be deprived
d. may been deprived
90. Choose the correct passive form:
................ his criminal record ..................... to the slightest detail?
a. Was … checked
b. Has … being checked
c. Has … been checked
d. Would … been checked
a. was placed
b. has been placed
c. had been placed
d. will be placed
92. Choose the correct answer:
Who has the authority to ...................... Parliament?
a. abolish
b. dismiss
c. dissolve
d. remove
93. Choose the correct answer:
Yesterday, the Court ................ the case due to lack of hard evidence.
a. dismissed
b. dissolved
c. cancelled
d. closed
94. Choose the corresponding synonymous term for the expression ‘by common acord’:
a. by and large
b. by common agreement
c. by rule
d. according to
95. Choose the corresponding synonymous term for the expression ‘in accordance with’:
a. except for
b. apart from
c. according to
d. irrespective of
96. Choose the corresponding synonymous term for the expression ‘by rule’:
a. by common agreement
b. by convention
c. on request
d. on demand
a. testimony
b. declaration
c. assertion
d. oath
98. Choose the correct modal form:
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
99. Choose the correct definition:
‘To be liable for punishment’ means:
a. will
b. shall
c. must
d. can
102. Choose the correct modal form:
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
103. Choose the correct modal verb:
Any Member State .......... comply with the judgements of the European Court of Justice.
a. shall
b. must
c. will
d. have to
a. at
b. to
c. on
d. into
a. out
b. in
c. round
d. on
a. on
b. without
c. with
d. about
a. about
b. in
c. with
d. of
a. for
b. of
c. about
d. on
a. to
b. for
c. at
d. upon
a. out
b. in
c. up
d. against
a. with
b. to
c. on
d. into
a. for
b. to
c. against
d. from
a. of
b. to
c. from
d. with
a. aside
b. apart
c. away
d. out
a. to, to
b. with, to
c. to, at
d. with, with
119. Choose the correct preposition:
He pleaded guilty …... manslaughter after trying to escape from police custody.
a. of
b. to
c. against
d. for
a. with
b. to
c. of
d. in
a. on
b. above
c. under
d. below
a. above
b. below
c. under
d. on
a. holds-ups
b. hold-ups
c. helds-ups
a. hostages-takers
b. hostage-takers
c. hostags-takers
a. search warrants
b. searches warrants
c. searchs warrants
a. woman-diplomats
b. women-diplomats
c. womans-diplomats
a. sisters-in-laws
b. sister-in-law
c. sisters-in-law
a. analysis
b. analyses
c. analyse
a. criterions
b. criteria
c. criterias
a. parents-in-law
b. parents-in-laws
c. parent-in-laws
139. In the following sentence: If this condition is not observed, the person may go to jail. “to
observe a condition” means:
a. to listen to a condition but not to respect it.
b. to notice a condition carefully.
c. to legally respect an official law.
a. in
b. out
c. over
d. up
147. Choose the correct answer:
I have a very urgent message. Could you put me …………. to Mr. Leigh, please?
a. through
b. off
c. up
d. on
148. Choose the correct answer:
The matter was so delicate, that the judge had to think it ...... before announcing the verdict.
a. up
b. over
c. out
d. about
a. out
b. up
c. over
150. Choose the correct preposition:
If nobody comes …. with a solution soon, we shall be held responsible for planting evidence in his car.
a. up
b. in
c. out