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Drept an I sem 1

Limba engleza

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Choose the correct noun:


A person who steals money placed in his care is called a/an …………… .
a. forger
b. arsonist
c. embezzler
d. poacher
2. Choose the correct answer:
................ means catching game birds, animals or fish without permission on somebody else’s
property.
a. hunting
b. stealing
c. trespassing
d. poaching
3. Choose the correct noun:
A person who enters a building illegally, especially by force, in order to steal.
a. a burglar
b. a robber
c. a hooligan
d. a vandal

4. Choose the correct noun:


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

5. Choose the correct noun:


The judge has pronounced .......................... of ten years’imprisonment.
a. an accusation
b. a punishment
c. a sentence
d. a conviction

6. Choose the correct expression:


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

7. Choose the correct expression:


There was no need for a trial, because the client decided to ......................... and forgive the
attacker.
a. appear in court
b. serve his sentence
c. drop all the charges
d. commute his sentence
8. 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.
a. Probation
b. Bribe
c. Bail
d. Fine

9. Choose the correct noun:


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
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

13. 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 ................................... .

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

19. Choose the correct noun:


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

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

33. Choose the correct verb:


Is the defendant going to ............ guilty or not guilty?

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

44. Choose the correct noun:


The new harassment law comes into ............. on September 15.

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

48. Choose the correct prepositions:


As he was suspected ........... drug traffic, he was placed ............ investigation.
a. on, on
b. of, into
c. with, under
d. of, under
49. Choose the correct prepositions:
He was taken ......... custody for smuggling and released ......... bail the same day.

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

51. Choose the correct noun:


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

52. Choose the correct noun:


The judge will hear the next ............ after a short break.

a. lawsuit
b. trial
c. charge
d. case

53. Choose the correct verb:


After they pronounced the verdict, the judge .................. the case.
a. dismissed
b. discharged
c. declined
d. removed

54. Choose the correct present participle:


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

a. respecting
b. abiding
c. obeying
d. breaking

55. Choose the correct verbal tense:


Judge Williams ........................ today as judge Thomson has been taken ill.

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

57. Choose the correct verbal tense:


He ................... a solicitor for more than a year now.

a. was
b. had been
c. has been
d. is

58. Choose the correct verbal tense:


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
59. Choose the correct modal construction:
The trial judge ..............……. bribe from the defendant; it was so foolish of him to do so!

a. shouldn’t have taken


b. mustn’t have taken
c. can’t have taken
d. wouldn’t have taken
60. Choose the correct modal construction expressing logical deduction:
The window is broken; the intruder ............... to get into their bedroom.

a. can have tried


b. should have tried
c. would have tried
d. must have tried

61. Choose the correct answer:


The Minister of Justice is going to ........ for presidency this year.

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. has been released


b. was released
c. will be released
d. had been released
63. Choose the correct verbal tense:
The members of the jury ....... now ................... on the murder case.

a. is … deliberating
b. were … deliberating
c. are … deliberating
d. are … being deliberated
64. Choose the correct verbal tense:
............ the jury .................. a verdict?

a. Have ... reached


b. Has ... reached
c. Had ... reached
d. Did .... reach
65. Choose the correct verbal tense:
By the time you reach the Court, he ........................... released on bail.

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. had been waiting


b. are waiting
c. were waiting
d. wait

67. Choose the correct modal verb:


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

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

79. Choose the correct verbal tense:


This time tomorrow the prosecution .................... the witnesses.

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

85. Choose the correct verbal tense:


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

a. will never be able


b. are never able
c. would never be able
d. can never
86. Choose the correct verbal tense:
They said that the new constitution ....................... soon.

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. would have served


b. will have served
c. will serve
d. is serving
88. Choose the correct modal construction:
I am sorry you didn’t ask for help; I ....................... you to my lawyer.

a. can’t have introduced


b. must have introduced
c. could have introduced
d. was able to introduced
89. Choose the correct passive modal construction:
A judge ................... of his office if he no longer fulfils the legal conditions.

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

91. Choose the correct passive form:


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
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

97. Choose the right answer:


A formal statement made by a witness in court is called a/an ………………………

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. to be legally obliged or responsible for something and be punished accordingly.


b. to be suspected of an offence and be punished for it.
c. to deserve a form of punishment.

100. Choose the correct definition:


‘To be eligible for a remission’ means:

a. to deserve to be punished for a remission.


b. to be unworthy or unfit for a remission.
c. to have the right or proper qualification for a remission.

101. Choose the correct modal verb:


This procedure ........... be without prejudice to Article 170.

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

104. Choose the correct passive form:


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

a. had been issued


b. was issuing
c. was issued
d. has been issued
105. Choose the correct preposition:
Terrorists resort …... violence as a political weapon.

a. at
b. to
c. on
d. into

106. Choose the correct preposition:


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

a. out
b. in
c. round
d. on

107. Choose the correct preposition:


How should Governments deal …… terrorist attacks?

a. on
b. without
c. with
d. about

108. Choose the correct preposition:


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

a. about
b. in
c. with
d. of

109. Choose the correct preposition:


Who was held responsible …. the journalist’s death?

a. for
b. of
c. about
d. on

110. Choose the correct preposition:


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

a. to
b. for
c. at
d. upon

111. Choose the correct preposition:


The Palestinian blew himself …. in a crowded bus.

a. out
b. in
c. up
d. against

112. Choose the correct preposition:


The terrorist attack coincided …... an important religious celebration.

a. with
b. to
c. on
d. into

113. Choose the correct preposition:


The attack, attributed …. a new terrorist group, had many casualties.
a. with
b. on
c. to
d. up to

114. Choose the correct preposition:


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

a. for
b. to
c. against
d. from

115. Choose the correct preposition:


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

a. of
b. to
c. from
d. with

116. Choose the correct preposition:


The Ministry of Defence has laid …... strict procedures for this kind of situation.
a. on
b. down
c. up
d. out

117. Choose the correct preposition:


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

a. aside
b. apart
c. away
d. out

118. Choose the correct preposition:


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

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

120. Choose the correct preposition:


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

a. with
b. to
c. of
d. in

121. Choose the correct preposition:


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

a. on
b. above
c. under
d. below

122. Choose the correct preposition:


Another person at the scene said that children were ……. the hostages taken by the gunmen.
a. between
b. among
c. within
d. inside
123. Choose the correct preposition:
This prisoner is not …... our jurisdiction. We have to call district authorities.

a. above
b. below
c. under
d. on

124. Choose the correct plural noun:


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

a. holds-ups
b. hold-ups
c. helds-ups

125. Choose the correct plural noun:


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

a. hostages-takers
b. hostage-takers
c. hostags-takers

126. Choose the correct plural noun:


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

a. search warrants
b. searches warrants
c. searchs warrants

127. Choose the correct plural noun:


The ……………… will be punished sooner or later.
a. laws-breakers
b. lows-breakers
c. law-breakers

128. Choose the correct plural noun:


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

a. woman-diplomats
b. women-diplomats
c. womans-diplomats

129. Choose the correct plural noun:


“My beloved …………………., your claims will soon be solved.”
a. fellow-citizens
b. fellows-citizens
c. felows-citizens

130. Choose the correct plural noun:


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

a. sisters-in-laws
b. sister-in-law
c. sisters-in-law

131. Choose the correct plural noun:


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

a. analysis
b. analyses
c. analyse

132. Choose the correct plural noun:


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

a. criterions
b. criteria
c. criterias

133. Choose the correct plural noun:


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

a. parents-in-law
b. parents-in-laws
c. parent-in-laws

134. Choose the correct preposition:


Tredemark law prevents others ...... using a company’s name.
a. against
b. with
c. on
d. from
135. Choose the correct preposition:
The suspect was held .... custody before being released .... bail.
a. under ... in
b. over ... by
c. in ... on
d. by ... on

136. Choose the correct preposition:


The famous actor was put ..... arrest and charged ..... driving under the influence of alcohol
and drugs.
a.under ... with
b.upon ... from
c.in ... for
d.on ... of
137. Choose the correct preposition:
The criminal is to be tried .... manslaughter. The public is allowed to attend.
a. with
b. for
c. of
d. on

138. Choose the correct definition:


“To bind somebody over” means:
a. to make somebody take an oath that he will respect the law.
b. to warn somebody that he will appear in court again if he breaks the law.
c. to punish somebody for breaking the law.

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.

140. Choose the correct answer:


The shop decided to install closed-circuit television in an effort to combat the problem
of ...........................
a. shoplifting
b. pickpocketing
c. robbery
d. vandalism

141. Choose the correct modal verb:


The defendant .............. have tried to bribe the judge, but I seriously doubt it.
a. can
b. will
c. might
d. shall

142. Choose the correct modal verb:


He ................ have asked for legal aid when he needed it. Now it’s too late for that.
a. should
b. must
c. would
d. might

143. Choose the correct passive form:


There was no ground for review, so your appeal .................. an hour ago.
a. has been dismissed
b. was dismissed
c. had been dismissed
d. was being dismissed

144. Choose the correct answer:


....................... means taking a ship or a plane from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.
a. Hitch-hiking
b. Smuggling
c. Hijacking
d. Trespassing
145. Choose the correct answer:
................ is the criminal offense of marrying a person who is still legally married to another.
a. Prostitution
b. Bigamy
c. Incest
d. Adultery
146. Choose the correct answer:
Our law firm will be taken ………. by the Lawyers’ Corporation.

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

149. Choose the correct preposition:


If you don’t know the police emergency phone number, you could look it ... in the phone directory.

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

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