LIMBA ENGLEZA – EXAMEN SCRIS – MODEL DE SUBIECTE

Universitatea Spiru Haret

Facultatea de Științe Juridice, Politice și Administrative
Specializarea: Drept, IF, anul 1, sem. 1, varianta 1/2/3
Disciplina: Limba engleză
Numele și prenumele: ________________________________________
Data: ______________

I. Translate the following legal terms and expressions into Romanian:

1. infringement of copy-right = ……………………………………………………………
2. to breach a contract = …………………………………………………..
3. to bring an action against somebody = …………………………………………………..
4. to stand for Parliament = ………………………………………………….
5. to be eligible for a remission = ……………………………………………………….
6. to pronounce a sentence = ………………………………………………………….
7. burglar = ………………………..
8. arsonist = ………………………..
9. poacher = …………………………
10. bribe = ………………………….
Choose 5 of the above terms or expressions and use them in 5 sentences of your own.
Example:
What would be the legal consequences for breaching this contract?
II. Choose the correct answer by circling only ONE of the 3 or 4 options below:
1. 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

2. Choose the correct noun:

The woman sitting in the witness ............ will certainly commit perjury.
a. boxes
b. stand
c. seat
d. bench

3. 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

4. Choose the correct noun:

You can’t have burgled the house alone, so who was your ............... ?
a. ally
b. accomplice
c. assistant
d. associate

5. Choose the correct past participle:

Wilkinson is alleged to have ................... a number of serious crimes.
a. done
b. made
c. committed
d. discharged

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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
9. 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

10. 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

III. Translate the following text into Romanian:

A trial in a criminal court is a contest between the prosecution, who put the case and call the
evidence against the defendant, and the defence. The defendant normally has a lawyer to
represent him and act as his legal adviser. An accused person pleads ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’. It is
a principle of English law that a person is presumed to be innocent until proved guilty, and the
Prosecution have to satisfy the Court of the defendant’s guilt so that the Court is sure of it,
otherwise he must be found ‘not guilty’. The jury, who make the eventual decision in the Crown
Court as to whether the defendant is actually ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’, is normally composed of 12
people chosen at random from the list of local people who have a right to vote in the area. Their
decision is called a verdict.

ALL SUBJECTS ARE OBLIGATORY!!!

YOU HAVE 1 HOUR TO FINISH ALL SUBJECTS.