PROGRESS TEST 1 (Lessons 1-2)

1. Translate into English.

Стороны судебного процесса, возбудить уголовное преследование, оспорить решение суда, судебный пристав, допрашивать, подтвердить алиби, скамья подсудимых, давать показания, отклонить протест, признать себя виновным, мировая сделка, отбывать срок, поперечный срез общества, вменяемый, доносить, апелляционный суд, подозреваемый, вынести приговор, проступок, лжесвидетельство.

2. Provide at least 3 synonyms for each of the following words and word-combinations.

Criminal, crime, to accuse, prison, attorney.

3. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the suitable grammatical forms of the words and word-combinations given in the list below. There are more words than you need.

1. … are crimes that do not rise to the severity of a felony. 2. I'm also reinstating the … and canceling all town events. 3. Alex was in and out of … . 4. … is becoming an increasingly common problem in the United Kingdom, as fraudsters discover more and more ways to get hold of the personal information. 5. He is a defence counsel for minors at the …court. 6. … is the illegal act of inciting people to resist or rebel against the government in power. 7. … sentences are those in which the legislature sets a minimum and/or maximum time of incarceration, but leaves the decision as to when to release an inmate to prison officials. 8. … is a leash that the criminal justice system puts on defendants in lieu of incarceration. 9. … crimes are those which are punishable by execution. 10. A parent who leaves a two-year-old child alone in the house in order to go out to a bar and have a good time could face charges for criminal … . 11. Alternative sentences are often criticized and ridiculed as … criminals. 12. Further allegations would follow in a highly publicised case, however, the singer was … of all charges. 13. A former intelligence radio engineer was found guilty of state … and sent to a maximum-security prison colony at a hearing on Monday. 14. … evidence is normally not admissible in court proceedings, but there are exceptions to this rule. 15. Due to the … application some people have begun to question the use of this type of punishment.

Words and word-combinations:

Hearsay, juvenile, indiscriminate, curfew, foster homes, coddling, identity theft, sedition, parole, indeterminate, probation, capital, negligence, forgery, to acquit, treason,  to indict, misdemeanor.

Total: 35 / _____

PROGRESS TEST 2 (Lessons 3-4)

1. Match a word in A with a meaning in B:

2.Translate into English.

1) Она  и  её  друг  были  замешаны  в  афере,  в  результате которой  намеревались  прикарманить  5  миллионов  долларов  из  денег  компании. 2) За последние пять лет полиция зарегистрировала 27  миллионов преступлений,  связанных  с  "кражей  личности".  3)  Она подала жалобу на сексуальные домогательства со стороны менеджера. 4) Законодательство разрешает использовать мониторинг в случаях, когда подозревается мошенничество или преступление. 5) Этот эдикт был посягательством на их право на личную свободу. 6) Хакеры – это люди злонамеренно взламывающие программы и проникающие в чужие компьютеры. 7) Банду обвинили в вымогательстве путем шантажа. 8) Нельзя  презирать избирателей за то, что им совершенно неинтересно реальное  устройство  политических  механизмов.  9) Он отрицает, что у него есть какие-либо обязательства по судебным издержкам. 10) Уровень преступности в больших городах очень высок. 11) "социальная инженерия" – это тактика злонамеренного проникновения, при которой взломщик путём "уговоров" обманывает пользователей или администратора (например, представляясь новым сотрудником) и добивается  значимой  информации  о  компании  или  её  компьютерных системах,  чтобы  получить  несанкционированный  доступ  к  сети. 12) Новые приложения класса "захватчик рынка" являются интерактивными, ориентированы на обработку транзакций и позволяют  более  эффективными  способами  вести  бизнес.  13) Он не сомневался, что все, что произошло с ним, было умышленным отравлением с целью убийства. 14) Право на жизнь – неотъемлемое право  каждого человека,  охраняемое  законом. 15) Она преследовала его судебным  порядком,  претендуя  на  крупную  сумму  денег.

3.Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the suitable grammatical forms of the words and word-combinations given in the list below. There are more words than you need.

1) Scams by cyber-criminals include setting up … companies on the Net. 2) Stalking and … over cyberspace is more easily practised than in real life. 3) The increased use of … and DNA databases means criminals are more likely to be caught, and the rewards for burglary have decreased anyway because electronic gadgets are so cheap. 4) Earlier research showed that, among adult Internet users, just 1% reported … to their data. 5) Public apathy to cybercrime persists, except around crimes such as online … . 6) … seems to be that Americans have every right to obtain music from anyone who has a legal right to sell it in their country. 7) Deliberate euthanasia would normally leave anyone assisting …, though liability can be reduced to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility. 8) Unfortunately for employees seeking greater privacy, the boundary between legitimate employee supervision and … will never be brightly lit. 9) To the delight of …, most attorneys have absolutely no idea how to access electronic evidence on personal computers. 10) On the very near horizon are technologies that raise concerns about far more serious … into worker privacy. 11) Google knows what you've been viewing and writing on the Internet, and it is happy to sell this knowledge to … that are looking for consumers like you. 12) Google's servers have been reading the content of Gmail users' e-mails since the service debuted, in order to serve up … and to block spam. 13) The problem for all … is the way that cybercrime, like the Internet itself, is not limited by national boundaries.

Words and word-combinations: 

Harassment, liable for murder, intrusions, CCTV, infringement of copyright, computer geeks, bogus, the bottom line, user-appropriate advertising, unauthorised access, child abuse, law-enforcement agencies, invasive scrutiny, third-party companies.

 Total: 40 / _____

Appendix 4

WORD BANK

LESSON 1. COURT PROCEDURE

acquit

adversarial

age of criminal responsibility

appeal

appeal the judge's decision

bailiff

barrister

bench

categories of ineligibility

character evidence

civil trial

closed trial

closing speech

courtroom

criminal trial

cross-examine

cross-section of the community

curfew

custody of prisoners

custody of prisoners

defence

defendant

deliberations

DNA evidence

dock

examine,

expert witness

fingerprint evidence

forensic,

found guilty

handwriting identification

hearsay evidence

indictment

initiate the lawsuit

jurisdiction

jury box

juvenile court

mentally fit

minor (n.)

misuse of the power

overrule the objection

paternity blood tests

physical

plaintiff

plea bargain

plead guilty

plead to the charge

prosecution

prosecutor

provision

public gallery

public trial

reach a unanimous verdict

reach a verdict

retry a case

secure centres

solicitor

stand smb aside

sustain the objection

testify

testify falsely

the trial's outcome

transcript of evidence

unlawfully obtained

witness stand

witness testimony