PART FOUR
Questions 21-35
. Read this news.
. Choose the best word to fil1 each gap.
. For each question (21-35) mark one letter (A ,B ,C or D) on your Answer Sheet.
. One answer has been given as an example.
Three Bootleggers Jailed
Three men who ran a cross-channel smuggling group ,selling cheap.
French beer ,wine and champagne in Britain ,were jailed yesterday.
the men were leaders of an 11-man group which made at least 42...example...on the Dover-Calais ferry in three months.
Trucks of cheap drink were brought into the country and sold ...21 ...at Sunday market, And corner shops in South Wales , Two secret teams of customs officers ... 22...vehicles between Kent and Cardiff in an operation called "chancer". Eleven men admitted their part in a.. ...23...to avoid paying duty on beer and spirits.
Mr. Roger Thomas said it was ...24 ... that 70, 000pounds of unpaid duty was involved between January and April last year when the gang was ... 25 ...the smuggling group. Cases of beer, wine and champagne were brought to a rented warehouse in Cardiff before being ... 26 ... to traders. Mr. Richard Nichols, a former market trader, Mr. Qichard Spencer ,a shopowner, and Mr Raymond Tout , were put in prison for ... 27...of nine, four and three months ... 28 ... Judge Michael Burr said the group had used "an army of helpers "in an organized conspiracy to make ... 29 ... money. He ordered six other men to carry out community service and conditionally...30...two others who had played a lesser role.
After the ... 31 ...customs investigators said that the group made as many as four cross channel trips a day ...32... to a hypermarket near Calais. They went into business only three weeks after the new customs laws came into ... 33...on New Year's day last year. The investigators added : "We hope these jail ...34...will be a big help to tackle this...35...crime which is causing concern to the retail industry.
example
A. holidays B. tours C. trips D. voyages
Answer: C
21. A. lawfully B. secretly C. legally D. illegally
22. A. tracked B. travelled C. saw D. watched
23. A. accident B. conspiracy C. hope D. dream
24. A. calculated B. considered C. counted D. estimated
25. A. meeting B. talking C. organizing D. using
26. A. moved B. rented C. distributed D. using
27. A. times B. lengths C. terms D. periods
28. A. each B. altogether C. long D. respectively
29. A. hard B. easy C. comfortable D. simple
30. A. closed B. discharged C. opened D. liberated
31. A. trial B. sentence C. accident D. case
32. A. occasionally B. particularly C. mainly D. consequently
33. A. being B. force C. strength D. use
34. A. words B. sentences C. phrases D. punishment
35. A. widespread B. terrible C. serious D. rare |
