This document contains a reading comprehension test with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about short passages on topics like burglary prevention, police work, and witnessing a crime. The test has sections on listening, reading, vocabulary, grammar, and writing. For the writing section, students are prompted to write an email describing witnessing an act of vandalism, where they were, what happened, and what they did. The test is designed to assess English language skills at an intermediate proficiency level.

1. TEST 4B (Unit 4)
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NAME ......................................................................................................... DATE .....................................
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(Time 50 minutes)
Listening
A Directions: You will hear a recording twice. Before you listen to it, you will have 2
minutes to read questions 1-5. While listening for the first time, you can look at the
questions, but you are not allowed to take notes. After you hear the whole recording, you
will have 3 minutes to answer the questions, choosing the answer (A, B, C or D) which
you think fits best. Then you will hear the recording again and you will have 1 minute to
check your answers.
1 Emily’s sister was interested in buying a ….
A bag. C dress.
B coat. D pair of jeans.
2 The shoplifter ran out of the shop when …
A Emily walked towards the guard.
B Emily spoke to the guard.
C the alarm went off.
D the guard started running after her.
3 A police officer wanted Emily to …
A watch a video of the crime.
B look at photos of known criminals.
C tell the shop to install CCTV cameras.
D search for the shoplifter on the street.
4 The shoplifter was …
A older than Emily. C thinner than Emily.
B taller than Emily. D fatter than Emily.
5 Before Emily left the station, she gave the
police …
A her mobile phone.
B her contact information.
C a description of the shop.
D a drawing of the shoplifter.
B Directions: You will hear a recording twice. Before you listen to it, you will have 2
minutes to read statements 6-10. While listening for the first time, you can look at the
statements, but you are not allowed to take notes. After you hear the whole recording,
you will have 3 minutes to mark the statements as T (True), F (False) or NI (No
Information). Then you will hear the recording again and you will have 1 minute to check
your answers.
6 The speaker and his friend were alone in the house. ………
7 The speaker had already watched the film in the cinema. ………
8 After their fight, Mike asked the speaker to leave his house. ………
9 Mike called the speaker to say sorry. ………
10 The speaker is a member of a DVD club. ………
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2. TEST 4B
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Reading
C Directions: Read the text below. Then read the statements that follow it and mark them
as T (True), F (False) or NI (No Information).
Safe as Houses
Every day, there are news reports of burglaries and no neighbourhood is completely safe. However, there are a lot
of things that you can do to help protect your home.
The best way to protect your home is to simply lock your windows and doors – especially at night or when you’re
away. Unlike what we see in films, criminals don't usually go through every detail of a burglary. Instead, they often
simply move around a neighbourhood and look for unsecured homes. So, always lock your windows and doors.
But what about burglars who want to force their way into your home? First, having good, strong locks on your doors
and windows is important. It’s too risky for a burglar to spend a lot of time trying to open a lock. Also, you could put
up high fences around your property. Burglars usually prefer approaching houses through a back garden.
But don’t burglar alarms help too? Not all the time. Actually, research shows that burglars don’t really care about
them! Why? Well, most neighbours call the police 20 minutes after they hear a house alarm. That means burglars
have lots of time to run off with your possessions.
11 It is only necessary to lock windows and doors at night. ………
12 Most burglars do not plan their burglaries. ………
13 Most burglars do not carry the tools to open locks. ………
14 Burglar alarms are not always useful. ………
15 It takes the police around 20 minutes to arrive at a burgled house. ………
Use of English
D Directions: Read the text and circle the answer (A, B, C or D) that best suits each gap.
Protecting the Public
Police officers do a very important job. They prevent people from 16) …… the law and keep our cities and towns
safe. Police officers have to deal 17) …… a huge variety of crimes. They have to 18) …… serious crimes like arson
and burglary, but they are also responsible for petty crimes like vandalism and 19) …… the peace. Often, different
police officers are responsible for different crimes. For example, some police officers pull over drivers who 20) ……
the speed limit. Other police officers work with computers and catch people who 21) …… films or music without
paying 22) …… them. The police are just one part of a large system, though. When police officers 23) ……
someone with a crime, this doesn’t mean that this person goes straight to prison. First, they 24) …… on trial and it’s
up to a 25) …… to find the person innocent or guilty.
16 A stopping B committing C dropping D breaking
17 A for B with C to D from
18 A find B catch C answer D solve
19 A forging B disturbing C annoying D trespassing
20 A exceed B avoid C refuse D deny
21 A pirate B access C download D connect
22 A by B with C to D for
23 A warn B threaten C charge D accuse
24 A stay B put C go D run
25 A judge B lawyer C witness D victim
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3. TEST 4B
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E Directions: Circle the answer (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence.
26 I suggest ………. an alarm system in your
house.
A install C to install
B installs D installing
27 The bank robbers ………. by the time the police
arrived.
A had escaped C were escaping
B have escaped D escaped
28 The police officer worked day and night ……….
the arsonist.
A catch C catches
B to catch D catching
29 Sarah in thinking of ………. a lawyer.
A to become C becoming
B becomes D become
30 Tina is wearing a ………. T-shirt.
A red, cotton, nice C cotton, red, nice
B nice, cotton, red D nice, red, cotton
F Directions: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
one.
31 Could you tell me what happened?
Would you mind .................................................
.......................................................................... ?
32 The vandals ran away before the security quard
arrived.
By the time the security guard ...........................
.......................................................................... .
33 I think it’s a good idea to get a guard dog.
I think it’s worth ..................................................
.......................................................................... .
34 Being the victim of a crime is awful.
I would hate ........................................................
.......................................................................... .
35 It is possible that the witness was lying.
The witness was ................................................
.......................................................................... .
G Directions: Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in capitals.
36 After the ……………………………………….., the
shop installed CCTV cameras. (ROB)
37 The farmer told the two ……………………………
to get off his land. (TRESPASS)
38 The judge sentenced the ………………………….
to 50 years in prison. (MURDER)
39 The town’s mayor has received a lot of
…………………………… for his inability to stop
vandalism. (CRITICISE)
40 Every ……………………………….. in the city
was at the scene of the crime. (JOURNAL)
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4. TEST 4B
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Writing
H Directions: Yesterday, you witnessed a man committing vandalism in your town. Write an
email (150-170 words) to your English-speaking friend. In your email:
 explain where you were.  describe the event.  say what you did.
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