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Task One:

Reading Comprehension
MAKING THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIME-Mike
Cicconetti, a US judge with a difference

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abandoning some kittens in a forest, she
expected to get a fine or a short prison sentence.
Instead she was sentenced to spend the night in
the same cold, dark forest. In the end it was so
cold that she only had to spend three hours in the woods, but Judge Mike
Cicconetti had made his point. He wanted the 26-year-old Ohio housewife to
feel the same pain and suffering as the animals she had abandoned, many of
which later died.
Judge Cicconettis unusual ruling was just the latest example of his unique
brand of creative justice which has won him national acclaim. He was
elected unopposed to serve another six years in Lake County, Ohio last month,
and this year won the presidency of the American Judges Association.
Cicconetti allows offenders to choose between jail, and an alternative,
creative sentence. For example ,people accused of speeding are offered a
choice between having their license suspended for 90 days, or having it
suspended for a shorter period and spending one day working as a school
crossing guard. The judge says that offenders who spend a day helping
school children across the street never appear in his courtroom for speeding
again.
The judge also sent a man who was caught with a loaded gun to the mortuary
to view dead bodies and ordered teenagers who let down tires on school buses
to organize a picnic for primary school children. He has ordered noisy
neighbors to spend a day of silence in the woods, or listen to classical music
instead of rock.
Cicconetti attributes his unusual approach to his tough family background.
He was the oldest of nine children and had to work part-time collecting rubbish
to pay his way through college. He studied law at night school. I didnt go to a
prestigious law firm, he says, I had to get where I am the hard way. It makes
you understand what the working man has to go through, and why some of
them commit crimes. I want to give people a positive lesson, not a negative
one.
A drawer in his cramped office in the Painesville Municipal Courthouse is full of
thank-you letters from both victims and criminals. Some people will say that
my punishments are cruel or unusual, the judge said. OK, its a little bit of
embarrassment and humiliation. But when you have people fulfilling these
sentences, you are doing it for them and the victims and the community. And
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above all, I can remember only two people who have been sentenced to
alternative punishments and who have reoffended.

Part One: Comprehension Questions


Instructions: Answer the questions according to the text.
1. What was the judges early life like? How successful has he been professionally?
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2. Which three creative punishments get the offenders to learn from a personal
experience? Which two punishments get them to do something for other people?
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3. What inspired his system of creative punishments? Why does he think they are
better than conventional punishments?
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4. What do you think of his system and justice system in Turkey? Compare and
Contrast the systems in terms of punishments and consequences .How effective
are the punishments in our country? How can we set a fair system to make
people live in peace?
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Part Two: Matching
Instructions: Match the highlighted words in the text with the definitions.
1. The shame you feel when you make a mistake in public. ___________________
2. A person, thing, or event, you believe that they cause it or have it.
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3. Cause to stop temporarily ___________________
4. A person who has committed a crime

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5.

Someone who violates a law or command ___________________

6. A building or a room in a hospital where dead bodies are kept before they are
buried .
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7. A fairness in the way that people are treated ___________________
8. The punishment that a person receives after they have been found guilty of a
crime
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9. leave a person, a thing or a place for a long time ___________________
10. Complete a task or obligation. Do something you promised to
do.___________________
Task Two: Use of English
Part One: Rewrite
Instructions: Rewrite the following sentences.
1. Mary said, I like Turkish pop music.
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2. The woman said, Its not my umbrella, mine is red.
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3. Tom said, I have a sports car. It is red.
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4. Mr. Brown said, I dont drive a car in the rush hour.
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5. Sue said, The boy is looking at us. I dont know him.
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6. John said, I can swim well but I dont have enough time to swim.
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7. The teacher said, If you dont study regularly, youll fail.
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8. Mr. Green said, I will have finished my journey by tomorrow
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9. Mr. Miller said, I know your parents. Ive met them in the meeting.
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10.
Tony said I have visited China.
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Part Two: Rewrite
Instructions: Put these following questions into reported speech.
1. Did you see the marvelous documentary on TV last night? my friend asked
me.
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2. How long does it take you to have lunch? she asked him.
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3. How long have you waited for me? she asked me.
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4. What time is it? the man asked the boy.
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5. The teacher asked, Are you listening to me?
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Part Three: Rewrite


Instructions: Rewrite the following sentences using the words given in bold.
1. You are not allowed to use mobile phones in here.
must
You ____________________ mobile phones in here.
2. Perhaps he has spoken to the boss already.
may He ________________________ to the boss already.
3. I am sure/certain they have got our fax by now.
must
They _____________________ our fax by now.
4. I think/believe he is working on a good computer.
must
He ___________________ working on a good computer.
5. Perhaps parents find it difficult to understand the new teaching methods being
introduced in primary schools.
may
Parents _______________________ it difficult to understand the new
teaching methods being introduced in primary schools.
Part Four: Sentence Completion
Instructions: Complete the responses to the statements using must or cant to
explain the situation.
Example: A: His fiance writes to him every day.
B: She must be very much in love with him.
1. A: He didnt study for the exam at all, I wonder if he will pass.
B: He cant ___________________________________.
2. A: He drives a Rolls-Royce and his wife a Mercedes.
B: They must _________________________________.
3. A: I dont seem to have my keys with me.
B: I must _____________________________________.
4. A: She has just eaten three hamburgers, how can she not be full.
B: She cant ___________________________________.
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Task Three: Vocabulary


Part One: Word Formation
Instructions: Complete the following sentence with the correct form of the word in
CAPITALS.
1. The bank robbers were sentenced to fifteen years ___________________.
PRISON
2. We believe that severe ___________________ is not the answer.

PUNISH

3. Everyone at the trial believed in Marys ___________________.


INNOCENT
4. Mehmet Ali Aca was a hardened ___________________ who murdered a Turkish
journalist and attempted to kill the Pope.
CRIME
5. Tim was charged with three motoring ___________________.
OFFEND
6. Nobody reported the ___________________ and robbers werent detected.
THIEF
7. Joan said she had ___________________ destroyed her passport.
ACCIDENT
8. The murderer of the children received a life ___________________.

SENTENCE

Part Two: Blank Fill


Instructions: Fill in the blanks using the right phrasal word below.
get over deal with
across count on

stick to

break into

come

1. I hope you are not _______________ your wealth; we have no clue what the future
will be holding for us.
2. You had better _______________ your diet and keep working out regularly if you want
to get into
shape.
3. I decided to buy a burglar alarm after someone _______________ my house and stole
my i-pad and PC.
4. Since he has a weak character, he can no longer _______________ his problems and
feels quite
depressed nowadays.
5. While I was sorting out old stuff in the attic, I _______________ my grandparents
photographs and it was quite nostalgic to look at them.
6. Her moms death was the greatest shock she ever had; it took a long time to
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this.

Task Four: Writing


Instructions: Write a formal letter to an English course requesting information on
their classes. Write approximately 100 words. Be sure to use formal language and
request the following information:
Location of school
What classes are offered
Class schedule
Cost of the English course
Special offers for long term contracts
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