Gateway B1 Unit 2 Progress Test

Find the mistakes in the sentence. Write the corrrect sentence.

My aunt walked down the High Street when a mugger stole her purse and phone.

Find the mistakes in the sentence. Write the corrrect sentence.

I wasn't looking and I hurted an old man with my umbrella. I apologised immediately!

Find the mistakes in the sentence. Write the corrrect sentence.

While the police questioned the burglar, there was another burglary in town.

Find the mistakes in the sentence. Write the corrrect sentence.

The detectives looked into the case when they came across some important evidence.

Find the mistakes in the sentence. Write the corrrect sentence.

Were you behaving well when you were at school?

Complete the text with the correct past simple or past continuous form of the verbs given.

The other day I              (check) my emails when I     (see) one from a clothes shop. It said, ‘You       (can) be the winner of a special prize!’ and it asked me to give my address and telephone number. I            (type) in my details when my sister came in. She saw what I was doing and shouted ‘Stop!’ She said it was a fraud and it wasn’t really a clothes shop. I’m so happy I             (not give) them my details.

Write words for the definitions. They are all crimes or criminals.

somebody who steals from houses -        

the crime when you trick somebody to get money or

something from them -      

the crime of breaking public things -          

somebody who attacks another person to steal from them -       

the crime of copying software, films, etc. -       

the person who steals from a bank -       

Choose the correct alternatives to complete the text.

There isn’t a lot of serious crime in my town.
           [Vandals, Vandalism] is probably the biggest problem and a lot of it is graffiti. I suppose           [thieves, theft] is also a problem – there’re a lot of               [shoplifters, shoplifting] in the supermarket. Sometimes           [thieves, theft] also steal cars. We don’t have many other problems, although someone was arrested for breaking into a house. The           [burglar, burglary] was caught when he was leaving through the window.

Choose the best answer (A, B or C) to complete the text.

When the police               [suspect, accuse , investigate] a case, they normally look for evidence. If there’s no evidence, they can’t            [charge , accuse, collect] anyone of the crime. They analyse the evidence carefully and when they are ready, they question the             [boss, detective, suspect] . They only            [charge, analyse , collect] that person when they think they can                [investigate, question    , prove] the case.

Complete the sentences with one preposition.

I was cleaning my room yesterday and I came ……… an old diary.

Complete the sentences with one preposition.

Detectives are looking ……………………… two men in a black car. They escaped from the police station this morning.

Complete the sentences with one preposition.

Can you find ……………………… when the exam starts?

Complete the sentences with one preposition.

The police are looking ……………………… the theft of a computer from the school. They’re questioning teachers and students.

Complete the sentences with one preposition.

Nobody knew where the stolen jewellery was, but it turned ……………………… in New York three years ago.

Complete the sentences with one preposition.

I'm looking.............to the football match tomorrow. I'm really excited about it.

Complete the sentences with one preposition.

We need to look...........and see what problems there could be in the next few years.

Complete the text with the correct noun form of the words given.

I saw an interesting            (discuss) about crime on TV last night. The presenter was saying that nowadays there is less serious crime like          (burgle). However, things like           (vandal) and        (pirate) are more common. She said that they are all crimes and that there is no
           (different) between them. The other people on the programme didn’t agree with her.

Read the article about art fraud. Six sentences are missing from the article. Choose from the sentences A–H the one which fits each gap. There are two extra sentences.

For over 17 years, Shaun Greenhalgh and his elderly parents, George and Olive, sold copies of real famous paintings and statues to museums and art dealers all over the world. (1) ……………………… Why did no one think that these pieces of art were not real? Where did Shaun learn to copy art so cleverly? No one knows the answers to these questions! The man himself is definitely not talking about it!

(2) ……………………… The story of Shaun's arrest shocked the whole art world – they are calling this one of the biggest art crimes in history. Everyone is amazed that no one suspected the family for such a long time. When the police finally found them, the family was living in a small house in Bolton. (3) ……………………… Shaun did his work in a shed in the garden. This was where he made his amazing copies – everything from paintings and drawings to statues and plates.

Shaun worked with tools from a local shop and used tea to make the objects look old. The work didn’t take him long either. (4) ……………………… Shaun did the copies and then his father, 84-year-old George, took them to museums and galleries to sell them. George invented stories about Shaun’s art to persuade the museums to buy it. (5) ……………………… The British Museum, The Tate Modern and other famous places all bought copies from the family.

Some experts believe that Shaun’s art had a value of more than ten million pounds and the family probably made over a million pounds from their crimes. So why were they still living in an old house?
(6) ……………………… No one knows. Many people believe that Shaun copied the art work because he couldn’t sell his own paintings and statues, not to make money. He just wanted to be a real artist.

Listen to a conversation about a robbery. Are these statements True (T), False (F), or is the information Not Mentioned (NM)?

The train took three hours to get to London.                [True, False, Not Mentioned]

The train stopped because there were people on the railway track.                [True, False, Not Mentioned]

The robbers stole three million pounds worth of jewellery.                [True, False, Not Mentioned]

The police caught the robbers on a bridge.                [True, False, Not Mentioned]

The speaker filmed the police and the robbers from the train window.                [True, False, Not Mentioned]