LEGAL ENGLISH

PLACEMENT & DIAGNOSTIC TEST

□ Fill the gaps with the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best completes the sentence:

1. A lawyer ________________ somebody who has completed law school, passed a bar exam, and is licensed by the state to help solve legal problems.a) isa) are b) amc) be

2. This is my lawyer. _____________ name is Peter.a) Herb) Ourc) Yoursd) His

3. Mike is ______________.a) my spouse’s attorneyb) attorney my spousec) attorney from my spoused) my spouse attorney’s

4. My brother is ______________ attorney.a) the b) anc) ad) -

5. _______________ many people in the courtroom.a) This isb) There isc) They ared) There are

6. Paul ________________ Arizona’s new immigration law.a) likes notb) don’t likec) doesn’t liked) isn’t likes

7. Sorry, he can’t take your call. He _____________ to a client right now.a) talkingb) ‘s talkingc) talksd) talk

8. The judge _________________ very critical at last week’s hearing.a) didn't beb) weren’tc) wasn’td) isn’t

9. The judge really _________________ me at last week’s hearing.a) likeb) likesc) likingd) liked

10. __________________ to study for our contract law exam together? No, thank you.

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a) Do you likeb) Would you likec) Want youd) Are you like

11. Criminal law is ___________________ than family law.a) more hard to studyb) more harder to studyc) hardest to studyd) harder to study

12. Our legal English course is very boring. We’re going ____________________ another one soon.a) to look forb) looking forc) to will look ford) look for

13. MedCepts is not a legal advisor and ____________________ any intention of offering legal advice. a) sometimes hasb) never hasc) often hasd) usually has

14. There aren’t ________________ law clinics in my town.a) someb) anyc) nod) a

15. Our law firm is _________________ to the railway station.a) next b) nearc) behindd) in front

16. Our lawyers ________________ to court every day.a) are goingb) goc) goingd) goes

17. The accused _________________ her when she shouted.a) abused b) was abusingc) was abused) is abusing

18. ________________ been convicted of fraud or a felony?a) Did you everb) Are you everc) Have you everd) Do you ever

19. We’ve been colleagues ____________________ many years.a) sinceb) from c) duringd) for

20. You _________________ take this exam. It’s optional.a) have tob) don’t havec) don’t need tod) doesn’t have to

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21. The legal consultant was very busy last week and _________________ meet us.a) needn'tb) can’tc) mustn’td) couldn’t

22. These are the legal standards against ________________ all actions taken or not taken by directors are measured.a) whichb) whoc) whatd) where

23. You’ll be imprisoned if you _______________ naked in town.a) walkingb) walksc) will walkd) walk

24. He doesn’t steal anymore, but he __________________ a lot when he was young. a) has stolenb) stealsc) used to steald) was stolen

25. A whole team defends our clients ___________________ one individual.a) more good thanb) as better asc) best thand) better than

26. I promise I __________________ you as soon as I’ve finished reading about this case. a) will helpb) am helpingc) going to helpd) have helped

27. This book ___________________ by many law students as an adjunct to the main texts.a) usesb) usedc) is usingd) is used

28. He said that his client ____________ to speak about the controversy.a) not wantb) weren’tc) didn’t wantd) aren’t wanting

29. How about _________________ the company for copyright infringement?a) sueing b) suec) to sued) for sueing

30. Can I ___________________ the accused to rise, Your Honor? a) speakb) askc) telld) say

31. I wasn’t interested in the trial very much. ________________.a) I didn’t, too.b) Neither was I.

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c) Nor I did.d) So I wasn’t.

32. You should obtain competent legal advice, _______________ you will be convicted.a) otherwiseb) in casec) so thatd) in order to

33. __________________ law for too long and I can’t wait to finish.a) I don’t studyb) I’ve study c) I’ve been studyingd) I study

34. What I like more than anything else ___________________ inheritance law.a) reading aboutb) to read aboutc) is reading aboutd) is read about

35. The inquest heard from nurse Carla Woods, who ________________ by the police when the 15-month-old girl broke her arm. a) questionedb) had been questionedc) had been questioningd) were questioning

36. We won’t win the case _________________ plausible evidence is presented effectively to the jury! a) ifb) providing thatc) exceptd) unless

37. No injury would have resulted if the plaintiff _________________ her car. a) hasn’t enteredb) wouldn’t enterc) won’t have enteredd) hadn’t entered

38. I don’t remember __________________ Roman law or English common law. a) reading abouta) to have read aboutb) to read aboutc) for reading about

39. Was it Rousseau ______________ about the natural rights of man’s life liberty and property?a) who wroteb) wrotec) that writed) who was writing

40. You may not like your legal ethics teacher, but you’ll have to ________________, I’m afraid.a) tell it offb) sort itself outc) put up with itd) put it off

41. I think it’s very easy to ___________ debt these days.a) walk intob) becomec) go down tod) get into

42. I phoned her ____________ I heard the news.

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a) minuteb) duringc) by the timed) the moment

□ Fill the gaps with one suitable word:

Last month, three high-level employees of the Junesco Corporation were arrested ____(43)____ fraud. They were ____(44)____ of having developed a complex scheme involving investors’ money. An action was brought ____(45)____ them in the civil court. All three were convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice, and sentenced to two years’ ____(46)____ .The judge stated that the actions of the three men not only had an adverse affect on the Junesco Corporation, but also had a negative impact on investors’ confidence in the financial system. After the defendants’ lawyers requested that the judge suspend the sentence, the men were put ____(47)____ probation.

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