Too Good To Miss: Multiple Choice Vocabulary Test
It was something that might have (0)_______ even the most honest teenager: the discovery of more than £3,000 in used bank notes in an unlocked night safe. That was what two British teenagers, aged 14 and 17, (1)_______ across when they were hanging (2)_______ outside a bank one Friday evening in January with (3)_______ much to do.
As a joke, one of them decided to (4)_______ the handle of the night safe a pull, and to his amazement it opened because it was unlocked. He couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the money inside. After a short discussion, he and his friend (5)_______ the bank notes and ran away. Unfortunately for them, however, the (6)_______ was being (7)_______ by security cameras.
The money was reported missing on the following Monday morning and the teenagers were (8)_______ for the crime within the week. Although neither of them would be (9)_______ upon as a 'master criminal', they both nevertheless ended up with criminal (10)_______.
At what's (11)_______ a juvenile court they were each ordered to pay a £300 (12)_______. In addition to this, they were ordered to write letters of apology to the bank they had stolen the money from. Lloyds Bank were later said to be reviewing their security systems.
A | B | C | D | |
0 | persuaded | urged | tempted | provokerd |
1 | came | met | chanced | found |
2 | over | around | off | up |
3 | hardly | something | little | nothing |
4 | fetch | take | put | give |
5 | grabbed | swept | held | picked |
6 | burglary | fraud | theft | forgery |
7 | registered | recorded | recalled | received |
8 | charged | sentenced | arrested | convicted |
9 | looked | regarded | viewed | considered |
10 | notes | records | charts | documents |
11 | called | known | titled | named |
12 | fine | refund | fee | reward |
0.C; 1.A; 2.B; 3.D; 4.D; 5.A; 6.C; 7.B; 8.C; 9.A; 10.B; 11.A; 12.A