Legal Eagles’ English

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nizhny Novgorod, 2019 

УДК 811.111 
ББК 81.2 
С 245  
 
 
 
 
 
Рецензенты:  
Тарасова О.М., канд. филол. наук, доцент кафедры иностранных языков и 
профессионального лингвообразования НИУ – филиала РАНХиГС; 
Шевелева Т.Н., канд. филол. наук, доцент кафедры русской и зарубежной 
филологии НГПУ им. К.Минина. 
 
 
 
Свешникова И.А. 
Legal Eagles’ English: учеб.-методическое пособие / И.А. Свешникова. – Н.Новгород: НИУ – филиал РАНХиГС, 2019. – 236 с. 
 
 
ISBN 978-5-00036-239-6 
 
 
Пособие предназначено для практического освоения студентами юридических специальностей дисциплин «Английский язык» и «Английский язык в 
сфере юриспруденции».  
Пособие состоит из двух частей. Первая часть содержит материал, 
направленный на активизацию навыков разговорной речи и чтения, а также на 
повторение основ грамматики. 
Вторая часть – тексты специальной юридической направленности. 
 
 
 
 
 
УДК 81.111 
ББК 81.2 
 
 
 
 
 
© Свешникова И.А., 2019 
ISBN 978-5-00036-239-6 
 
 
 
 
© Нижегородский институт 
управления – филиал РАНХиГС, 2019 
С 245 

ЧАСТЬ ПЕРВАЯ 
АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК 
PART I  
GENERAL ENGLISH FOR LAW STUDENTS 
 

Entry Test (Grammar) 
Choose the letter of the correct answer to complete each sentence:  
1. ____________________ ready for school? It’s already 7:00. 
A Do you get 
C You get 
B Are you getting 
D You are getting 
2. Nick ____________________ to Greece every year to visit his family. 
A is going  
C go 
B he goes 
D goes 
3. Why ____________________? The lesson isn’t over yet. 
A are you leaving 
C do you leave 
B you are leaving 
D you leaving 
4. Something ____________________ good. Is that fresh bread in the oven? 
A  smells 
C smell  
B is smelling 
D smelling 
5. Which class ____________________ best? 
A  are you liking 
C you like 
B you are liking 
D do you like 
6. This book ____________________ written in 2009. 
A is 
C was 
B has 
D were 
7. Coffee is ____________________ in Columbia. 
A grow 
C been growing 
B grew 
D grown 
8. There ____________________ a lot of people in the park yesterday. 
A are 
C was 
B is 
D were 
9. One day last March, I ____________________ a very strange letter. 
A did get 
C used to get 
B got 
D was getting 
10. The report ____________________ soon. 
A publishes 
C will be published 
B is published 
D will publish 

11. Roger ____________________ me at 9.00 last night. 
A called 
C used to call 
B calls 
D calling 
12. Sara didn’t hear the phone. She ____________________. 
A sleeps 
C used to sleep 
B slept 
D was sleeping 
13. Where ____________________ to school? 
A did you go 
C you go 
B you did go 
D you went 
14. He ____________________ for the Olympics since 2017. 
A practised 
C has been practising 
B practises 
D was practising 
15. We’ve known Sally ____________________ a long time. 
A since 
C while 
B by 
D for 
16. We’ve been living in London since we____________________. 
A have graduated 
C graduated 
B have been graduating 
D graduate 
17. They haven’t ____________________ an AIDS vaccine. 
A yet developed 
C developed already 
B developed yet 
D already develop 
18. It ____________________ tomorrow. 
A rains 
C ‘s going to rain 
B rained 
D ‘s raining 
19. The package will ____________________ on Monday. 
A arrive 
C arriving 
B arrives 
D be going to arrive 
20. Goodnight. I ____________________ you in the morning. 
A ‘ll see 
C ‘m seeing 
B ‘m going to see 
D see 
21. Hurry up. The next bus ____________________ at 7:45. 
A leave 
C leaving 
B leaves 
D will have been leaving 

22. Bill will be ____________________ to Taipei tomorrow. 
A flies 
C fly 
B flying 
D have flown 
23. Where ____________________? 
A does she live 
C she does live 
B she lives 
D she lived 
24. ____________________ has lost this wallet? 
A Whom 
C Who 
B Whose 
D Who did 
25. You’re Cynthia, ____________________ you? 
A aren’t you 
C didn’t 
B are 
D were 
26. Laura loves soap operas and ____________________ . 
A Jane does, too. 
C Jane loves too 
B so Jane does 
D so loves Jane 
27. I didn’t like sports and ____________________ my brother. 
A either did 
C so did 
B neither does 
D neither did 
28. Would you shut the door, please? 
A Certainly. 
C Yes, I could. 
B No, I can’t. 
D Yes, I would. 
29. Why ____________________ a movie tonight? 
A about seeing 
C not seeing 
B don’t we see 
D we don’t see 
30. Sonia can’t speak German yet but after a few lessons she __________ speak a little. 
A can 
C is able to 
B could 
D will be able to 
31. In 1998, Tara Lipinski ____________________ win the gold medal in figure 
skating at the Winter Olympics. 
A can  
C is able to 
B could 
D was able to 

32. - Wasn’t that Malcolm in class? 
 - It ____________________. Malcolm left last week. 
A couldn’t 
C couldn’t have been 
B could have been 
D couldn’t have 
33. Children under five years old ____________________ swim without an adult. 
A don’t have to 
C have to 
B must not 
D are supposed to 
34. Where ___________________ we supposed to go for the test tomorrow? 
A do 
C will 
B are 
D should 
35. I’ve got ____________________ job in the world. 
A a good 
C the best 
B best 
D the better 
36. This apple pie smells ____________________! 
A wonderful 
C more wonderfully 
B wonderfully 
D the most beautifully 
37. Our team didn’t play ____________________ I expected. I was disappointed. 
A as well as 
C as badly as 
B well 
D better 
38. I passed my driving test. It seemed much ____________________ this time. 
A easy 
C easiest 
B easier 
D easily 
39. The faster Daniel walks, ____________________. 
A more tired. 
C the more tired he gets. 
B he gets tired. 
D he gets more tired. 
40. My glasses are in my bag but I don’t remember _________________ them there. 
A putting 
C I put 
B to put 
D put 
41. I asked him ____________________ but he went anyway. 
A not to go 
C not going 
B to not go 
D he doesn’t go 

42. ____________________ in a foreign country is sometimes difficult. 
A I live 
C Live 
B Living 
D Lives 
43. If you ____________________ a headache, you should take an aspirin. 
A ‘ll have got 
C have got 
B had got 
D are having 
44. I wish we ____________________ a bigger house. This one is too small. 
A have 
C would have 
B had 
D had had  
45. If I ____________________ you, I’d call and apologise. 
A am 
C were 
B would be 
D was 
46. If you ______________ told us about the bad service, we would have eaten there. 
A didn’t 
C haven’t 
B wouldn’t have 
D hadn’t 
47. “You look beautiful in that dress”. 
Last night she told me ____________________ beautiful in that dress. 
A you look 
C I’ll looked 
B you looked 
D I looked 
48. “Why don’t you join us for coffee, John?” 
After the film, we asked John ____________________ us for coffee. 
A would he join 
C to join 
B why he didn’t join 
D for joining 
49. I wonder who ____________________ 
A our waiter is? 
C our waiter is. 
B is our waiter. 
D is our waiter? 
50. “Hi, Bob. Did you get the job?” 
Bob’s friend asked him ____________________ the job. 
A if he had got  
C did he get 
B did you get 
D had he got 

Entry Test (Reading Comprehension) 
Text 1 
I. Read the texts.  
II. Look at these questions. Find the right answers. 
Mr. and Mrs. Young’s small house was in a village, but their children’s houses 
were in a town. Then Mr. Young died. Mrs. Young was eighty-five years old, and her 
children said to her, “Come and live in the town near us, Mother. Or come and live in 
one of our houses.” But she said, “No, I’m not going to go to the town. I’m going to 
remain here.” 
Her children were not happy. They said,” There are a lot of burglars here now. 
Maybe one of them will come into her house and take her money and her nice 
things”. 
One Sunday one of daughters went to Mrs. Young’s house. She saw a key on 
the ground at the side of the front door. “Mother!” she said, “You mustn’t put your 
key there. That’s the worst place.  Burglars can see it and open the door! 
Mrs. Young smiled. “Try to open the door with the key,” she said. Her daughter did this. The key made a lot of noise, but it didn’t open the door. 
Then Mrs. Young said, “I get one of my brother’s old guns, go out of the back 
door and creep up behind the burglars.” 
1. Did Mr. and Mrs. Young’s children live with them? 
a. No, they did not. 
b. Yes, they did. 
2. Did Mrs. Young go and live with her children? 
a. No, she did not. 
b. Yes, she did. 
3. Why were her children not happy then? 
a. Because a burglar came 
into their mother’s house. 
b. Because there were a lot of burglars 
in that place. 
4. What did one of Mrs. Young’s daughters see one day?  
a. A key. 
b. A lock. 
5. Where was it? 
a. In the lock. 
b. Near Mrs. Young’s door. 

6. Why is that not a good place for your key? 
a. Because people can see it 
and open the door with it. 
b. Because you will lose it. 
7. Where did Mrs. Young’s daughter put the key? 
a. In the house. 
b. In the lock. 
8. Did Mrs. Young’s daughter open the door with it? 
a. No, she didn’t. 
b. Yes, she did. 
9. Why didn’t the door open? 
a. Because the key made a 
lot of noise. 
b. Because the key was the wrong one. 
10. What did Mrs. Young always do when she heard the key in the lock? 
a. She crept up behind the 
burglars with a gun. 
b. She made a lot of noise. 
Text 2 
Police officers should be aware of the cultural beliefs and habits of the subcultures they are likely to serve in an urban environment. In one case, an AfricanAmerican man was arrested for the murder of a woman who had been strangled with 
a pair of stockings missing their tops simply because stocking tops were found in his 
dresser drawer. The white police officers were not aware that stocking tops were used 
in a hair styling process common in African-American communities at that time. Neither was the all-white jury. This shows why it is important not only that officers be 
culturally aware, but also that both police forces and juries reflect the diversity of 
their communities. 
11. According to the passage, why do police officers need to be aware of the subcultures they serve? 
a. because they are likely to be prejudiced 
b. because of possible hostility between the police and cultural minorities 
c. because improved community relations will lead to more effective law enforcement 
d. because their ignorance could lead to injustice