Unit Test 7

   Answer all thirty questions. There is one mark per question.

   Language

   1 Rewrite these sentences with the words that follow in the active or passive.

   1    The judge asked him to leave the court.

   He was ______________________________________________________.

   2    This exposes any company to a lawsuit.

   Any company _________________________________________________.

   3    All the victims were paid compensation by the government.

   The government________________________________________________.

   4    Attorneys are suing the companies.

   Companies____________________________________________________.

   5    If they could convince the court, we’d be OK.

   If the court_________________________________________, we’d be OK.

   6    The outcome will be announced later today.

   The spokesperson_______________________________________________.

   7    The documents had been leaked by an unknown source.

   An unknown source______________________________________________.

   8    The firm had never produced any evidence.

   No evidence___________________________________________________.

   9    We launched the drug in 1988.

   The drug_____________________________________________________.

   10  Pharmaceutical firms are being attacked from all sides by their critics.

   Critics_____________________________________________________.

   

   Vocabulary

   2 Complete the words in these definitions with the missing letters.

   11  The _u_ _ is a group of people who evaluate evidence presented in court.

   12  The _e_ _i_ _  is an official judicial decision.

   13  The _e_e_ _a_ _ is the person seeking to prove his/her innocence.

   14  _ee_ have to be paid to the legal representatives.

   15  A _e_ _ _e_e_ _ is an agreement between two parties in a lawsuit.

   16  The _ _ain_i_ _ is the person who litigates.

   17  A  _a_ _e_ is a qualified legal adviser.

   3 Underline the correct verb in brackets

   18  Is it worth trying to ( reach / settle ) this lawsuit out of court?

   19  The judge ( awarded / presented ) damages of a hundred thousand.

   20  Do you think the court will ( rule / file ) in our favour?

   21  A member of staff has ( suffered / accused ) her employer of sexual harassment.

   22  We’d like you to ( provide / award ) evidence on our behalf.

   23  They may decide to ( involve / impose ) even stricter penalties.

   24  We’re going to ( take / make ) legal action against your client.

   25  They’re ( bringing / carrying ) a lawsuit against us for negligence.

   Career Skills

   4 Each of these phrases for negotiating has one extra word. Write the word at the end.

   26  I’ll have to think that all over. _______

   27  That’s go out of the question! _______

   28  To take it or leave it! _______

   29  I’m would prepared to offer you 10% more. ______

   30  Here’s what we have in the mind. _______