Vocabulary Test About TRIAL Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 33

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Question 1

The high court judge will pass _____ next week.

A	justice
B	punishment
C	sentence
D	verdict

Question 1 Explanation:

A judge passes sentence, which means officially deciding the punishment for someone found guilty. Not verdict: a verdict (guilty or not guilty) is reached or returned by a jury, not passed by a judge.

Question 2

If you break the law, you will be _____ trouble.

A	for
B	in
C	out
D	out of

Question 2 Explanation:

Be in trouble means you have a problem, often because you did something wrong: If you break the law, you will be in trouble. Not out of: out of trouble means the opposite, free from problems.

Question 3

The judge was very _____ on pickpockets.

A	bad
B	hard
C	serious
D	strong

Question 3 Explanation:

Be hard on someone means treating or punishing them severely: The judge was very hard on pickpockets. The other words do not collocate with on in this meaning; we say strong on a subject to mean good at it, which does not fit here.

Question 4

It was impossible for her to tell the truth so she had to _____ a story.

A	combine
B	invent
C	lie
D	manage

Question 4 Explanation:

Invent a story means making up a story that is not true. Not lie: lie cannot take an object like a story. We say tell a lie or lie to someone.

Question 5

Peter gives one account of the accident, and John another; it is difficult to _____ the two versions.

A	adjust
B	coincide
C	identify
D	reconcile

Question 5 Explanation:

Reconcile two versions or ideas means finding a way for them to agree or fit together: It is difficult to reconcile the two accounts. Not coincide: it has no object, so we say the two versions coincide, not coincide the two versions.

Question 6

The witness testified that he could bear _____ what the defendant had claimed.

A	on
B	out
C	up
D	with

Question 6 Explanation:

Bear out means to confirm that something is true: The evidence bears out her story. Not bear with: that means to be patient with someone (Please bear with me).

Question 7

The suspect is not under arrest, nor have the police placed any _____ on his movements.

A	obstacle
B	regulation
C	restriction
D	veto

Question 7 Explanation:

We place a restriction on something, meaning we put a limit on it: restrictions on his movements limit where he can go. Not obstacle or veto: they do not collocate with place … on someone's movements.

Question 8

You should only make serious accusations like that if they have a sound _____ in fact.

A	basis
B	foothold
C	framework
D	principle

Question 8 Explanation:

A sound basis in fact is a fixed phrase meaning that something is supported by real facts. Basis is the foundation or reason for an idea. Not framework or principle: they are not used with in fact in this way.

Question 9

The judge _____ the pedestrian for the accident.

A	accused
B	blamed
C	charged
D	sued

Question 9 Explanation:

Blame someone for something means saying that someone is responsible for something bad: The judge blamed the pedestrian for the accident. Not accused or charged: the patterns are accuse someone of and charge someone with.

Question 10

His legal training enables him to put his case _____ very convincingly.

A	down
B	out
C	over
D	up

Question 10 Explanation:

Put something over (or put something across) means to explain an idea clearly so that people understand and accept it: He puts his case over very convincingly. Not put up or put down: these have different meanings (put up a fight, put down a rebellion).

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