Progress check "Crime"

READING

1. Match the headings (A to E) to the paragraphs (1 – 4). There is one extra heading.

1. How would you feel if your computer was hijacked and used to send nasty emails to your friends, or if a virus destroyed all your data? Well, this happens more often than you might think. In fact, in the UK alone hundreds of thousands of private computers are hacked every year. The people behind these attacks are called 'crackers' or 'hackers'. Hackers are highly intelligent programmers who can easily break into computer systems. They use their expert knowledge and skills to gain access and can then steal data or infect computers with a virus or a worm. If you want to surf safely and protect your computer you need to protect yourself against these cybercrimes.

1. When creating an email account you should choose a good username for your email address. Don't use your own name and don't include anything in your username that could indicate your age or home address. Avoid usernames like co oil3 yrs or nicegirl. Instead use a word from the dictionary that appeals to you or a secret code that only means something to you. Choose a smart and difficult to guess password consisting of a combination of letters and numbers. Your date of birth or the name of your pet would be very bad choices. Finally, don't share your password with anyone and change it regularly.

1. Most people actually have their email account hacked due to their own fa u lt. Allowing your computer to remember your password is one mistake that could cost a lot. Don 't put yourself at risk. You should always set your account so that you have to type in your password each time and always log out properly so that if someone uses or steals your computer they can't access your email.

1. Some email providers give you the option of being listed in an online directory so they can contact you with offers. Don't list your email unless you want to receive lots of spam mail. Don't open any emails from people you don 't know but delete them instead. Likewise, don't open any attachments unless they were run through an anti-virus program and never reply to spam or any offensive or harassing messages. Finally, keep your software updated and run anti-virus scans regularly. It's one of the best ways to protect your computer and stay safe.

VOCABULARY

1. Match the crimes with the sentences.

1. They broke in and took my TV, computer, and all my jewellery.

2. He threatened her, grabbed her bag and ran away.

3. Two masked men entered the bank and stole over 2 million euros.

4. Tom was stopped by the police and given a ticket for driving too fast.

5. The teenager tried to take a CD from the store, but the security guard caught him.

6. Someone took John's wallet on the metro and he didn't even realise it had happened until much later.

7. They covered the school walls with graffiti and broke lots of windows.

1. Rewrite the sentences

GRAMMAR

1. Complete the sentences

1. Rose wanted to hear some music so she turned ____the radio.

2. Ken took_____ his jacket because it was hot.

3. The policeman ran ____ the criminal, but he couldn’t catch him.

4. Jason picked ___ the suitcase - it was very heavy!

5. I’m looking ____ my mobile phone. I can’t find it anywhere.

6. Help! Help! That man has got my bag, and he’s running ___ !

7. Please sit _____.

8. Dan got ____ his new car and left.

1. Ask questions to the highlighted words.

1. This time yesterday Mary was playing with her little brother.

2. When it stopped raining John went out for a walk.

3. My friend bought a new dress last weekend.

4. The old man fell asleep while reading a newspaper.

5. Dave was sleeping on the couch when somebody knocked at the door.

1. Use Past Simple or Past Continuous.

In 2005, three young men, Chad Hurley, Steve Chan and Jawed Karim, 1) ............. (establish) the company "YouTube". The men 2) ................. (meet) while they 3 ) ................ (work) at another Internet company. They 4 ) ............... (share) ideas about the Internet when they 5) ................ (realise) that it was not easy to post and share video clips on the Internet. So, the men ……. 6) (decide) to create a website to do exactly that. In February 2005, they 7 ) ............... (register) youtube.com and 8) ................(go) online. YouTube 9 ) ..............(become) an instant success as it was user-friendly with a modern design. Everyday, while more and more people 1 0 ).............(upload) videos to the site, even more people 11) ................. (watch) the videos. After only a few months online, videos 12) ..................... (attract) more than 130 million viewers. In 2006, the three founders of YouTube 13).......................................................... (sell) their company to Google for 1.65 billion US dollars! YouTube is the third most visited website on the Internet after Google and Facebook!

1. Write the letter to your pen friend and answer his three questions.

Dear friend,

Hi there, how’s life? I hope you are doing fine! It has been a long time since we wrote to each other.

At school we’re now discussing the problem of crime in our town. My schoolmate has recently stolen chewing gum in the supermarket. Some of us think it’s not a crime. It’s just joke. I personally think that it’s a crime and my schoolmate must be punished.

I’d like to get your opinion about the matter. When teenager steals chewing gum or cookie is that a crime? What can we do to reduce the number of crime? Do you watch TV shows on TV?

Hope to hear from you.

Bye,

Dylan