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Prisoner Shot Read the text and look at the questions that follow it, In this reading comprehension, the questions are true or false. ne, 2 A Hermosa Beach man who cried for forgiveness five years ago before a judge sentenced him for the drunken-driving killing of a Lawndale man was shot in a San Luis Obispo prison when he attacked a guard and tried to escape, authorities said Wednesday. Scott Brockman, 33, taken from the medium-security California Men's Colony to a San Luis Obispo medical clinic for an X-ray on Tuesday, was shot in the back by the guard when he tried to run and jump a fence, police said. “He started bashing on the guard and ran off," said San Luis Obispo police Capt. Bart Topham. "The guard was able to get up and chase him down.” Brockman, who had previously been convicted of drunken driving, was sentenced Nov. 19, 1997, in Torrance Superior Court to 14 years in prison following his guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter charges in the death of 27-year-old Jeffrey Dodley. On Aug. 27, 1996, a drunken Brockman sideswiped a car on Hawthorne Boulevard, ran red lights in an escape attempt, and slammed into the back of Dodley's 1984 Nissan 200SX at Manhattan Beach Boulevard in Lawndale. The Nissan exploded into a fireball, enveloping the trapped or unconscious Dodley. Dodley, a teacher's assistant at a Lawndale elementary school who was starting a basketball league for children, died on his way back from a video store. "These last months (in jail), I cried out to God, asking why he didn't take me instead of your son," Brockman cried at his sentencing. Brockman was one of two inmates taken Tuesday to the Raytel Medical Imaging office for X-rays. Lt. Larry Vizard, spokesman for the San Luis Obispo prison, said Brockman Punched one of two corrections officers in the face and escaped out the back door of the building. The officer chased him, ordered him to stop and fired two shots. One struck Brockman in the back and exited his abdomen without hitting any vital organs. He was treated at a hospital and returned to prison Wednesday. Brockman, who had to serve nearly 12 years of his sentence before he is eligible for parole, now could be charged with battery on a peace officer and attempted escape with force. 1. Brockman was gi’ 3G en an X-ray after being shot. True False 2. Brockman had been considered a dangerous criminal. © True False 3. Brockman attacked the guard before escaping. © True False 4. When Brockman killed Dodiley, it was his first traffic offence. © True False 5. Dodley was going to rent a video when he died. True False 6. Brockman showed remorse for his killing of Dodley. True False 7. Brockman could now die as a result of his injuries after being shot. True False 8. Brockman may have to stay in prison longer because of his escape attempt. ° _ True False Aviation Near Miss Read the text and look at the questions that follow it. In this reading comprehension, the questions are true or false. Write true or false in the box provided. ‘A commuter plane had to take evasive action after a Suffolk-based US fighter jet came within 800m of colliding with it, a report revealed yesterday. ‘The pilots of the KLM UK Fokker 50, which was carrying 37 passengers, sent it into a dive and then into a climb to avoid the US Air Force F15E Eagle from RAF Lakenheath, The incident happened as the aircraft, from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, was coming in to land at Teesside Airport on August 13, 2001. ‘The two US crewmen on the F15 had been on a training exercise and were heading south to return to Lakenheath, An Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) report said an air traffic controller ‘warned the Fokker when it was approaching Teesside that a fast-moving aircraft was five miles away and closing, The turboprop plane's collision warning system sounded, prompting the 35-year-old captain to scan the horizon, where he spotted the oncoming jet. An alert saying "Descend, descend, descend” then sounded, and the co-pilot sent it into a dive ~ but seconds later, the warning system sounded again, telling the crew to climb immediately. As the F15 passed below, the captain's radar display showed it as being just 300ft below the Fokker. The captain then saw the plane moving away to his left Afier the incident, which happened 35 nautical miles from Teesside, the captain asked a cabin attendant to check that no one had been injured. The report said passengers had been subjected to a force of 2G by the avoiding manoeuvre, but fortunately the 'Fasten seat belts’ sign had been on at the time. ‘The rear seat crewman of the F15, which recorded the incident with an on-board video camera, said he had seen the Fokker and estimated it was about 400ft above and would pass behind their aircraft. A report by the safety and quality section of the Manchester Air Traffic Control and Airport found that the controller managing the situation had acted correctly by not giving the Fokker any instructions, as they might have aggravated the situation, ‘The AAIB report found that at their closest point, the two aircraft were 800m apart horizontally and 1500ft apart vertically. Had evasive action not been taken, it is believed the vertical separation of the two aircraft tracks would have been less than 100ft and the lateral separation less than $00m. ‘There had been a previous near-miss in the same area involving a RAF Tornado and a Shorts SD-360 passenger plane in March 2000, the report added. As a result, a number of recommendations were put into force by the Civil Aviation Authority. 1. A military plane was involved, 2. The two planes were going to the same airport? 3. The passenger plane's pilots saw the plane before the plane's systems sounded a warning. 4. The passenger plane's pilots actually saw the American jet. 5. The passenger plane's pilots took evasive action to try and avoid a collision 6. The passengers were not aware of anything happening. 7. This area has seen other similar incidents in the past. Mother Fined For Son's Absences. Read the text and look at the questions that follow it. In this reading comprehension, the questions are true or false. An Ipswich mother, who allowed her son to go on holiday during school term, has been fined A£400 after her son repeatedly refused to go to school. The 36-year-old mother, who can not be named for legal reasons, appeared before South East Suffolk Magistrates Court yesterday where magistrates heard her 14-year-old son was currently on holiday in Spain, She told that court: "He just does not like going to school. Although he is getting better now and seems to be enjoying it ‘The boy has had 145 unauthorised absences between October 15 last year and March 22 this year. His absences were blamed on a late-night life style, The mother has been attending parenting classes voluntarily and told the court that she thought they were helping her. Out of the last eight school sessions - there are two a day - he has attended five. Chairman of the bench David Coe asked her if she thought she could get her son to school in future. "Yes I think I can with some help," she said, She told the court that he was on holiday during the time other pupils were doing work experience because he had not been given a place. On sentencing Mr Coe said: "He is not in school and then he disappears on holiday. We would expect the local authority to bring this back to court quickly if there are further problems." She was fined A£400 and ordered to pay A€50. Yesterday's case is the second to be dealt with by south east Suffolk magistrates recently. Last month a 37-year-old was fined ASO after her son had attended just 16 out of 182 sessions. And the cases follow national concern after Oxfordshire mother Patricia Amos was jailed for allowing her children to miss school, She was originally sentenced to 60 days’ jail, but this was reduced on appeal. 1. The boy had returned to school when his mother was in court. ‘True False 2. The main reason for his absences was the fact that he went out late every night, p= True False 3. The mother has to go to parenting classes. 6 True False 4. The mother claims her son is not currently missing school lessons. ° True False 5. The mother may find herself in court again soon. © True False 6. There have been other similar cases nationwide but this is the first in this area, c True False 7. There was national support for the tough treatment of Patricia Amos. ° True © False Couple Sue TV Station Read the text and look at the questions that follow it. In this reading comprehension, the questions are true or false. The couple banished from the hit "reality" series "Temptation Island” because they are parents of a young child have sued the production company and Fox-TV for defamation, claiming that producers knew about the toddler all along. Ytossie Patterson and Taheed Watson claim in their Los Angeles Superior Court laws that producers edited an episode of the hit show to make it appear that they had concealed their status as parents and then chastised them on the air in an "extremely condescending and humiliating manner." A spokeswoman for Rocket Science Laboratories, the show's producers, referred calls regarding the lawsuit, which was filed on Wednesday, to Fox, which said it would have a statement "later in the day." Patterson, 34, and Watson, 29, were among four couples sent last season to an island off Belize in the Caribbean to film "Temptation Island," which separates the partners and sets each person up on dates with attractive singles to see who will cheat. Patterson and Watson were booted off the show midway through the season after the network said it had discovered that they had a two-year-old child together, making their further participation inappropriate. The couple claims in their lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, that they revealed the existence of their child when asked during preliminary interviews with Rocket Science and were told that that was "the wrong answer." Patterson and Watson claim that "Temptation Island" producers decided that it would boost the show's ratings if the child's existence were suddenly revealed during a broadcast. During that broadcast, the couple claims, hours of conversation between them and producers was edited and "manipulated" to create a false impression that they had kept their child secret. "The footage was edited to exclude plaintiffs’ responses to the producers questions and falsely portrayed plaintiffs as mischievous and immoral (and that) they had in fact concealed the existence of their own child and that they had nothing to say about it in the face of this disgraceful tongue-lashing," the lawsuit claims, 1. The programme mentioned is successful. True False 2. The couple say they had told Fox of the child. © True © False 3. The couple felt embarrassed by their treatment on the show. c True False 4. The four couples go on dates with each other to see what happens. ‘True é False 5. The couple are suing for financial loss. ‘True © False 6. The court case is in the Caribbean. a True © False 7. The couple say that the producers changed the film to make them look dishonest. True © False Third Conditional Exercise For each question, read the situation and choose the best sentence using the third conditional. 1. L wasn't thirsty. I didn't drink the lemonade. If I was thirsty, I would drink the lemonade © {fT had been thirsty, I wouldve drunk the lemonade If | would have been thirsty, I drank the lemonade 2. I didn't know Kirsty was in town. I didn't call her. © TfL had known Kirsty was in town, I would have called her © Thad called Kirsty if I had know she was in town ° T would had called Kirsty if | have known she was in town 3.1 didn't know watching this documentary was important for our exam. I didn't watch it © fT knew this documentary was important, I had watched it © {TL would have known this documentary was important, I ad watched it oc If Thad known this documentary was important, I would've watched it 4, L walked home from the disco. My friend was too drunk to drive. © Thadn't walked home from the disco if. ‘my friend wasn't too drunk to drive IT wouldn't have walked home from the disco if my friend hadn't been too drunk to drive T wouldn't had walked home from the disco if my friend hadn't been too drunk to drive 5. Ididn't go to the store. I thought it closed at Spm. It closed at 6pm. 2 If [had known the store had closed at 6pm, I would've gone © 4 If I knew the store would have closed at 6pm, I would've gone I would've gone to the store if I know it had closed at 6pm 6. Late the yoghurt in the fridge. [thought it was mine, not yours. If would have known the yoghurt was yours, I wouldn't have eaten it © JeThad known the yoghurt was yours, I wouldn't have eaten it Thadn't eaten the yoghurt if I knew it was yours 7.1.am really hungry now. I didn't have any breakfast. © {p1had some breakfast, I wouldn't be hungry now. © £1 would had had some breakfast, I wouldn't be hungry now. © eT had had some breakfast, | wouldn't be hungry now 8. [didn't see Tony at the party. I wanted to speak to him about his vacation in France © {£1 saw Tom at the party, I would've spoken to him © Te Thad seen Tom at the party, I would've spoken to him © TL would have seen Tom at the party, I would've spoken to him Third Conditional Re-Ordering Quiz Put these words into the correct order to make third conditional sentences. The first word in each question is "if". Don't forget to include all punctuation! 1.7.30 / for /1/. / would / 1/ work / bus, / have / hadn't / the / if / caught / late / been pincer EAS would /1/ work / bus, /have / hadn't / the / if, 2. known / be / you /if/so / angry, / you'd /1/ have / wouldn't / told /. / I'd 3. built / the / wouldn't / it / better. / have / building / been / if/ had /. / collapsed 4. have / they / would / my /if/./ you, / happy / met / sisters / been / had 5../ the / had / rained / have / it/ for / river / hour, / if / would / flooded / another 6. have / money / the /. / you / given /I'd / if/ earlier, / you/L/ seen / would 7. have / in / to /if/ would / I'd / live /T/./ to / speak / able / gone / Paris / been / French, ee 8. we/ we/ if/ bed / extra / prepared / have / could / you / had / were / known/ the /./ coming,

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