Choose the best answer according to the text

1. The main reason for the violence described in the article was

A a vendetta between the police and local drug dealers.

B a protest by rogue police officers against their own bosses.
C an attempt to reduce crime.

2. Who shot Marcelo Julio Gomes de Nascimento?

A petty criminals.

B a drug-trafficking gang.
C off-duty police officers.

3. What is the role of vigilante groups in the poor suburbs of Rio?

A to traffic in drugs.

B to reduce crime.

C to send messages to the police.

4. What does Marcelo's mother think will happen to the men who shot her son?

A She believes they will not be punished.

B She believes they will be punished.
C She believes they will be shot.

Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences.

1. A severed head...

2. Uniformed officers...

3. Eight police officers...

4. Two men...

5. Marcelo Julio Gomes do Nascimento...

6. Vigilante groups...

a.... were later arrested.

b.... was shot by masked gunmen.

с... are tacitly accepted in some communities.

d.... was thrown into a police compound.

e.... were dragged from a bar and killed.

f.... were caught on film disposing of bodies.

13. A high crime rate, drug dealing, low police pay and extreme poverty form a deadly combination of circumstances in poor suburbs of cities like Rio. What is the answer to this complex problem?

LISTENING

You will hear a news item from Kathy Nellis, CNN correspondent, which provides a look at the face of poverty. Listen to the news report and for questions 1-9, complete the notes below, using from one to three words.

of world population consumes of all goods and ervices.

The total number of poor people in the world is.

Almost half of the poor world population are

is the main cause of preventable delay in the world.

One of the most practical things used by UNICEF to raise money is

. It has raised.

Another successful way of raising money is

It has brought to poor people in the world.