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1 Key 
Vocabulary 
1. shanty town
2. mask 
3. vendetta 
4. tough 
5. weep 
6. admire 
7. random 
8. victim 
2 
Find the information 
1. 18
2. 12
3. 5 
4. 76 per 100,000 
5. 50 per 100,000 
6. 16 
3. Comprehension 
Check 
1. c; 2. b; 3. b; 4. a 
4.
Vocabulary Prepositions 
1. against 
2. at 
3. to 
4. to 
5. with
6. with
7. in 
8. at 
5. Collocations 

1. d 
2. f 

3. b 
4. e 
5. a 
6. c 
6. 
Grammar focus
Past continuous 
 
1. He was talking to his friends. 
2. The men in the car were wearing masks. 
3. Julinho’s mother was weeping. 
4. The men in the car were carrying guns. 
5. The teenagers were playing video games. 
6. Some victims were standing in the street. 

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Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005 
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Fill the gaps using these words from the text: 
tough 
random 
off-duty vendetta
lethal 
massacre 
shanty 
town 
dispose 
of 
1. 
A ____________ is a situation in which one group tries to kill or harm another 
as an act of revenge. 
2. 
If you are ____________ , you are not officially at work. 
3. 
A ____________ is an area where poor people live in badly built houses. 
4. 
If you look ____________, you look determined and strong and you do not 
look afraid. 
5. 
If you ____________ something, you get rid of it. 
6. 
A ____________ is a situation in which a lot of people are killed. 
7. If 
something 
is 
____________ it happens without any particular method, 
pattern or purpose. 
8. 
____________ means ‘very dangerous and able to kill you’.