Fill the gaps by using these key words from the text

Topical news Lessons 
Level 
Vocabulary and 
grammar 
Discussion 
Police accused in Rio massacre 
 
Elementary
 (includes 
Past continuous and 
key) 
prepositions 
 
Intermediate 
Past continuous plus 
 
past simple. 
 
Advanced 
The passive and 
 
collocations. 
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? 

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Fill the gaps using these words: 
admire 
vendetta 
tough 
weep 
mask 
victim 
random 
shanty town 
A ____________ is an area where poor people live in badly built houses. 
A ____________ is a piece of cloth you wear to cover your face. 
A ____________ is a situation in which one group tries to take revenge against 
another group and tries to kill or harm its members. 
If you look ____________, you look strong and you do not look afraid. 
You ____________ when you are very sad. It is another word for ‘cry’. 
If you ____________ someone, you think they are special and you have 
respect for them. 
If something is ____________, it has no plan or system. 
A ____________ is a person who suffers in a crime or an accident. 
Look in the text and find this information as quickly as possible: 
How many people did the murderers kill in Nova Iguacu? 
How many people did the murderers kill in Queimados? 
How many bodies were outside the bar in Queimados? 
What is the murder rate in Queimados? 
What is the murder rate in Rio? 
How old was Julinho when he died? 
Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005
Taken from the news section in
www.onestopenglish.com 

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