REF-CH5B

REF-CH5B

Crime scene investigators look for many different types of clues, such as objects or fingerprints left by a thief.

Multiple Choice

A ______________is a person who takes things they do not own.

• fingerprint

• clue

• thief

Multiple Choice

A ______________is a piece of information that helps solve a crime.

• fingerprint

• clue

• thief

Multiple Choice

A ______________is made when you touch something with your hands.

• fingerprint

• clue

• thief

READING COMPREHENSION

Are you ready?

Multiple Choice

What is the reading mainly about?

• how an investigator used clues to find a famous thief

• what a crime scene investigator looks for at a crime scene

• how thieves are using new

  technology to break into places

Multiple Choice

In paragraph B, what can the word likely be replaced with?

• carefully

• probably

• comfortably

Multiple Choice

In the last sentence of paragraph B, what does This refer to?

• the size of the thief's shoes

• the distance between the thief's shoeprints

• the pattern on the bottom of

  the thief's shoes

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as something the investigator can learn from the tire marks?

• the direction the thief went

• how heavy the thief's car was

• the type of car the thief used

Multiple Choice

What are the most important clues that the investigator finds?

• fingerprints and a hair

• shoeprints and tire marks

• an item of clothing

Multiple Choice

The thief took nothing from the store.

• True

• False

• Not Given

Multiple Choice

There were shoeprints outside the store.

• True

• False

• Not Given

Multiple Choice

The tire marks were made by an expensive vehicle.

• True

• False

• Not Given

Multiple Choice

The investigator collected DNA from the scene.

• True

• False

• Not Given

Multiple Choice

Someone heard the noise from the crime.

• True

• False

• Not Given

Multiple Choice

The tire marks were made by an expensive vehicle.

• True

• False

• Not Given

Multiple Choice

Look at some facts from Reading B. What can you infer?

• The thief broke the window from the inside.

• The thief broke the window from the outside

Multiple Choice

The shoeprints were large.

• The thief was a man.

• The thief was a woman

Multiple Choice

The space between shoeprints near the tire marks got farther apart.

• The thief was walking more slowly, and then stopping.

• The thief was walking faster, maybe running

Multiple Select

How sure are you of these things? Check (/) the things you can infer from the passage. Compare your ideas with a partner and explain your reasons.

• The crime happened at night

• The investigator will check the fingerprints of people who work in the store.

• The thief had help from another person

• The hair belongs to the thief

• The thief was wearing expensive shoes

VOCABULARY PRACTICE

Multiple Select

We know that one of the best ways to 1_______ a thief is by collecting fingerprints from a crime scene and then com 2_________ them to others with a computer. But how difficult is it to get the prints?

• 1-catch

• 1-step

• 2-comparing

• 2-stepping

Multiple Select

Try this: Press a finger onto a drinking glass.

If your fingers are oily or wet, the print will be better. Then cover the print and the________ around it with a small amount of powder. You can use things you have in your kitchen, such as flour or cocoa powder.

• direction

• space

Multiple Select

Now remove some of the powder with a small, dry paintbrush until you see the print. Then place some tape over the print. Take the tape off and put it on a piece of paper. If _________, use colored paper. You should now see the fingerprint clearly.

• alone

• possible

Complete the sentences. Circle the correct options.

Multiple Choice

If you are alone, you are with_____people.

• no one

• more

Multiple Choice

You use your _______to take a step.

• hands

• feet

Multiple Choice

An example of a vehicle is a _________.

• house

• bus

Multiple Choice

The direction of a moving object is the ________.

• general line it follows

• place it started from.

The box below shows the different word forms of the word possible. Complete the sentences using the words in the box.

Multiple Choice

There is a strong__________that the thief is a woman.

• possible (adj)

• possibly (adv)

• possibility (n)

Multiple Choice

The thief __________left the scene in a large car.

• possible (adj)

• possibly (adv)

• possibility (n)

Multiple Choice

It's________that no one will ever catch the thief

• possible (adj)

• possibly (adv)

• possibility (n)