Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

DNA ingerprinting: Condemning evidence 87

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EXERCISE

Using vocabulary, part 1 Complete each of the following sentences with the

appropriate academic word from the chart in Exercise 7-2. Be sure to use the correct

form of each verb and to pluralize nouns, if necessary.

1. Processing DNA evidence requires considerable on the part of trained
   forensic technicians.


2. Cars used to be entirely by humans until the introduction of industrial
   robots.


3. To participate in the contest, you must enter the numbers in the same
   in which they appear on your ticket.


4. Before scientists can come to a conclusion, they have to their data to
   see if there are any patterns.


5. Family members are usually the irst suspects to be in a murder case.


6. The defense lawyer the evidence gathered by police investigators.


7. Every month, the teachers write an of each student’s progress.


8. Last week, I an application form from the passport oice.


9. Because the witness has lied before, we have reason to doubt the of his
   statement.


10. Red wine stains on a white tablecloth are very diicult to.

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EXERCISE

Using vocabulary, part 2 For each of the following sentences, choose the correct

form of the academic word to ill in the blank.

1. The police investigators have promised to use all resources to track
   down the murderer.
   a. availability
   b. available


2. DNA evidence, such as skin cells or body luids, can be so small that it escapes
   .
   a. detection
   b. detectable
   c. detect


3. The of people from clubs or organizations based on race or skin color
   is discriminatory and unacceptable in a democratic society.
   a. exclusion
   b. exclusive
   c. exclude