Multilevel Full Mock Test 1

 
Part 1 
Read the text. Fill in each gap with ONE word. You must use a word which is somewhere 
in the rest of the text. 
Scotland Yard 
Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police in London. To most people, its 
name immediately brings to mind the picture of a detective 
—
cool, efficient, ready to track 
down any criminal, or a helmeted 
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____________ constable 
—
that familiar figure of the 
London scene and trusty helper of every traveller from overseas. 
Scotland Yard is situated on the Thames Embankment close to the Houses of Parliament 
and the familiar clock tower of Big Ben, and its jurisdiction extends over 740 square miles 
with the exception of the ancient City of 
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____________, which possesses its own separate 
police force 
One of the most successful developments in Scotland Yard’s crime detection and 
emergency service has been the “999 system”. On receipt of a call the 99
9 Room operator 
ascertains by electronic device the position of the nearest available police car, which is 
contacted by radio. Almost instantly a message is also sent by teleprinter to the police 
station concerned so that within seconds of a 
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____________ for assistance being received, 
a police 
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____________ is on its way to the scene. An old-established section of the 
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____________ police is the Mounted Branch, with its strength of about 200 horses stabled 
at strategic points. These 
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____________ are particularly suited to ceremonial 
occasions, for they are accustomed to military bands 
An interesting branch of Scotland Yard is the 
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____________ of Police Dogs, first used as an 
experiment in 1939. Now these 
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____________ are an important part of the Force. One 
dog, for example, can search a warehouse in ten minutes, whereas the same search would 
take six men an hour 
There is also the River Police, or Thames Division, which deals with all 
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____________s 
occurring within its river boundaries. 
There are two other departments of Scotland Yard 
–
the Witness Room (known as the 
Rogues’ Gallery) where a photographic record of known and suspected criminals is kept, 
and the Museum, which contains murder relics and forgery exhibits