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I N T R O D U C T O RY PASSAGE
In Cold Blood*
It was Friday, November 13, 1959. Mr. Clutter signed a $40,000 life insurance policy. t The next day he was killed. His wife and two children didn't collect the insurance. They were all gunned down the same day.
It happened in a small town in Kansas. Two ex-cons, Dick and Perry, expected to find a lot of money in a safe in the Clutter house. Dick's friend from jail had told him that Mr. Clutter was very rich. The robbers broke in, prowled around, tied up the whole family, and killed each one in cold blood. Dick and Perry made off with about $40.
They went to Mexico, came back to the United States, traveled from state to state, but all that time Perry didn't believe they would get away with it. He was right. They were picked up in Las Vegas and locked up. It was a hard job for the detectives. They had only one clue, a footprint in blood; and one witness, Dick's old friend from jail.
When the case was brought to trial Dick wouldn't own up to the killings. He said he hadn't killed anyone and put the blame on Perry. Perry confessed to killing Mr. Clutter and his son, but accused Dick of shooting Mrs. Clutter and her daughter. Both men were charged with murder and both were convicted of murder in the first degree. The judge sentenced them to death.
For five more years they were behind bars before they paid for their crime. All that time Dick and Perry hoped to escape from jail but there is only oneway out of Death Row. They were hanged on April 14, 1965.
* Based on the novel, In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote.
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Use this page for one or more of the following exercises:
•Write the meaning of the idiom.
•Write sample sentences.
•Look for the idioms in short stories, novels, newspapers, or magazines, and copy the sentences containing them.
•Give examples of appropriate direct objects or objects of the preposition for each idiom that requires an object.
•Practice saying the idioms with correct stress. In general, verbs and particles are stressed, but prepositions are unstressed.
I.DEFINITIONS
DIRECTIONS: Mark the answer that is the closest synonym for the italicized idioms.
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II. WORD ASSOCIATION
DIRECTIONS: Two of the three choices below can be used with the idiom. Mark the two answers that can be used to complete each sentence correcdy.
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III. THE POSITION OF THE OBJECT
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DIRECTIONS: You will hear a situation presented in one or two sentences. Listen to each statement and mark the response that most closely corresponds to. the situation.
1.a. The robber spent seven years in prison.
b.The robber was sent to prison for twenty-two months.
c.The robber was arrested in a bar.
d.The robber was in prison less than two years.
2.a. He entered his victims' apartments by breaking the locks.
b.He was put in jail for murder.
c. He locked the doors of the women's apartments.
d.He was put in jail for sixty-three years.
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c.The cute little boy committed murder.
d.He had a way of murdering boys.
a.Raskolnikov's sister escapes with the jewelry.
b.Raskolnikov didn't get any jewelry.
c.After the murders, Raskolnikov escapes with some jewelry,
d. ( ) The only crime in the novel is robbery.
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5. a. She got out of jail the first day she was behind bars.
b.It didn't bother her to be in jail.
c.She didn't want to stay in jail.
d.She was never arrested.
6.a. His parents said it was the school's fault.
b.The school said it was the boy's parents' fault.
c.His parents blamed themselves.
d.His parents committed suicide.
7.a. She was afraid a burglar was inside her apartment.
b.She saw a body in her apartment.
c.She was afraid of the dark.
d.She looked all over the apartment.
8.a. If a person steals something, his hand is cut off in Islamic countries.
In Muslim countries a thief must pay back what he steals. There is no additional punishment.
c.Stealing is not considered a crime in Muslim countries.
d.In Muslim countries the punishment for any crime is amputation of the hand.
9.a. The newspaper report said that the policeman was murdered.
b.The policeman admitted that he murdered somebody.
c.The policeman said it was his duty to kill.
d.The report said the policeman killed somebody while he wasn't working. It hasn't been proven yet.
10.a. The detectives always made the same knot.
b.Before the victims were killed, they were tied up.
c.The killer did not tie up his victims.
d.The detectives found the killer when he was making a knot.
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11.a. Son of Sam killed somebody because of a parking ticket.
b.The police discovered who murdered Son of Sam.
c. Son of Sam was caught before he got a parking ticket.
d.Son of Sam was caught after he got a parking ticket.
12.a. The boy said it was the first time he stole something.
b.The teenager admitted stealing thirty records previously.
c.The store detective didn't see the boy stealing the record.
d.The store detective caught the boy with thirty records.
13.a. He left his position as Vice-President and went to jail.
b.He went to jail for three years.
c.He should have added $10,000 to his income tax report.
d.It was said that the former Vice-President didn't report $29,500 on his income tax report.
14.a. The eyewitness heard about the shooting.
b.He probably thought it was better to admit his crime because somebody had seen the shooting.
c.There weren't any witnesses.
d.He shot the witness as soon as possible.
15.a. The burglars went to the Democratic Party's headquarters to steal something.
b.The burglars were never caught.
c.They entered the building legally.
d.The burglars worked at the Democratic Party's headquarters.
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DIRECTIONS: Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition or particle.
It was Friday, November 13, 1959. Mr. Clutter signed a $40,000
life insurance policy. The next day he was killed. His wife and two
children didn't collect the insurance. They were all gunned
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DIRECTIONS: The following paragraphs are about crimes. Find a sentence with an idiom about crime and write the idiom in the parentheses. Then rewrite the sentence in your own words without using the idiom.
1.The father said his five children were there when the gunmen broke in. The youngest was his newborn baby.
2.His followers were accused of fixing the elections to ensure an overwhelming victory. After months of rioting, he agreed to void the election.
3.Two teenagers have been charged with starting 13 fires. The police
describe it as a wave of arson that has ruined over a hundred houses in this area.
4. The police said it seemed that the robbers had made off with over $40 million in securities as well as a large amount of cash.
5.Philip Stevens was convicted of killing his pregnant wife and three young children. Mr. Stevens, an emergency room surgeon, killed the four members of his family then inflicted wounds on himself to conceal his role in the crime.
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1.Make up a story about the picture at the beginning of the chapter. Use as many idioms as possible. This exercise can be written or oral.
2.Ask each other questions about the picture. You must use an idiom in your response.
3.Use the lines below the picture for a dictation exercise. The teacher or a student dictates the introductory passage and the students write it.
4.Rewrite the introductory passage in the present tense.