10. GAP FILL. Listen and put the words into the gaps in the text. UNDERAGE DRINKING INCREASING IN BRITAIN Doorstep, three, vandalizing, care, abuse, charged, senior, rocked Alcohol ______ and teenage crime is becoming an increasing problem in Britain.
A ______ police officer has recommended that children should be taken into the ______
of local government authorities if parents refuse to take responsibility for their child’s
underage drinking. This recommendation comes a week after the murder of Garry Newlove,
a 47-year-old father of ______. He was murdered by a gang of youths outside his own home
after telling them to stop _______ his house. Four teenagers have been arrested and
______ with his murder. Leanne Dysart, a neighbour of the murdered man, described her
feelings: “What happened… has ______ this town… You never think this will happen [on]
your own ______”, she said.
drunken issue, urgent, control, age, force, forces, deal The senior police officer called for ______ action. He said: “There should be some…
system to ______ some parents to take up the offers of support which we give them to help
them ______ with their children who have been drinking”. He added: “This should be a child
protection ______ and should be dealt with as part of care proceedings”. He also called for
the legal drinking ______ in Britain to be raised to 21 – young people can currently drink
alcohol when they are 18. He told reporters he was often shocked when he took ______
teenagers home as some parents didn’t care about their children’s behaviour. Many of
Britain’s police ______ and over 200 politicians agree that tough action needs to be taken to
stop teenagers going out of ______.