PTE Fill in the blanks R/W 5.Crime Prevention
Crime prevention has a long history in Australia, and in other parts of the world. In all societies, people have tried to __________themselves and those close to them from assaults and other abuses. Every time someone locks the door to their house or their car, they practice _________ prevention. Most parents want their children to learn to be law abiding and not spend extended periods of their lives in prison. In this country, at least, most __________ . Only a small minority of young people become recidivist offenders. In a functioning society, crime prevention is part of everyday life. While prevention can be all-pervasive at the grassroots, _________is oddly neglected in mass media and political discourses. When politicians, talkback radio hosts and newspaper editorialists pontificate about crime and _________ remedies, it is comparatively rare for them to mention prevention. Overwhelmingly, emphasis is on policing, sentencing and other ‘law and order’ responses.
Options:
1) promote, respect, protect, enhance
2) part of, a form of, relation to, addition to
3) success, has succeeded, succeed, succeeded
4) which, it, what, as
5) default, possible, articulate, absolute