Choose the correct answers (a-d). LETTER OF THE WEEK
Secret societies
I enjoyed your article on secret societies in yesterday’s paper. However harmless they are, this secrecy is 1) to make others a little nervous. We have all heard stories of criminals who succeeded in getting their sentences reduced because they share membership of the same club as the policeman or judge dealing with their case. These stories 2) be true or they 3) just be urban myths but we all know the saying ‘There’s no smoke without fire.’
So, what 4) we do about such societies and clubs?
Do we 5) to have any rules or laws governing them?
In some countries, people are not 6) to join such societies at all.
Many would say that we shouldn’t worry and that such societies are harmless. I think the truth is 7) somewhere in between. We 8) allow such societies to exist but we 9) to watch them very carefully.
Yours
Dr Donald King
1. a) permitted b) required c) bound d) obliged
2. a) can’t b) can c) must d) might
3. a) mustn’t b) could c) must d) can
4. a) need b) ought c) should d) must
5. a) ought b) have c) must d) should
6. a) allowed b) required c) forbidden d) obliged
7. a) likely b) bound c) sure d) probably
8. a) ought b) have c) need d) should
9. a) must b) should c) can d) ought