Level 3
Module 2
IELTS Foundation Chapter 6
Adapted Reading, Part 1 (p. 67)
Scanning Questions:
1. Who does Victim Support help? ______________________________________
2. How many volunteers does Victim Support now have? ____________________
3. How many people does Victim Support help each year? ____________________
4. Burglary represents what proportion of crime in the UK? ___________________
Main Reading:
Victim Support
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C
D
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Victim Support is the national charity for people affected by crime. Every year it
offers help to around 1.75 million people. It does this through a network of local member
charities which span England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. At the time of the Home Office
survey in 1998, the organization had more than 650 employees and over 10,000 trained
volunteer visitors. These employees and volunteers work with Victim Support’s branches in
the community. Victim Support now has over 1,500 staff and around 12,000 volunteers.
This includes 6,000 community-based volunteers.
Trained volunteers offer a free and confidential service, whether or not a crime has
been reported and regardless of when it happened. They provide emotional support,
information, and practical help to people who have suffered a range of crimes. Most referrals
to Victim Support are made by the police and several major categories of crime are
automatically referred to Victim Support.
The traditional initial contact is made by Victim Support to the victim. Victim
Support is committed to providing services to all victims of crime. With this in mind, it also
encourages self-referral with the victim making the initial contact.
Victim Support offers support and gets in touch with over a million people affected by
crime each year. One of the most common kinds of people that it helps is people who are
victims of burglary. Burglary is when someone breaks into your house illegally in order to
steal things from you. Obviously, burglary is a serious crime. However, it is also a very
common crime. In 2001, around one in every six crimes in the UK was burglary.
Most victims of crime want to talk to someone about what has happened and how
they are feeling. Talking to friends and family can be helpful, but Victim Support provides a
service which involves talking to a specially trained volunteer.
People who are victims of burglary can be affected in a wide range of different ways
even if none of their property has been stolen. Those whose houses have been burgled may
be upset just at the thought that someone has been in their homes against their wishes. This
can often make them feel insecure.
As well as offering support, Victim Support can also help victims deal with people
who usually need to be contacted after a burglary. These people include landlords, the police,
and insurance companies.
395 words, FK 11.1
IELTS Foundations Chapter 6 Reading, Part 1: Adapted Reading
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Level 3
Module 2
Main Idea Questions:
Match the following titles to the appropriate paragraph.
Note: One paragraph has no heading.
_____________ Practical help offered by Victim Support
____________ How are victims contacted?
_____________ What does Victim Support do?
_____________ The problem of burglary
_____________ What is Victim Support?
_____________ The effects of burglary
Detail Questions:
1. Trained volunteers provide three things. What are they?
a. _______________________________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________________________
c. _______________________________________________________________
2. Who usually needs to be contacted after a burglary?
a. _______________________________________________________________
b. ______________________________________________________________
c. _______________________________________________________________
True/False/Not Given:
____ Victim Support only helps people who have already reported the crime to the
police
_____ Most victims of crime want to talk to someone about what happened
_____ Victim Support only helps people who have been affected by a crime within
the last year
_____ Most of the time, victims make the first contact with Victim Support
_____ Victims of burglary aren’t upset if none of their property has been stolen
_____ Victim Support started in 1998.
Vocabulary in Context:
1. What does “self-referral” mean in Paragraph C, line 3? _______________________
2. What does “burglary” mean in Paragraph D, line 3? _________________________
Pronoun Reference:
1. What does “it” refer to in Paragraph A, line 1? ______________________________
2. What does “it” refer to in Paragraph B, line 2? ______________________________
3. What does “they” refer to in Paragraph B, line 2? ____________________________
4. What does “who” refer to in Paragraph B, line 3? ____________________________
5. What does “it” refer to in Paragraph D, line 4? ______________________________
6. What does “they” refer to in Paragraph E, line 2? ____________________________
7. What does “which” refer to in Paragraph E, line 3? ___________________________
8. What does “their” refer to in Paragraph F, line 2? ____________________________
9. What does “whose” refer to in Paragraph F, line 2? ___________________________
IELTS Foundations Chapter 6 Reading, Part 1: Adapted Reading
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M. Taylor
Mar '05