[单项选择]The prisoner ______ that he had assaulted a policeman.
A. refused
B. denied
C. rejected
D. declined

[单项选择]The prisoner________that he had assaulted a policeman.
A. denied
B. rejected
C. contradicted
D. refused

[单项选择]He told the police that he had thought honestly about the {{U}}ethics{{/U}} of what he was doing.
A. behavior
B. way
C. morality
D. law

[单项选择]He drove to the police when he had read the newspaper again.

[单项选择]He was unable to ______ the police that he had been elsewhere at the time of the crime.


A. overwhelm
B. convert
C. persuade
D. suppress

[单项选择]He was unable to______ the police that he had been elsewhere at the time of the crime.


A. overwhelm
B. convert
C. persuade
D. suppress

[单项选择]When he realized the police had spotted him, the man ______ the exit as quickly as possible.
A. made off
B. made for
C. made out
D. made up

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George had stolen some money. The police had caught him and he had been put in prison. Now his trial was about to begin and he felt sure that he would be found guilty and sent to prison for a long time.
Then he discovered that an old friend of his was one of the members of the jury at his trial. Of course, he didn’t tell anybody, but he managed to see his friend secretly one day. He said to him, "Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I cannot hope to be found not guilty of taking it — that would be too much to expect. But I should be grateful to you for the rest of my life if you could persuade the other members of the jury to add a strong recommendation for mercy to their statement that they consider me guilty."
"Well, George," answered Jim, "I shall certainly try to do what I can do for you as an old friend, but of course I cannot promise anything. The other eleven people on the jur
A. A person who works in a court.
B. A police officer.
C. A judge.
D. A group of people who decide if someone on trial is guilty or not.