News Item 2:

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News Item 2:

1. General comprehension. Complete the following sentence to provide a summary for this news item.
    The federal
in Brooklyn, New York today
a Soviet
on charges of
.

2. Choose the best answer (a, b, c, or d) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) The code name for the college student was ____________.

a. FBI b. Berg c. Zakharov d. Bird
(2) The Soviet UN employee is _____________. a. a college teacher b. a medical doctor c. a KGB officer d. A physicist
(3) The Russian agreed to pay for information concerning _____________. a. the UN Center for Science and Technology b. FBI c. the US national defense d. CIA
(4) The young man agreed to work for the Soviet Union for a period ____________. a. of four years b. of ten years c. from 1981 to 1986 d. from 1983 to 1986
(5) The two met a total of _____________. a. thirty-nine times b. twenty-three times c. ten times d. four times

3. True or False Questions.
(1)
The Russian was arrested on a Queens Subway platform while buying information from a college student.
(2)
The Russian is currently being held in a federal jail in Brooklyn.
(3)
He faces a sentence of ten years in prison if convicted on the espionage charges.

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News Item 2:

1. General comprehension. Complete the following sentence to provide a summary for this news item.
    The federal
in Brooklyn, New York today
a Soviet
on charges of
.

2. Choose the best answer (a, b, c, or d) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) The code name for the college student was ____________.

a. FBI b. Berg c. Zakharov d. Bird
(2) The Soviet UN employee is _____________. a. a college teacher b. a medical doctor c. a KGB officer d. A physicist
(3) The Russian agreed to pay for information concerning _____________. a. the UN Center for Science and Technology b. FBI c. the US national defense d. CIA
(4) The young man agreed to work for the Soviet Union for a period ____________. a. of four years b. of ten years c. from 1981 to 1986 d. from 1983 to 1986
(5) The two met a total of _____________. a. thirty-nine times b. twenty-three times c. ten times d. four times

3. True or False Questions.
(1)
The Russian was arrested on a Queens Subway platform while buying information from a college student.
(2)
The Russian is currently being held in a federal jail in Brooklyn.
(3)
He faces a sentence of ten years in prison if convicted on the espionage charges.