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