Англ. яз. Чтение прессы. Часть 1

The genre of this article is …

• the item
• the report
• the review
• the editorial article

This article is taken from …

• style rubric
• political news rubric
• home news section
• sports section

This article is taken from …

• media rubric
• style rubric
• international news section
• sports section

“In every other respect” in this context means …

• in this particular situation
• in all the details and particular points
• concerning everything
• in every situation

The best title for the text will be …

• Collaboration between the Nigerian Television Authority and Angolan Public Television.
• The future of relations between Nigeria and Angola.
• Nigeria, Angola reach pact on bilateral trade.
• Nigeria, Angola meets again.

St. John’s …

• is one of the places where Bjork’s concert took place
• is the place where Bjork’s performance took place
• is the church where Bjork often go
• is close to Smith Square, where Bjork’s concert took place

“Magical setting” in this context means …

• settings for juggling
• a mysterious background, set of surroundings
• equipment for a magician
• seats for audience

“Counterpart” in this context means …

• a person that does the same job as another in a different system
• a person that organize negotiations
• the member of the party that has the same opinion
• a party that has the same ideas

“Not enough room” in this context means …

• not enough chairs
• not enough rooms
• not enough tickets
• not enough space

Bjork is …

• a singer of the Radiohead
• an opera singer
• a pop star
• a conductor

“Draft” in this context means …

• plan
• the first rough of smth written
• law
• variant

The key sentence of the text is …

• Wearing a fluffy, sequined, off-white ensemble …
• Never one of your conventional pop stars …
• There was not enough room for the orchestra to perform with her …
• Now she has abandoned the trappings of pop entirely …

This text is from …

• a broadsheet
• a regional paper
• a tabloid
• a Sunday paper

Wallis and other tabloid editors …

• believe that it is the stalking of celebrities by the tabloids
• are influenced by the broadsheet journalists
• provoke the judicial itch to interfere
• are more dangerous than the judges

The 1977 bilateral trade agreement …

• helps to boost commercial exchange
• is a good basis for boosting commercial exchange
• was agreed to be reviewed because it was considered obsolete
• was agreed to be reviewed because it was a copy of the draft agreement

“Collaboration” in this context means …

• discussion
• cooperation
• working separately
• negotiations

Wallis is an important figure, because …

• he is a member of the Press Complaints Commission and a judge
• he sometimes divides tabloids from the broadsheets and form liberal opinion
• he is a spokesman for the tabloids across the chasm of incomprehension
• he is a member of the Press Complaints Commission a spokesman for the tabloids

“To insist” in this context means …

• to suppose
• to order
• to declare
• to think

“To come under attack” in this context means…

• to be widely criticized
• to be attacked by the arms
• to be destroyed
• to be in war

“To be itching to smth” in this context means …

• not to wanе to do smth
• to want very much to do smth soon
• to be doing smth for some period of time
• to ignore smth

The text is about …

• the analysis of the Sunday People
• the Wallis’ policy
• the opinion of the broadsheet journalists
• the tabloids and their relations with the reader

The best title for the text will be …

• Are tabloids the leaders or the led?
• Celebrities in swimwear
• The dangerous judges
• A tabloid veteran is in war with broadsheets

This text is from …

• a regional paper
• a Sunday paper
• a tabloid
• a broadsheet

The best title for the text will be …

• Fox and Bush enemies or brothers?
• «A complex issue» that the Mexican and American presidents discussed
• Fox pushes for migrants pact by end of year
• The first state visit of the Mexican President Vicente Fox to the US

The third paragraph starts with the sentence … and ends with the sentence …

• The document stated that the Nigerian delegation… The two delegates also agreed that the collaboration …
• According to the minutes, both sides decided … In that regard, Nigeria submitted a new draft …
• According to the minutes, both sides decided … On culture, tourism, social communication/information and education …
• In this regard, the two sides also agreed to review … On culture, tourism, social communication/information and education …

This text is from …

• a broadsheet
• a regional paper
• a Sunday paper
• a tabloid

The genre of this article is …

• the item
• the report
• the review
• the editorial article

“To reach agreement” in this context means…

• to come to the state of having the same opinion
• to have difficulties in having the same opinion
• to discuss all the details
• to sign an agreement

“To abandon” in this context means…

• to start doing smth
• to continue to do smth
• to give up or bring an end to smth
• never to try doing smth

America’s 43rd president …

• didn’t want to meet the Mexican President
• did not restrict pomp and circumstance for his friend
• organized the ceremony in a very unpretentious way
• limited pomp and circumstance for his friend

Fox declared that …

• welcome ceremony at the White House was highly choreographed
• He was ready to invoke the plight of his citizens
• It was the first day of his state visit
• legalizing the status of illegal Mexican workers can be achieved

“The opening number” in this context means …

• calculation
• the first song
• counting
• the very beginning.

“Obsolete” in this context means…

• actual
• modern
• no longer used
• complicated

Nigeria and Angola …

• have expressed their unwillingness to reverse the low volume of trade between them
• try not to reverse the low volume of trade between them
• have never used the mechanism of trade fairs
• want to reverse the low volume of trade between them

18 pictures of celebrities in swimwear on holiday this month had been used by …

• the Daily Mail
• the Sunday People
• The Sun
• The Times

The key sentence of the text is …

• When the national tabloids come under attack there is one editor who will fight his corner
• So Wallis is an important figure, not only because he is a member of the Press Complaints Commission but because he is a spokesman for the tabloids across the chasm of incomprehension that sometimes divides them from the broadsheets and form liberal opinion
• More than 10 million tabloids, each copy read by at least two people, are bought every day
• His reply was that the tabloids succeed only when they capture the mood of the people, and that they are punished when they don’t — their readers stop buying them

Bjork’s singing style is marked by…

• wringing motions with her hands
• her cloths
• the ritual mangling of English vowel
• a dead swan hanging around her neck

The text is about …

• Bjork’s style
• Bjork’s new album
• Bjork’s show
• Radiohead’s music

“To capture” in this context means …

• to lose control
• to be led
• to follow
• to take control

Bjork is experimenting with …

• classical music
• instrumentation and alternative modes of presentation
• tuning the guitars
• classical operas

Mexican President Vicente Fox insisted …

• that his nation and the United States must reach agreement on immigration reform
• that his nation and the United States would never reach agreement on immigration reform
• that his nation and the United States should reach agreement on immigration reform
• that his nation and the United States have to reach agreement on immigration reform

“Conventional” in this context means…

• following accepted custom and standards
• original
• popular and well-known
• new

“Drapes” in this context means…

• short light curtains
• armchairs and sofas
• carpets.
• long thick curtains

“To reverse” in this context means…

• to change to the opposite
• to pay special attention to
• to discuss
• not to change

“To establish” in this context means …

• to think about
• to discuss the opportunity
• to investigate
• to begin, create

“To provide” in this context means …

• to change into
• to seem
• to pretend
• to cause or arrange

“Array” in this context means …

• lack
• some number
• not enough
• an ordered group

Both sides decided …

• to continue attracting foreign investment
• to study a new draft agreement
• to submit a new draft agreement
• to conclude an agreement on investment promotion and protection

“Conceivable” in this context means …

• that can be believed
• common
• that cannot be believed
• very special

The genre of this article is …

• the report
• the item
• the review
• the editorial article