Англ. Яз. Язык СМИ. Часть 1

If you want some photos of the USA, you could just try _________ the Web. You’ll be amazed how many you can find.

• mailing
• surfing
• loading
• copying

Choose the right answer: Jane owns four_________televisions.

• very large colourful
• very large colour
• very colour large
• large colourful

Do you ever visit any _________ for pop stars or film stars?

• laptops
• spreadsheets
• disks
• websites

A pair of silver George II candlesticks fetched 17 000 pounds. Bidding was slow for Victorian oil paintings but a landscape by Somers went for 55 000 pounds.

• auction report
• sale column
• headline
• trading ad

I tried to send the photos by e-mail as an _________ but the server was __________.

• attachment, down
• souvenir, of
• gift, out
• present, on

Choose the right answer: __________is the general term for editorial matter other than leading articles or features.

• material
• story
• sensationalism
• feature

Company shares are listed or quoted on the __________.

• chips
• stock market
• investments
• bank

Choose the right answer: You like to_______and watch the talk shows.

• late stay-up
• stay late up
• up-stay late
• stay up late

Choose the right answer: How many __________of the magazine have you already got?

• variants
• numbers
• copies
• issues

He’s a popular journalist, so he’s not a __________ journalist. He’s the equivalent of a small-town gossip columnist.

• middle-brow
• high-brow
• rise-brow
• low-brow

Starting overcast with intermittent rain followed by sunny spells, max. temp. 21 C°.

• obituary
• weather forecast
• editorial
• caption

John Butcher, Conservative MP for Coventry South West, has campaigned in the Midlands for habitual violent offenders to be ________ bail.

• denied
• granted
• refused
• deprived

To navigate around the internet, sometimes aimlessly, is __________.

• to tour
• to wander
• to surf the net
• to travel

A device inside a computer that stores large amounts of information is __________.

• soft drive
• hard disk
• soft disk
• hard drive

I’ve lost a lot of data. I wonder if my computer has a __________.

• virus
• spreadsheet
• floppy disk
• mouse

Choose the right answer: The headlines of “quality” newspapers are________statements, and not editorial yells as in “popular” newspapers.

• interrogative
• declarative
• information
• exclamatory

Choose the right answer: “Popular” newspaper use gigantic________and heavily illustrated________________.

• letter; postcards
• ads; pictures
• headlines; advrtisments
• capitals; slogans

Choose the right answer: The__________is responsible for the arrangement of the news and features, the size and position of headlines. etc.

• make-up editor
• picture editor
• features editor
• news editor

The cheapest bucket-shop air-return to Hong Kong is now about 480 pounds and Hong Kong is a good base to visit Macao, China and Taiwan. The best season is… .

• customs
• news review
• travel
• ad

Choose the right answer: The US press is characterized by an increasing concentration of power; the stronger papers________the weaker ones.

• munch
• chew
• absorb
• eat

Choose the right answer: A__________is someone who works in a newspaper office and decides on how the pages should be laid out, how stories need to be out, what headlines should be used and so on.

• librarian
• sub-editor
• correspondent
• editor

The BBC is financed _________ payments which are made ___________ all people who have TV-sets.

• with, by
• by, with
• by, by
• by, for

When scanning the photos I just _____ the mouse and the program __________.

• touched, switched on
• dropped, switched in
• pushed, switched off
• clicked, cracked

Choose the right answer: I like_________this magazine

• to look
• looking
• the look of
• to looking

The memory available on a computer to store and use information temporarily, usually measured in megabytes, is ___________.

• SAM
• RAM
• TAX
• RUX

Choose the right answer: Every national newspaper has a mobile_________of reporters.

• staff
• team
• collective
• band

The word is that Clinton Roo, 32, playboy son of US steel billionaire Dwight Ross, has left his girlfriend, actress Lee-Ann Vom Post, 26, and is now in Europe.

• editorial
• new car report
• court circular
• gossip column

Choose the right answer: A_________is advance information, warning.

• report
• account
• notice
• review

A group of people who have the same interests, who e-mail one another live as a group is __________.

• grouping
• company
• chat-room
• class

Choose the right answer: Do you send__________e-mail?

• much
• many
• such
• so

Choose the right answer: I sent a letter last week and received a____________this week

• answerback
• reply
• answer
• respond

Choose the right answer: We call the written lines in silent or foreign films_________.

• sentences
• headlines
• subtitles
• words

if you play _________ in a business or political situation, you act or negotiate in an aggressive way, and if you play __________, you don’t.

• new ball, old ball
• hardball, softball
• in, out
• single, double

Breach of privacy outside someone’s house is _________.

• scouting
• paparazzing
• doorstepping
• searching

Choose the right answer: Have you got an extra__________of today’s newspaper?

• number
• article
• issue
• copy

Choose the right answer: The sports page speaks for itself: its_________is lively, remarkably full and many-sided.

• material
• coverage
• event
• print

Choose the right answer: I want to watch the football game_________channel Six.

• by
• on
• in
• at

Mr Richard Caulder (West Hull, Labour) asked if the Minister of Transport could inform the MPs of train-fare concessions for pensioners. However, the Speaker declared that… .

• Royal news
• Congres news
• parliamentary review
• Senate news

Choose the right answer: Before showing the film on TV they____________it.

• made on location
• censored
• did
• sounded

Viewers __________ commercial TV have to watch advertisements _________ petrol, washing machines, soap and many other items which they do not require ________ and __________ programmes.

• of, between, for, during
• of, for, between, during
• at, of, in, during
• in, with, during, in

Choose the right answer: Are you_________the Internet?

• in
• on
• into
• at

Choose the right answer: The major news story had a_________headline.

• double-column
• beautiful
• double-twisted
• compromising

Choose the right answer: A: I don’t like to watch TV. — B: I don’t________.

• too
• neither
• also
• either

I’m always impressed by people who carry their _________ on planes and work on them during the flight.

• e-mail
• laptops
• surfing
• mouse

A document on the Web giving information about a person or institution is a __________.

• catalogues
• home page
• list
• paper

Choose the right answer: He doesn’t even get up from the sofa to change channels; he just presses________on the__________.

• headphones; headset
• pushes; camcorder
• buttons; remote control
• dishes; TV aerials

A hard-hitting documentary series starts tonight at 10 p.m. Viewers might be shocked at scenes of… .

• programme review
• television preview
• news review
• radio review

Now is the time to plant roses. Put trees in at least 2 apart and cover roots with 6” of soil.

• host’s recipe
• prescriptions
• gardening tips
• housewife’s advice

Choose the right answer: My television_____________.

• is always broken
• broken is always
• is broken always
• always broken is

Choose the right answer: We talked all night___________about old days.

• past
• through
• long
• previous