Англ. яз. Чтение прессы

The text is about …

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

This text is from …

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

“To insist” in this context means …

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

Wallis and other tabloid editors …

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

The best title for the text will be …

• Bjork’s singing style
• Mysterious Oddness
• Inuit Choir from Greenland
• Bjork and Radiohead

“Conceivable” in this context means …

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

This text is from …

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

“To be out of touch” in this context means …

• to have different ideas, not to understand
• to have some connection
• to have an effect on smth
• to touch with delicacy

The best ending sentence for the text is …

• He also said the two nations have a chance to build «a new century of the Americas».
• That implied that Mexico would somehow end the flow of undocumented immigrants leaving for the U.S.
• That would be a major concession from Mexico.
• The state visit was a good beginning of the new relations.

“The minutes” in this context means …

• some short period of time
• the documentation
• an official written record of what is said at the meeting
• the deputes

The best title for the text will be …

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

“To put smbd on the spot” in this context means…

• to disappoint
• to meet
• in a position of having to make the right answer or decision
• to surprise

The genre of this article is …

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

This article is taken from …

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

The best title for the text will be …

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

“To reach agreement” in this context means…

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

“To capture” in this context means …

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

Neil Wallis is …

• the Editor of the Sunday People
• the judge
• the editor of the Daily Mail
• deputy editor of The Sun

Nigeria and Angola …

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

St. John’s …

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

The genre of this article is …

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

Bjork is …

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

“Drapes” in this context means…

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

Both sides decided …

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

“In this regard” in this context means…

• according to this
• in spite of this
• in connection or relation
• in this situation

Chief Duben Onyia …

• forbidden to sponsor a private sector matchmaking mission
• guaranteed to sponsor a private sector matchmaking mission
• wanted to become the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
• has met the Nigerian delegation

“To provide” in this context means …

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

This text is from …

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

“The opening number” in this context means …

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

“Draft” in this context means …

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

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

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

Mexican President Vicente Fox insisted …

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

“In every other respect” in this context means …

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

“Demand” in this context means …

• claim
• appearance
• ideas
• visit

“Conventional” in this context means…

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

The text is about …

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

The text is about …

• The exchange programs
• Angola public television
• Angola Joint Commission and its activity
• Nigeria and Angola’s relationship and cooperation

“A deputy editor” in this context means …

• an editor that was elected by the staff
• an editor that was elected by the readers
• an editor who is next in rank to the head editor
• a person who represents the paper in public

Wallis is an important figure, because …

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

“To trade on smth” in this context means …

• to ignore smth
• to take disadvantage
• to forget about smth
• to take advantage

“To abandon” in this context means…

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

The genre of this article is …

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

This article is taken from …

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

“Invoking” in this context means …

• ignoring
• thinking about
• defending
• calling

“To submit” in this context means …

• to create
• to offer to consideration
• to consider
• to produce

“To establish” in this context means …

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

Mexican President Vicente Fox …

• wanted to immigrate to the US
• didn’t want to discuss anything with the US president
• would like to visit the US and meet Bush
• paid a state visit to the US on Wednesday

Wallis thinks that the tabloids succeed only when …

• they didn’t capture the mood of the people
• they published pictures of the celebrities in their swimwear
• they captured the mood of the people
• they published material about death of Diana, Princess of Wales

This article is taken from …

• sports section.
• arts rubric
• politics section
• style rubric

This text is from …

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