Task 3. Choose the right answer

I don't think this newspaper cartoon is very funny, but I like the ...under it. a) caption b) label c) message d) text

2. When you go out, will you get me ..... of "Newsweek"?

a) a copy b) an edition c) a paper d) a publication

3. A ..... from the local newspaper asked for details of the accident.

a) broadcaster b) newsagent c) reporter d) salesman

4. The press couldn't speak to the Ministry employees: they had to wait for a statement from the Government ..... .

a) messenger b) reporter c) speaker d) spokesman

5. Although there is no official censorship in our country, the press is still ..... the laws of the land.

a) accountable to b) controlled by c) restrained by d) subject to

6. I read a newspaper every day to keep ..... with current affairs.

a) contemporary b) modern c) present-day d) up-to-date

7. There is a very interesting..... aboutcancer in the paper.

a) article b) documentary c) news d) programme

8. A newspaper..... normally makes the final decision about the paper's contents.

a) editor b) journalist c) reporter d) publisher

9. Dear Sirs, I am writing in response to your..... for a sales clerk in yesterday's "Business Man".

a) advertisement b) announcement c) propaganda d) publicity

10. Our newspaper increased its ..... by eighty thousand copies.

a) amount b) circulation c) numbers d) quantity

11. Could I have a copy of the ..... issue of the "National Geographic", please? a) actual b) circulating c) latest d) recent

12. He took out a(n) ..... to "The Times".

a) conscription b) inscription c) prescription d) subscription

13. You must look in the ..... section of the newspaper to find what films are showing. a) diversion b) entertainment c) recreation d) variety

14. Every morning I do the crossword ..... in the newspaper.

a) problem b) puzzle c) question d) test

15. Many newspapers are holding lotteries to ..... sales.

a) advertise b) progress c) promote d) publicise

Task 2. Choose the right answer (20 points):

1. Jimmy is the ..... critic of the local newspaper.

a) lettered b) literal c) literary d) literate

2. There are five ..... mistakes in this picture. Can you find them?

a) deliberate b) instrumental c) intensive d) presumptuous

3. What was the ..... of that article on Romania? I haven't had time to read it.

a) digest b) draft c) gist d) synopsis

4. The information was ..... to the press before it was officially announced.

a) dripped b) dropped c) leaked d) seeped

5. Many of the new newspapers have a pronounced right-wing ..... .

a) balance b) bearing c) bias d) setting

6. An advertising ..... should be short, striking and easily remembered.

a) caption b) epigram c) motto d) slogan

He ..... the newspaper in the hope of finding news of his daughter.

a) glanced b) glimpsed c) observed d) scanned

He was angry because of the many ..... of his privacy by journalists.

a) infiltrations b) interferences c) interruptions d) invasions

9. She used her weekly column in the local newspaper as a ..... for her political views. a) means b) passage c) vehicle d) vessel

10. This paper intends to ..... fearlessly all forms of corruption in public life.

a) expose b) present c) uncover d) unveil

(Vocabulary Tests.- Cambridge University Press, 1999)

Keys:

Task1. 1 c, 2a, 3b, 4c, 5d, 6c, 7a, 8c, 9c, 10b, 11d, 12c, 13a, 14b, 15d, 16a.

Task 2. 1d, 2b, 3c, 4b, 5a, 6c, 7d, 8b, 9d, 10a, 11d, 12b, 13c, 14a, 15d.

Task 3. 1a, 2a, 3c, 4d, 5d, 6d, 7a, 8a, 9a, 10b, 11c, 12d, 13b, 14b, 15c.

Task 4. 1c, 2a, 3c, 4c, 5c, 6d, 7d, 8d, 9c, 10a.

Test on Module 8: Geography

Task 1. Find 16 geographical terms. The words can go upwards, downwards, to the right, to the left, across

M	R	А	R	I	V	Е	R	В	V
C	O	С	Е	А	N	D	F	G	А
Q	С	U	Q	Т	R	Y	К	L	L
S	К	м	N	L	R	Н	I	L	L
S	U	I	S	Т	А	Т	Е	А	Е
T	V	O	L	С	А	N	O	К	Y
R	H	S	Е	А	Т	I	С	Е	J
А	G	U	L	F	Y	М	N	O	Р
I	С	O	N	Т	I	N	Е	N	Т
T	O	W	N	К	F	D	А	L	Е

Words to be found:

mountain rock city continent lake river

hill strait state gulf valley sea

town volcano dale ocean