MINI-TEST (THE BRITISH PRESS). VARIANT I.
I. Give the notions for the following definitions:
- morning paper delivery by a teenager to the door of the reader
- a few lines printed underneath a picture
- special article containing the most important information
- the way in which the parts of a piece of writing are arranged
- regular section in a newspaper written by the same person
- someone employed by a newspaper, TV, etc to report news from a particular area or on a particular subject
- the leading editorial article in the newspaper
- person who writes articles that give a judgement on a book/play/TV show, etc
- funny story told in pictures
- magazine for people with a particular interest
II. Use the appropriate prepositions:
- to write a simple style
- to be strong investigative journalism
- to be referred as the fourth estate
- to occupy a certain position the right-left spectrum
- to make a total 200 pages
- to express the forthright views political issues
- to sell a larger readership
- to give a lot of coverage human interest stories
- the right privacy
- to be renowned smth
KEYS (THE BRITISH PRESS). VARIANT I.
- morning paper round
- caption
- feature
- lay-out
- column
- correspondent
- leader
- reviewer
- comic strip
- journal
- to write in a simple style
- to be strong on investigative journalism
- to be referred to as the fourth estate
- to occupy a certain position on the right-left spectrum
- to make up a total of 200 pages
- to express the forthright views on political issues
- to sell to a larger readership
- to give a lot of coverage to human interest stories
- the right to privacy
- to be renowned for smth
MINI-TEST (THE BRITISH PRESS). VARIANT II.
I. Give the notions for the following definitions:
- printed announcement about smbds death
- special article which gives the opinion of the editor on a particular topic
- number of copies of a newspaper/magazine sold to the public
- report or description of a film/play before it is shown to the general public
- person who is in charge of all the journalists and who is responsible for making decisions about the contents of the papers articles
- person who finds out and writes about news events for a newspaper/radio/TV
- photographer who specializes in camera shots of famous people
- column informing about private lives of famous people
- someone who writes a column in a newspaper/magazine to reply to readers who have written to the paper for advice in their personal problems
- person who writes a regular article commenting on politics, current affairs, etc for a newspaper or magazine
II. Use the appropriate prepositions:
- to set limits smth
- invasion privacy
- to have a high reputation smth
- to be liable smth
- wide coverage international affairs
- to be noted smth
- to attract readres all costs
- to appeal the educated middle-classes
- to cater smbd
- to specialize smth
KEYS (THE BRITISH PRESS). VARIANT II.
- obituary
- editorial
- circulation
- preview
- editor
- reporter
- paparazzo
- gossip column
- Agony Aunt
- columnist
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- to set limits on smth
- invasion of privacy
- to have a high reputation for smth
- to be liable for smth
- wide coverage of international affairs
- to be noted for smth
- to attract readres at all costs
- to appeal to the educated middle-classes
- to cater for smbd
- to specialize in smth
MINI-TEST (BRITISH RADIO AND TV). VARIANT I.
Give synonyms to the following words and word combinations:
- to show/transmit
- to forbid, esp. by law
- to keep oneself from expressing an opinion
- to set up a channel
- fairness/objectivity
- to get money from
- low-quality commercial
- to be equal to many millions
- reporting of events
- TV production
Give the English for the following: