MINI-TEST (BRITISH RADIO AND TV). VARIANT I
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 of200 pages
- to express the forthright views onpolitical 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 smbd’s 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 paper’s 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
- to set limits onsmth
- invasion ofprivacy
- to have a high reputation forsmth
- to be liable for smth
- wide coverage ofinternational 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:
- соответствовать определенным требованиям
- иметь доступ к телевидению
- взимать налоги
- быть в эфире
- потерять доверие аудитории
- разборчивый телезритель
- подробное освещение новостей
- непристойный материал
- выпуски новостей
- брать интервью в прямом эфире