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NEWSPAPERS
A newspaper makes its money from the price people pay for it
and also from the __1__ it carries. A popular newspaper with a(an)
__2__ of over five million daily makes a lot of money. Less serious
newspapers are probably read just for __3__. They have big __4__
above the news stories, funny __5__ to look at and __6__ photos of
violence. The __7__ columns are full of stories of the private lives of
famous people. No one takes the political __8__ of such papers very
seriously. On the other hand, in a free country where there is no
__9__, serious newspapers are read principally for their news, sent to
them by their __10__ round the world and by the big news __11__.
People also
read these newspapers for their __12__ of new books,
films and plays and for their __13__, which represent the opinion of
the newspaper itself about the important events and issues of the
moment.
1.
A) editorials
B) advertising C) circulation
D) censorship
2.
A) editorial
B) advertising C) circulation
D) censorship
3.
A) review
B) advertising
C) entertainment
D) correspondent
4.
A) reviews
B) headlines
C) subtitles
D) gossip columns
5.
A) cartoons
B) headlines
C) gossip columns
D) jokes
6.
A) amusing
B) funny
C) hilarious
D) sensational
7.
A) cartoon
B) view
C) gossip
D) circulation
8.
A) circulation
B) views
C) entertainment
D) sensations
9.
A) editorial
B) advertising C) circulation
D) censorship
10. A) reviews
B) editorials
C) speakers
D) correspondents
11. A) firms
B) centers
C) companies
D) agencies
12. A) reviews
B) headlines
C) entertainment
D) correspondents
13. A) editorials
B) advertisings
C) circulations
D) gossip columns
JOURNEYS
1.
For general advice about travel, go to a travel ______.
A) center
B) agent
C) place
D) manager
2.
One day I would like to do the ______ by train and ship across
Russia to Japan.
A) trip
B) voyage
C) journey
D) cruise
3.
We’re going on a ______ of Europe, visiting 11 countries in five
weeks.
A) holiday
B) tour
C) voyage
D) flight
4.
We went on a three-week ______ round the Mediterranean. The
ship called at Venice, Athens, Istanbul and Alexandria.
A) trip
B) holiday
C) flight
D) cruise
5.
He once went by ship to Australia. The ______ took 4 weeks.
A) travel
B) tour
C) voyage
D) flight
6.
I’m going on a business ______ to Paris next weekend.
A) trip
B) travel
C) journey
D) cruise
7.
Air France ______ 507 from Paris to New York will be taking off in
ten minutes.
A) cruise
B) tour
C) voyage
D) flight
8.
The ______ from Heathrow Airport to the centre of London takes
about 45 minutes by underground.
A) flight
B) trip
C) journey
D) cruise
9.
On our first day in New York we went on a three-hour ______ of
the city by bus, which showed us the main sights.
A) cruise
B) tour
C) voyage
D) flight
10. During our stay in Paris we went on a day ______ to Disneyland.
A) trip
B) travel
C) journey
D) cruise
ARGUMENT
I’ve always had a feeling of __1__ towards my older brother John,
because he always received more attention from our parents. There
has always been __2__ between us. And now that I’m more successful
than he is in my job, he is __3__ of me. We’ve never actually had a
__4__, just the occasional __5__, but we’ve never got on well. And
his wife likes to make things worse. She’s a real __6__, a nasty,
argumentative, quarrelsome, __7__ woman. I’ve heard her __8__
John continually to get a better job, a bigger house, a nicer. car.
1.
A) disagreement
B) agreement
C) nag
D) resentment
2.
A) jealous
B) friction
C) nag
D) resentment
3.
A) aggressive B) row
C) troublemaker D) jealous
4.
A) battle
B) row
C) war
D) match
5.
A) disagreement
B) agreement
C) nag
D) resentment
6.
A) beautiful
B) confused
C) troublemaker D) sympathetic
7.
A) aggressive B) humble
C) modest
D) thoughtful
8.
A) agree
B) tell
C) nag
D) resent
SADNESS
When Susan’s cat was killed by a car she burst into __1__ and
began to __2__ so loudly that the neighbors next door heard her. She
was __3__ by the __4__. Her mother tried to __5__ her but Susan’s
__6__ was so great that it was three days (and three __7__ nights)
before she began to __8__ enough to eat normally. Even then she
talked to no one and was silent and __9__ for weeks. I think she’ll
always __10__ her pet.
1.
A) sobers
B) heart
C) tears
D) grief
2.
A) sob
B) tear
C) giggle
D) grief
3.
A) heartdestroyed
B) heartbroken
C) heartburn
D) amazed
4.
A) recovery
B) loss
C) lost
D) lose
5.
A) comfort
B) recover
C) withdraw
D) miss
6.
A) joy
B) heart
C) tear
D) grief
7.
A) sleepy
B) sleepless
C) asleep
D) sleeping
8.
A) recover
B) comfort
C) withdraw
D) restore
9.
A) bashful
B) shy
C) withdrawn
D) outgoing
10. A) forget
B) lose
C) remind
D) miss
BIRTH
When a woman is __1__
a baby, we say that she is __2__ Babies
are __3__ either at home or in the maternity __4__ of a hospital. It is
the job of a doctor or a __5__ to __6__ new babies. The proud __7__
must soon decide what to __8__ the child. For the first six months of
their lives most babies are taken out in __9__ and sleep in __10__. At
eight months or so they learn to __11__ along the floor, and they can
usually walk soon after their first birthday.
1.
A) delivering
B) calling
C) expecting
D) parenting
2.
A) pregnant
B) midwife
C) maternity
D) crawling
3.
A) expected
B) born
C) called
D) crawled
4.
A) ward
B) center
C) point
D) institution
5.
A) surgeon
B) parent
C) midwife
D) nurse
6.
A) deliver
B) expect
C) bear
D) bring
7.
A) pregnants
B) surgeons
C) midwife
D) parents
8.
A) deliver
B) call
C) tell
D) say
9.
A) cars
B) prams
C) trolleys
D) streetcars
10. A) beds
B) prams
C) cots
D) wards
11. A) sneak
B) climb
C) creep
D) crawl
Everyday Vocabulary
Book 2 Part B
