6. Make brief headlines from the following news stories.

(a) Eighteen people were killed when the army tried to overthrow the government.

(b) A leading diplomat has been mysteriously murdered.

(c) The Prime Minister is trying to win the support of the coal miners' trade unions.

(d) The director of British Petroleum has been forced to resign.

(e) A Member of Parliament was questioned by the police in an investigation into the use of illegal drugs.

7. Express the following headlines in ordinary English.

(a) PEER DIES IN FLATS BLAZE DRAMA

(b) BLAST TOLL RISING: WITNESSES SOUGHT

(c) COMMONS STORM OVER DEFENCE CUTS

(d) M-WAY DEATH CRASH: BRITON HELD

8. Think of a news headline for the following countries: America, Britain, France, China, Australia, Indonesia, Russia, Germany. Ranking

There are 7000 periodicals in B. and they are classified as "consumer general in­terest", "special interest" and "business to business". General and special interest magazines cover a very wide range of interests. Here are three of the most popular The Radio Times; Woman's own; Smash Hits. Try to guess: a. what they are about; b. what type of people read them.

You are the editor of the magazine for teenagers. Look at the features below and put them in order of priority.

1. A column answering your letters about personal problems.

2. Good sports reports

3. News about the pop scene

4. Crosswords and puzzles

5. Letters from people the same age in other countries

6. A love story every week

7. Health and beauty tips

8. Technical reports about scientific developments

9. Really attractive pin-up pictures

All the good news

The Sunday Times November 12 Our news present to Charles Prince Charles, speaking at a Press Awards lunch, once asked why news­papers only printed the bad news. 'Why don't they, for a change, tell us how many jumbo jets landed safely at Heathrow Airport?' Later the same year a leading British newspaper pub­lished a column of 'good news' as a birthday present for Prince Charles. Here are some of the news items.

• Last week 330 jumbo jets landed or took off without incident at Heath­row, the world's leading international airport, with 20 million international passengers, which is double the num­ber at New York's Kennedy Airport, the world's second busiest internation­al terminal.

• Approximately 12,200 happy, gurgling babies were delivered to Brit­ish moth- ers last week.

• 92 per cent of the first class mail was also delivered on time.

• The government received its first chunk of petroleum revenue tax last week – £176 million from BP's suc­cessful "Forties' oil-field. The first oil from the Ninian group of oil-fields was moving through the pipeline towards its terminal in the Shetland Islands, part of the riches undreamed of a decade ago of 1,100,000 barrels a day from North Sea oil.

• The battle to clean up the River Thames is being won. Species of fish, which even ten years ago could not have survived in the polluted water, are being caught in increasing num­bers.

• About 6,500 couples emerged hap­pily from churches and registry offices.

• Last week was ‘National Tree Planting Week’. Thousands of seed­lings were planted.

• British Rail carried two million passengers each working day with 88 per cent of express trains arriving within ten minutes of schedule.

• Canrefbury Cathedral was conducting services in its 798th year.

• At the Houses of Parliament, where Big Ben was telling the right time, the House of Commons resumed its 306th Parliament since 1213.

• Britain's ladies won the Wightman Cup tennis tournament.

• Two women clerks won equal pay for 14,000 young women at Lloyds Bank.

• Despite the example of the Church of England, which is still refusing to ordain women priests, Liz Beal, aged 13, won permission to play Rugby League Football.

• Five children at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children were suc- cessfully operated on for congenital heart defects – some of the 2,000 babies now benefiting from the treatment each year.

• Britain's gold and currency re­serves amounted to £15,977 million, and this year we have repaid foreign loans to the value of £3,500 million.

• Sotheby's, the auctioneers, auc­tioned a cello for a record £144,000.

• By the end of this year, 30,000 home students will have been awarded degrees by the Open University, which operates through post, televi­sion, radio, and short summer courses to enable people to get a university degree at home.

• Bovis, the construction company, won a £15 million contract to build three schools in Saudi Arabia. 47 Brit­ish companies were exhibiting at a trade fair in Peking, and over 200 at a trade fair in Mexico City.

• Even farmers were smiling last week. At the beginning of the good weather they were able to bring in a record cereal harvest with the mini­mum effort. Since then, there has been no rain and autumn ploughing and sowing is going wonderfully well. PS: The death rate from suicide is going down.

I. Find words in the text which mean:

1. A period of ten years.

2. A place where people can marry without a religious ceremony.

3. A young newly grown tree.

4. A programme of pre-arranged times.

5. A contest of skill between a num­ber of players.

6. Groups of animals or plants (which are able to breed together).

7. A formal legal agreement.

8. Firms which sell goods at a public sale to the person who offers most money.

9. The collection of fruit, grain or vegetables made by a farmer.

10. A standard measurement for oil.

II. Find expressions which mean: 1. twice as many as 2. with no unusual occurrences 3. showing the time correctly 4. with as little work as possible

III. There are five examples of the use of 'to win'. What are they?