- •1. Decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits each space
- •2. Underline the correct item.
- •3. Choose between ‘lie’, ‘lay’, ‘lain’, ‘laid’, ‘lied’.
- •4. Make the story complete by filling in the correct word from the list.
- •5. Show your knowledge of Great Britain. Choose the right answer.
- •6. Fill in the preposition.
- •7. Choose the most suitable word.
- •8. Complete the following dialogue using the words and phrases below:
- •10. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.
- •1. Insert the right preposition where necessary.
- •2. Choose a word from the box to put into each gap.
- •3. Choose the best alternative.
- •4. Decide which answer (a, b, or c) best fits each space.
- •5. Translate into English.
- •1. Fill in the gaps with the correct words from the box.
- •2. Choose the right prepositions
- •3. Use the words given in capitals at the end of the lines to form the words that fit in space in these lines.
- •4. Decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits each space.
- •5. Translate from Russian into English:
- •1. Fill in the gaps with the necessary prepositions
- •2. Read the text below. Use the word at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.
- •3. Fill in the blanks using a suitable derivative of the words given below.
- •4. Put each of the following words in its place in the passage below
- •5. Put each of the following words in its place in the sentences below.
- •7. Replace the expressions in bold with a word or expression from the box which has the same meaning.
- •1. Complete each sentence with a word from the box.
- •4. Chose the right word from the list for each proverb.
- •5. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passages below.
- •Cover Letter
- •6. Match a first sentence (1-5) with a second (a-e) to make short exchanges.
- •7. Complete the following dialogue using the words and phrases below it.
- •8. Translate into English.
5. Translate into English.
1. The economically несостоятельные organizations must be reequipped technically and technologically.
2. A radical solution for the Belarusian energy balance issue would be to construct атомную станцию.
3. The present day Belarus is the country of a high интеллектуальным потенциалом.
4. Westerners are particularly очарованы by our forests and log cabins.
5. During the long history of its existence the ancient city on the river Svisloch was seven times разграблена, destroyed and burnt.
Topic: MASS MEDIA
1. Fill in the gaps with the correct words from the box.
The mass media have an important role in modern democratic (1)... as the main channel of communication. The population relies on the news media as the main (2)... of information and the basis on which they form their (3)... and voting decisions. According to cultural selection theory, any selection of messages in the mass media will thus have a profound (4)...on the entire society.
(5)... has become increasingly keen in the area of the mass media as they keep fighting for the (6)...of the readers, listeners, and TV-viewers. The life and death of each newspaper and TV station is at stake here when the income from (7)... and sponsoring is proportional to the number of readers or (8).... The printed media have problems competing with the electronic media as sources of news. In order to survive, they are increasingly turning to other strategies such as (9)..., titillation, scandal mongering, and spreading fear - and spending fewer resources on serious researching of news. This is not only about the (10)... of the fittest of the news media, it is also about cultural selection and political selection. The news media are the most important (11)... for the (12)... of culture, ideas, and opinions. Most opinion (13)... takes place when people sit and watch news and debates on television. Analyzing the cultural selection in the electronic information society, it has been found that an important part of the selection lies in the (14)... between TV channels.
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advertising channels source choice effect attention survival formation society propagation viewers opinions competition entertainment |
2. Choose the right prepositions
The British are among/around the most avid newspaper consumers in the world. Within the British press there is a wide range of newspapers to choose from/of. Indeed, people buy newspapers at/for different reasons. You can start the day with/by the Star or invest time in/on the Independent.
Newspapers are divided in/into broadsheets and tabloids. Tabloids and broadsheets do not look different at/by accident. Each paper is trying to appeal to/for whom it sees as its readership. The readers of the broadsheets don’t generally read tabloids and vice versa. Tabloid stories are generally shorter, while broadsheet stories are more in-depth. Both are written in/on a particular style.
It is the job of the editor, and the various sub-editors, to know what the paper should look and feel like and then to make sure that only stories that suit to/ - the style of the paper are actually published.
The amount of ‘hard news’ that a paper decides to print is determined by/with the editorial policy of the paper. Tabloids do feature political stories, though they tend to prefer to focus on/ at personalities of the politicians rather than the actual issues that may be relevant.
There is likely to be a much closer correlation among/between the news in the broadsheets and the TV news. In most cases the lead story will be the same. The order of importance in/which the news has been ranked is also likely to be similar in the case of TV news and the broadsheets.
Generally speaking, tabloids make far greater use for/of pictures than the broadsheets do. The total area of the paper that is given to/for pictures is likely to be far greater in the tabloid – perhaps 25% as opposed to 10%. You can quickly estimate these figures for/by yourself.
The types of picture are also different. The popular tabloids tend to use pictures to liven up sensational stories: they are unlikely to have many photographs by/of politicians making speeches. One of the main differences in style between tabloid and broadsheet is this usage of images.
This is a complex area. Both types of paper are good on/at choosing and displaying the images that they think their readers would like to see. It is not only the tabloids that use images effectively. Broadsheets often use photographs in/by striking ways, though they are less likely to cover celebrity scandal stories.