Thursday, December 9, 2010

UNIT 1 VOCABULARY EXERCISE

Choose the correct answer.
1. A(n) ______________ presents news stories and interviews expert guests on a TV news show.
a. editor b. anchor c. celebrity
2. A ______________ writes opinions about news events for newspapers and magazines.
a. columnist b. correspondent c. politician
3. A(n) ______________ travels around the world and reports back news stories.
a. anchor b. correspondent c. celebrity
4. A(n) ______________ reviews all the news stories, decides which stories are included, and makes language corrections.
a. reporter b. journalist c. editor
5. A(n) ______________ is any person who is famous.
a. celebrity b. journalist c. politician
6. People vote for the ______________________ who will best represent their interests in
government.
a. editor b. affiliate c. politician
7. A(n) ______________ writes articles for newspapers and magazines.
a. editor b. anchor c. journalist
8. The small local radio station was a(n) ______________ of a large media corporation.
a. tabloid b. network c. affiliate
9. A(n) ________________ covers news stories for print media, radio, or television.
a. reporter b. columnist c. editor
10. A ________________ is a newspaper that focuses on sensational news with lots of photographs
and short articles.
a. affiliate b. tabloid c. network

NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, High Intermediate: Vocabulary Exercise, Unit 1 Copyright © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.

6 comments:

  1. 1-b
    2-a
    3-b
    4-c
    5-a
    6-c
    7-c
    8-b
    9-c
    10-b

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  2. 1)b
    2)a
    3)b
    4)c
    5)a
    6)c
    7)c
    8)b
    9)a
    10)b

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  3. 1. b)anchor
    2. a)columnist
    3. b)correspondent
    4. c)editor
    5. a)celebrity
    6. c)politician
    7. c)journalist
    8. b)network
    9. a)reporter
    10. b)tabloid

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  4. 1)B 6)C
    2)A 7)C
    3)B 8)C
    4)C 9)C
    5)A 10)B

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  5. 1. b
    2. a
    3. b
    4. c
    5. a
    6. c
    7. c
    8. c
    9. a
    10. b

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  6. 1.b
    2.a
    3.b
    4.c
    5.a
    6.c
    7.c
    8.c
    9.c
    10.b

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