Краткие сведения о газетно-журнальных изданиях Англии и США, языковые навыки чтения и понимания оригинальных английских статей современной англоязычной прессы. Часть 1

The text is about …

• The exchange programs
• Angola public television
• Nigeria and Angola’s relationship and cooperation
• Angola Joint Commission and its activity

The best title for the text will be …

• Mysterious Oddness
• Bjork’s singing style
• Inuit Choir from Greenland
• Bjork and Radiohead

This article is taken from …

• politics section
• sports section
• media rubric
• style rubric

«A complex issue», according to Bush’s words is …

• a view of immigration reform
• his efforts
• a breakthrough agreement
• his three-day visit

“Incomprehension” in this context means…

• the act of misunderstanding
• criticizing
• checking up
• the act of understanding

Bjork is …

• a singer of the Radiohead
• an opera singer
• a conductor
• a pop star

Bjork is experimenting with …

• classical operas
• instrumentation and alternative modes of presentation
• classical music
• tuning the guitars

This text is from …

• a broadsheet
• a regional paper
• a Sunday paper
• a tabloid

“To occur” in this context means…

• to begin
• to happen, take place
• to end
• to change

“Odd” in this context means …

• unusual and peculiar
• original
• dull and boring
• interesting

Wallis and other tabloid editors …

• believe that it is the stalking of celebrities by the tabloids
• are influenced by the broadsheet journalists
• provoke the judicial itch to interfere
• are more dangerous than the judges

Neil Wallis is …

• the judge
• the Editor of the Sunday People
• the editor of the Daily Mail
• deputy editor of The Sun

“Collaboration” in this context means …

• discussion
• working separately
• cooperation
• negotiations

“To come under attack” in this context means…

• to be destroyed
• to be in war
• to be widely criticized
• to be attacked by the arms

Mexican President Vicente Fox insisted …

• that his nation and the United States have to reach agreement on immigration reform
• that his nation and the United States would never reach agreement on immigration reform
• that his nation and the United States should reach agreement on immigration reform
• that his nation and the United States must reach agreement on immigration reform

This article is taken from …

• arts rubric
• politics section
• sports section.
• style rubric

“Magical setting” in this context means …

• settings for juggling
• equipment for a magician
• a mysterious background, set of surroundings
• seats for audience

“To abandon” in this context means…

• to continue to do smth
• to start doing smth
• never to try doing smth
• to give up or bring an end to smth

“Demand” in this context means …

• appearance
• ideas
• claim
• visit

The key sentence of the text is …

• There was not enough room for the orchestra to perform with her …
• Now she has abandoned the trappings of pop entirely …
• Wearing a fluffy, sequined, off-white ensemble …
• Never one of your conventional pop stars …

This article is taken from …

• style rubric
• sports section
• home news section
• political news rubric

The best title for the text will be …

• The dangerous judges
• A tabloid veteran is in war with broadsheets
• Celebrities in swimwear
• Are tabloids the leaders or the led?

Fox declared that …

• It was the first day of his state visit
• welcome ceremony at the White House was highly choreographed
• He was ready to invoke the plight of his citizens
• legalizing the status of illegal Mexican workers can be achieved

Wallis is an important figure, because …

• he is a spokesman for the tabloids across the chasm of incomprehension
• he is a member of the Press Complaints Commission a spokesman for the tabloids
• he is a member of the Press Complaints Commission and a judge
• he sometimes divides tabloids from the broadsheets and form liberal opinion

The genre of this article is …

• the report
• the item
• the review
• the editorial article

The Joint Commission …

• decided the two countries should establish a bilateral chamber of commerce
• established a bilateral chamber of commerce
• planned to end in Abuja next week
• just has had the fourth session

“To insist” in this context means …

• to think
• to declare
• to order
• to suppose

The genre of this article is …

• the editorial article
• the report
• the review
• the item

Cooperation on drug trafficking and organized crime …

• helps to organize education exchange programs
• is one of the advances
• is the part of the colorful South Lawn ceremony
• makes it impossible to organize new education exchange programs

“To come near the end” in this context means …

• to stop
• to be next to finish
• to end
• to continue negotiations

America’s 43rd president …

• didn’t want to meet the Mexican President
• organized the ceremony in a very unpretentious way
• did not restrict pomp and circumstance for his friend
• limited pomp and circumstance for his friend

This article is taken from …

• sports section
• international news section
• style rubric
• media rubric

St. John’s …

• is the church where Bjork often go
• is the place where Bjork’s performance took place
• is close to Smith Square, where Bjork’s concert took place
• is one of the places where Bjork’s concert took place

“Obsolete” in this context means…

• complicated
• actual
• modern
• no longer used

“To reach agreement” in this context means…

• to come to the state of having the same opinion
• to discuss all the details
• to sign an agreement
• to have difficulties in having the same opinion

This text is from …

• a regional paper
• a broadsheet
• a tabloid
• a Sunday paper

The text is about …

• Bjork’s show
• Bjork’s style
• Bjork’s new album
• Radiohead’s music

18 pictures of celebrities in swimwear on holiday this month had been used by …

• the Sunday People
• The Sun
• the Daily Mail
• The Times

“Conventional” in this context means…

• original
• new
• following accepted custom and standards
• popular and well-known

“Draft” in this context means …

• law
• variant
• the first rough of smth written
• plan

“Not enough room” in this context means …

• not enough tickets
• not enough rooms
• not enough space
• not enough chairs

This text is from …

• a tabloid
• a regional paper
• a broadsheet
• a Sunday paper

The genre of this article is …

• the report
• the editorial article
• the review
• the item

A suitably magical setting was provided by …

• the white colonnades specially decorated
• the Ice Queen
• the unusual drapes and furnishings
• the natural church’s setting

The best title for the text will be …

• «A complex issue» that the Mexican and American presidents discussed
• Fox pushes for migrants pact by end of year
• Fox and Bush enemies or brothers?
• The first state visit of the Mexican President Vicente Fox to the US

The local delegation said …

• it was led by the country’s Vice-Minister for External Affairs
• said the financial sector of the country should be deregulated
• there is no collaboration between the Nigerian Television Authority and Angolan Public Television
• the financial sector of the country had been deregulated

“To be itching to smth” in this context means …

• to want very much to do smth soon
• not to wanе to do smth
• to be doing smth for some period of time
• to ignore smth

“The opening number” in this context means …

• calculation
• the very beginning.
• the first song
• counting

“The minutes” in this context means …

• the documentation
• the deputes
• some short period of time
• an official written record of what is said at the meeting

“To reverse” in this context means…

• to pay special attention to
• to change to the opposite
• not to change
• to discuss