Ответы к тесту по английскому языку и языку сми

Вопрос 1. Someone who commits a lot of crimes and goes on committing them is a __________________.

Ответ: persistent offender

Вопрос 2. Our front page today gives details of the government’s new economic proposals. Our readers may think, as we do, that these measures are too little and too late. We say to the government, not for the first time, it is time...

Ответ: editorial

Вопрос 3. I belong to a great __________________. I e-mail those who are interested in 1960s music every day.

Ответ: chat forum

Вопрос 4. Choose the right answer: Think of it __________________. If the Internet were a book __________________ a webside would be a page in it.

Ответ: like this; then

Вопрос 5. The final stages in a competitive situation or a conflict, especially when the final outcome is not clear, are the __________________.

Ответ: endgame

Вопрос 6. Choose the right answer: Do you write to many __________________?.

Ответ: people

Вопрос 7. Choose the right answer: I’ve advertised __________________ in the paper. I hope I can sell it.

Ответ: my big red coat

Вопрос 8. Choose the right answer: Let’s go and buy __________________ television!.

Ответ: another

Вопрос 9. Choose the right answer: You get so many exciting letters and postcards.

Ответ: always

Вопрос 10. A computer that fits on a desk, used by individuals at work or at home, is __________________.

Ответ: desktop

Вопрос 11. Choose the right answer: A: I don’t like to watch TV. — B: I don’t __________________.

Ответ: either

Вопрос 12. Choose the right answer: The so-called “popular” tabloids of Britain give a great deal of their space to __________________.

Ответ: sensations

Вопрос 13. Choose the right answer: “Popular” newspaper use gigantic __________________ and heavily illustrated __________________.

Ответ: headlines; advrtisments

Вопрос 14. Choose the right answer: British evening papers give full __________________ of major sporting events.

Ответ: account

Вопрос 15. Choose the right answer: Who is a videot?

Ответ: video-addicted man

Вопрос 16. A piece of equipment that sends information from one computer along telephone lines to another computer is __________________.

Ответ: modem

Вопрос 17. Choose the right answer: She said that __________________ wrote back to her.

Ответ: nobody

Вопрос 18. Hidden instructions in a program designed to destroy information is __________________.

Ответ: virus

Вопрос 19. Choose the right answer: Columns and other nonnews matterare called __________________.

Ответ: features

Вопрос 20. If you use a __________________ in order to achieve your goal, you use subtle means whose purpose may not be immediately clear to others and which often involve taking a risk.

Ответ: gambit

Вопрос 21. Choose the right answer: A __________________ is advance information, warning.

Ответ: notice

Вопрос 22. It’s so easy to use a __________________ when you want to send photographs to friends by e-mail. It’s just like using a photocopier.

Ответ: scanner

Вопрос 23. When market prices are rising or making gains, or gaining ground, journalists, traders and investors talk about a __________________.

Ответ: bull market

Вопрос 24. Choose the right answer: We talked all night __________________ about old days.

Ответ: past

Вопрос 25. A huge portion of the internet containing linked docu, ents, called pages, is __________________.

Ответ: the Web

Вопрос 26. The memory available on a computer to store and use information temporarily, usually measured in megabytes, is __________________.

Ответ: RAM

Вопрос 27. Choose the right answer: The papers devote their front __________________ to the pictures.

Ответ: pages

Вопрос 28. Choose the right answer: A __________________ is responsible for seeing that the continuity between one scene and another in a film is correct — for making sure that people do not suddenly wear different earrings.

Ответ: continuity person

Вопрос 29. Choose the right answer: I like __________________ this magazine.

Ответ: the look of

Вопрос 30. Choose the right answer: __________________ is the general term for editorial matter other than leading articles or features.

Ответ: story

Вопрос 31. Choose the right answer: Much __________________ in small newspapers is received from news agencies.

Ответ: matter

Вопрос 32. Hundreds of supporters shouted “Free her now” when Kiran awalia was __________________ bail.

Ответ: refused

Вопрос 33. Choose the right answer: E-mail makes keeping __________________ contact really easy.

Ответ: in

Вопрос 34. When prices are falling or losing ground, traders talk about a __________________.

Ответ: bear market

Вопрос 35. Computer equipment or machinery is __________________.

Ответ: hardware

Вопрос 36. Choose the right answer: Who is a a couch potato?

Ответ: TV viewer

Вопрос 37. Choose the right answer: Are you __________________ the Internet?.

Ответ: on

Вопрос 38. Choose the right answer: Do you send __________________ e-mail?.

Ответ: much

Вопрос 39. The synonym to the word “editorial” is __________________.

Ответ: leader

Вопрос 40. A small plastic disk that stores information is __________________.

Ответ: floppy

Вопрос 41. Choose the right answer: The “quality” press represents the interests of the __________________ and of major political parties of Britain.

Ответ: government

Вопрос 42. Choose the right answer: A short wave or a VHF radio can __________________ many interesting stations.

Ответ: pick up

Вопрос 43. I __________________ a good program from the Internet the other day. Would you like a copy?

Ответ: downloaded

Вопрос 44. I’ve lost a lot of data. I wonder if my computer has a __________________.

Ответ: virus

Вопрос 45. If you want some photos of the USA, you could just try __________________ the Web. You’ll be amazed how many you can find.

Ответ: surfing

Вопрос 46. Writing and storing printed text on a computer is __________________.

Ответ: word processing

Вопрос 47. Choose the right answer: The main news story was __________________ on the front page.

Ответ: carried

Вопрос 48. Mix two egg yolks wit butter in a frying-pan over a lowgas. Add sugar and then...

Ответ: recipe

Вопрос 49. Choose the right answer: Children of ten prefer looking at __________________ to reading books.

Ответ: comics

Вопрос 50. Choose the right answer: Before showing the film on TV they __________________ it.

Ответ: censored

Вопрос 51. A meeting place on the Internet for discussion of a particular topic is __________________.

Ответ: newsgroup

Вопрос 52. I tried to send the photos by e-mail as an __________________ but the server was __________________.

Ответ: attachment, down

Вопрос 53. Across:1. kind of tree (5), 2. child (3), 4. performed (5)...

Ответ: crossword clues

Вопрос 54. The BBC is financed __________________ payments which are made __________________ all people who have TV-sets.

Ответ: by, by

Вопрос 55. In London the dollar __________________ by a tiny margin at the outset.

Ответ: edged up

Вопрос 56. Choose the right answer: A __________________ is a magazine that comes out once a week as an addition to a newspaper.

Ответ: colour supplement

Вопрос 57. John Butcher, Conservative MP for Coventry South West, has campaigned in the Midlands for habitual violent offenders to be __________________ bail.

Ответ: denied

Вопрос 58. Choose the right answer: The sports page speaks for itself: its __________________ is lively, remarkably full and many-sided.

Ответ: coverage

Вопрос 59. Choose the right answer: A __________________ is the name given to an academic magazine.

Ответ: journal

Вопрос 60. A document on the Web giving information about a person or institution is a __________________.

Ответ: home page

Вопрос 61. A hard-hitting documentary series starts tonight at 10 p.m. Viewers might be shocked at scenes of...

Ответ: television preview

Вопрос 62. A pair of silver George II candlesticks fetched 17 000 pounds. Bidding was slow for Victorian oil paintings but a landscape by Somers went for 55 000 pounds.

Ответ: auction report

Вопрос 63. Choose the right answer: The rise of the periodically published newspapers came with the invention of __________________.

Ответ: printing

Вопрос 64. Robson equalized with a header from five yards just before the half-time whistle.

Ответ: football

Вопрос 65. Where there are no clear winners or losers in a competitive situation, or no apparent solution to a conflict, there is __________________.

Ответ: stalemate

Вопрос 66. Choose the right answer: “Popular” newspapers are mass-sall sensational publications with huge __________________.

Ответ: circulations

Вопрос 67. Choose the right answer: Mrs. Wise thinks there is __________________ violence on TV.

Ответ: too much

Вопрос 68. Choose the right answer: Two reporters were sent to cover the foods __________________.

Ответ: story

Вопрос 69. Choose the right answer: Although our __________________ was expensive, we’ve taken some priceless film of our children.

Ответ: camcorder

Вопрос 70. Breach of privacy outside someone’s house is __________________.

Ответ: doorstepping

Вопрос 71. To transfer data or software from a large computer to a small one is __________________.

Ответ: to download

Вопрос 72. Although best levels were not held, shares __________________.

Ответ: advanced

Вопрос 73. Choose the right answer: He regularly __________________ the theatre column.

Ответ: comtributes

Вопрос 74. Choose the right answer: The US press is characterized by an increasing concentration of power; the stronger papers __________________ the weaker ones.

Ответ: absorb

Вопрос 75. A lightweight portable computer that usually fits in a briefcase is __________________.

Ответ: laptop

Вопрос 76. Choose the right answer: The major news story had a __________________ headline.

Ответ: double-column

Вопрос 77. Choose the right answer: He doesn’t even get up from the sofa to change channels; he just presses __________________ on the __________________.

Ответ: buttons; remote control

Вопрос 78. Choose the right answer: Every national newspaper has a mobile __________________ of reporters.

Ответ: staff

Вопрос 79. If you play __________________ in a business or political situation, you act or negotiate in an aggressive way, and if you play __________________, you don’t.

Ответ: hardball, softball

Вопрос 80. Choose the right answer: My television __________________.

Ответ: is always broken

Вопрос 81. Choose the right answer: The times is a __________________ paper and caters for the interests of the Tories.

Ответ: quality

Вопрос 82. Choose the right answer: If you want to watch TV you __________________ it.

Ответ: plug

Вопрос 83. A film describing events leading up to ones in a film made earlier is a __________________.

Ответ: prequel

Вопрос 84. Choose the right answer: The __________________ is responsible for the choice of the news, events and stories the reporters cover.

Ответ: news editor

Вопрос 85. Choose the right answer: The editor held a conference with his staff to plan the next day’s news __________________.

Ответ: coverage

Вопрос 86. Those __________________ disks don’t store nearly enough information.

Ответ: floppy

Вопрос 87. Audiences traditionally show their appreciation at the end of a performance and sometimes during it by __________________.

Ответ: clapping

Вопрос 88. Choose the right answer: Literaturnaja Gazeta is __________________ by Union of Russian writers.

Ответ: published

Вопрос 89. Choose the right answer: Local papers __________________ local, national, and world news.

Ответ: publish

Вопрос 90. Choose the right answer: My friend always writes the most __________________ letters.

Ответ: boring

Вопрос 91. A program on the grid you create with it to perform mathematical operations is __________________.

Ответ: spreadsheet

Вопрос 92. A group of people who have the same interests, who e-mail one another live as a group is __________________.

Ответ: chat-room

Вопрос 93. Yesterday at 7 p.m. Her Majesty gave a dinner-party at Windsor Castle for members of the Spanish Royal Family. At noon today Her Majesty will receive the new Ambassador of the Republic of Venezuela at Buckingham Palace.

Ответ: court circular

Вопрос 94. Mr Richard Caulder (West Hull, Labour) asked if the Minister of Transport could inform the MPs of train-fare concessions for pensioners. However, the Speaker declared that...

Ответ: parliamentary review

Вопрос 95. Choose the right answer: How many __________________ of the magazine have you already got?.

Ответ: issues

Вопрос 96. If __________________ parties or politicians get reelected, they receive a fresh mandste from the electorate for a new term of office.

Ответ: incumbent

Вопрос 97. Starting overcast with intermittent rain followed by sunny spells, max. temp. 21 C°.

Ответ: weather forecast

Вопрос 98. I’m always impressed by people who carry their __________________ on planes and work on them during the flight.

Ответ: laptops

Вопрос 99. Viewers __________________ commercial TV have to watch advertisements __________________ petrol, washing machines, soap and many other items which they do not require __________________ and __________________ programmes.

Ответ: of, for, between, during

Вопрос 100. The other day I __________________ some photos I’d taken so that I could send them to a friend in America.

Ответ: scanned

Вопрос 101. Choose the right answer: We call the written lines in silent or foreign films __________________.

Ответ: subtitles

Вопрос 102. Business newspapers often publish __________________ of vacancies companies have.

Ответ: advertisements

Вопрос 103. When scanning the photos I just __________________ the mouse and the program __________________.

Ответ: clicked, cracked

Вопрос 104. He’s a popular journalist, so he’s not a __________________ journalist. He’s the equivalent of a small-town gossip columnist.

Ответ: high-brow

Вопрос 105. Choose the right answer: This magazine is __________________ to housewives.

Ответ: addressed

Вопрос 106. The word is that Clinton Roo, 32, playboy son of US steel billionaire Dwight Ross, has left his girlfriend, actress Lee-Ann Vom Post, 26, and is now in Europe.

Ответ: gossip column

Вопрос 107. Someone held in prison without being charged or tried is in __________________.

Ответ: arbitrary detention

Вопрос 108. Choose the right answer: Who is an anchorperson?

Ответ: announcer

Вопрос 109. Company shares are listed or quoted on the __________________.

Ответ: stock market

Вопрос 110. Choose the right answer: A __________________ is written opinion of a book, play, film, etc.

Ответ: review

Вопрос 111. Commercial TV gets its money __________________ advertising.

Ответ: from

Вопрос 112. A device inside a computer that stores large amounts of information is __________________.

Ответ: hard disk

Вопрос 113. Prince Edward (left) enjoys a joke with actor Sam Cool (centre).

Ответ: caption

Вопрос 114. Choose the right answer: You like to __________________ and watch the talk shows.

Ответ: stay up late

Вопрос 115. Programs that you put into a computer to make it run is __________________.

Ответ: software

Вопрос 116. Media attention of an intense kind is blanket __________________.

Ответ: coverage

Вопрос 117. Now is the time to plant roses. Put trees in at least 2 apart and cover roots with 6” of soil.

Ответ: gardening tips

Вопрос 118. Choose the right answer: The __________________ is responsible for the arrangement of the news and features, the size and position of headlines. etc.

Ответ: make-up editor

Вопрос 119. Commercial programmes __________________ this channel are financed __________________ different companies which do not have anything to do __________________ the arrengement or content of these programmes.

Ответ: on, by, with

Вопрос 120. Premier to probe Riddle of “spics in ministry”.

Ответ: headline

Вопрос 121. The cheapest bucket-shop air-return to Hong Kong is now about 480 pounds and Hong Kong is a good base to visit Macao, China and Taiwan. The best season is...

Ответ: travel

Вопрос 122. Do you ever visit any __________________ for pop stars or film stars?

Ответ: websites

Вопрос 123. Choose the right answer: Newspapers give wide __________________ to world events in all countries.

Ответ: coverage

Вопрос 124. Choose the right answer: He asked us to turn the radio __________________ because he was tying to sleep.

Ответ: down

Вопрос 125. Choose the right answer: Ted asked his son __________________ the remote control.

Ответ: for

Вопрос 126. Choose the right answer: When surfing channels you use a __________________.

Ответ: remote control

Вопрос 127. Choose the right answer: I want to watch the football game __________________ channel Six.

Ответ: on

Вопрос 128. He received a number of international literary awards, culminations in the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986. He leaves a widow and two sons.

Ответ: obituary

Вопрос 129. Choose the right answer: The __________________ is a person, or a corporation, who undertakes the printing of books, newspapers, etc., and their distribution to the public.

Ответ: publisher

Вопрос 130. Choose the right answer: Kolokol, __________________ by A.I. Hergen, appeared in London on July 1^st, 1857.

Ответ: edited

Вопрос 131. Choose the right answer: Telephones, e-mail and faxes are types of __________________.

Ответ: communication

Вопрос 132. If some critics like something and others don’t, it gets __________________.

Ответ: mixed reviews

Вопрос 133. Choose the right answer: Anyone who hasn’t __________________ the computer will have a problem in finding a good job.

Ответ: explored

Вопрос 134. An apparatus that allows information to be read from a disk or stored is __________________.

Ответ: disk drive

Вопрос 135. Road holding and fuel cinsumption are good but otherwise the performance lacks zip.

Ответ: new car report

Вопрос 136. A writer or broadcster who gives their opinion of a production, performance, record or book in a review or, more formally, a notice is a __________________.

Ответ: critic

Вопрос 137. If it looks as if there will be no clear winner or if there is no clear winner in the final outcome, commentators talk about a __________________.

Ответ: dead heat

Вопрос 138. Today is a good day to do business but a bad one for romance. Don’t take members of the opposite sex today too seriously.

Ответ: horoscope

Вопрос 139. News __________________ at regular intervals.

Ответ: is broadcst

Вопрос 140. Choose the right answer: I sent a letter last week and received a __________________ this week.

Ответ: reply

Вопрос 141. A lightweight portable computer small enough to fit in your hand is __________________.

Ответ: palmtop

Вопрос 142. Choose the right answer: The headlines of “quality” newspapers are __________________ statements, and not editorial yells as in “popular” newspapers.

Ответ: information

Вопрос 143. Choose the right answer: You can hear BBC news __________________ all over the world.

Ответ: broadcasts

Вопрос 144. Choose the right answer: A __________________ is someone who works in a newspaper office and decides on how the pages should be laid out, how stories need to be out, what headlines should be used and so on.

Ответ: sub-editor

Вопрос 145. A machine for transfering pictures and texts into a computer is __________________.

Ответ: scanner

Вопрос 146. Choose the right answer: There are a lot of periodicals __________________ in various. Subjects such as politics, finance, economics, science, etc.

Ответ: specializing

Вопрос 147. Choose the right answer: Short news __________________ occupied two columns on an inside page.

Ответ: items

Вопрос 148. A list of common questions and helpful answers is __________________.

Ответ: FAQ

Вопрос 149. Choose the right answer: Our faculty wall newspaper is __________________ by the students themselves.

Ответ: produced

Вопрос 150. Choose the right answer: What are the main international problem __________________ today and what is Russia’s stand __________________ them?.

Ответ: of, on

Вопрос 151. Choose the right answer: Main news stories in this paper never __________________ over into a following page.

Ответ: run

Вопрос 152. Choose the right answer: If the TV programme doesn’t interest you, you __________________ it over to another channel.

Ответ: switch

Вопрос 153. Choose the right answer: We talk all the time since he moved __________________.

Ответ: next door

Вопрос 154. Choose the right answer: I never __________________ away old letters.

Ответ: throw

Вопрос 155. Choose the right answer: Serious news in “popular” newspapers is given in __________________ form or suppressed altogether.

Ответ: compressed

Вопрос 156. Choose the right answer: The BBC World Service __________________ throughout the world.

Ответ: broadcasts

Вопрос 157. To navigate around the internet, sometimes aimlessly, is __________________.

Ответ: to surf the net

Вопрос 158. Choose the right answer: Have you got an extra __________________ of today’s newspaper?.

Ответ: copy

Вопрос 159. Choose the right answer: Jane owns four __________________ televisions.

Ответ: very large colour

Вопрос 160. Choose the right answer: He has a __________________ television.

Ответ: small broken Japanese

Вопрос 161. You really need to use your __________________ disk for all the data you want to store.

Ответ: hard

Вопрос 162. Choose the right answer: Local newspaper devote a lot of __________________ to reports of local events.

Ответ: a space