English 7 · Unit 8: In the news · Cambridge Global English Stage 7

Questions

1. 1. births, marriages, deaths → which category?

   • daily events
   • comment
   • economic news
   • public places
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2. 2. "Price of gold goes up again", "New tax on petrol" → which category?

   • foreign news
   • economic news
   • daily events
   • comment
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3. 3. judges, politicians, newspaper owners → which category?

   • public places
   • daily events
   • comment
   • powerful people
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4. 4. "Forest fires in California", "Cars banned in Italian cities" → which category?

   • foreign news
   • public places
   • powerful people
   • economic news
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5. 5. courts, parks, markets → which category?

   • foreign news
   • public places
   • daily events
   • powerful people
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6. 6. "Mobiles are a waste of time", "This town needs more parks" → which category?

   • foreign news
   • comment
   • economic news
   • daily events
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7. 7. Unscramble: GERINOF SWEN. Which is its opposite?

   • foreign news ↔ local
   • foreign news ↔ home news
   • foreign news ↔ online
   • foreign news ↔ weekly
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8. 8. Unscramble: YLIAD. Which is its opposite?

   • daily ↔ local
   • daily ↔ weekly
   • daily ↔ printed
   • daily ↔ online
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9. 9. Unscramble: TRINP ORSINEV. Which is its opposite?

   • print version ↔ local
   • print version ↔ online
   • print version ↔ handwritten
   • print version ↔ weekly
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10. 10. Unscramble: ONITALAN. Which is its opposite?

    • national ↔ weekly
    • national ↔ daily
    • national ↔ local
    • national ↔ online
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11. 11. Unscramble: MISTERIALISI. Which is its opposite?

    • similarities ↔ local
    • similarities ↔ foreign
    • similarities ↔ differences
    • similarities ↔ printed
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12. 12. Unscramble: RANDITHWENT. Which is its opposite?

    • handwritten ↔ online
    • handwritten ↔ national
    • handwritten ↔ daily
    • handwritten ↔ printed
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13. 13. Did you read the ____ about the volcano in Iceland?

    • printing
    • report
    • issue
    • copy
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14. 14. A lot of articles are ____ online nowadays.

    • censored
    • printed
    • published
    • issued
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15. 15. Before ____ existed, news was spread by word of mouth.

    • reports
    • copies
    • articles
    • newspapers
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16. 16. Before newspapers existed, news was spread by ____.

    • handwritten
    • email
    • printing
    • word of mouth
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17. 17. There was also some ____ news about a forest fire in France.

    • foreign
    • political
    • economic
    • home
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18. 18. This magazine is ____ every Monday.

    • printing
    • daily
    • issued
    • censored
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19. 19. This magazine is issued every Monday. It's my favourite ____ magazine.

    • daily
    • monthly
    • weekly
    • national
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