TEST BROADEN YOUR MIND! Variant 1

   British people are known as great newspaper readers. The most popular British newspapers are The Times, The Guardian, The Guardian Weekly, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent and many others. Let’s have a look at some of them. The Guardian (which was called The Manchester Guardian until 1959) is a liberal newspaper that focuses on such important social issues as education, medical reforms, the problems of the elderly, protection of the environment, etc. It is published from Monday to Saturday in

 London and Manchester. The Guardian Weekly, which circulates worldwide, provides a compact digest of four newspapers. It contains articles from The Guardian and its Sunday sister paper The Observer, as well as reports, features and book reviews from The Washington Post and articles translated from a French newspaper, Le Monde. Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was the world’s oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine for musicians; in 2000, it was united with its «long-standing rival» New Musical Express.

1 Read to the text and tick the correct column in the table.

This newspaper/magazine…	The Guardian	The Guardian Weekly	Melody Maker
is published in London and Manchester.
was united with New Musical Express in 2000.
had another name until 1959.
provides a compact digest of four newspapers.

2 Complete the text with the words from the box.

Weekly   reports  newspaper   column     published     articles

 A ______  is a printed publication containing information, news and advertisements.

The newspaper  _________ are usually devoted to social issues, news of business, political events, criminal _________  , art and sports. In a newspaper, there’s usually an editor’s ________ that expresses the personal opinions of writers. Newspapers are most often  __________ on a daily or ___________  basis, and they usually focus on one particular geographic area where most of their readers live.

3 Write questions to the following answers.

1) How often  ___________________________________________?

I don’t often read newspapers, I prefer to find the news on the Internet.

2) What type of newspapers  _______________________________ ?

I sometimes read special newspapers for schoolchildren.

3) When  _______________________________________________?

The first newspaper appeared in Britain over 300 years ago.

4) What  _______________________________________________?

Mass media is the term that denotes such means of communication as television,

radio, and newspapers.

TEST BROADEN YOUR MIND! Variant 2          

   British people are known as great newspaper readers. The most popular British newspapers are The Times, The Guardian, The Guardian Weekly, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent and many others. Let’s have a look at some of them. The Guardian (which was called The Manchester Guardian until 1959) is a liberal newspaper that focuses on such important social issues as education, medical reforms, the problems of the elderly, protection of the environment, etc. It is published from Monday to Saturday in London and Manchester. The Guardian Weekly, which circulates worldwide, provides a compact digest of four newspapers. It contains articles from The Guardian and its Sunday sister paper The Observer, as well as reports, features and book reviews from The Washington Post and articles translated from a French newspaper, Le Monde. Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was the world’s oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine for musicians; in 2000, it was united with its «long-standing rival» New Musical Express.

1 Read the text and tick the correct column in the table.

This newspaper/magazine…	Тhe Guardian	The Guardian Weekly	Melody Maker
was founded as a magazine for musicians.
is published from Monday to Saturday
was the world’s oldest weekly music newspaper.
contains articles from The Guardian.

2 Complete the text with the words from the box.

articles     Issue          newspaper        published    news    inform

The Big  _______________is the name of a British _____________ , started in 1991.

It is sold on the street by homeless people, who are allowed to keep most of the money they make from selling it. It consists mainly of  ________________ of music, films, plays, etc. that are on in the area where it is ____________ , as well as  _____________ about homelessness and unemployment. The aim for homeless people is to earn money without begging, and to __________ other people about their situation.

3 Write questions to the following answers.

1) When  ___________________________________________?

My dad usually reads his newspaper during his morning coffee.

2) What ___________________________________________ ?

My favourite newspaper is Kyiv Post.

3) How often  _______________________________________?

This newspaper is issued once a week.

4) When __________________________________________  ?

Mass media appeared in the 1920s with the introduction of nationwide radio networks and mass circulation of newspapers and magazines.