Английский язык. Чтение прессы Тест с ответами
1. “To put smbd on the spot” in this context means...
• in a position of having to make the right answer or decision
2. “To be out of touch” in this context means ...
• to have different ideas, not to understand
3. Wallis is an important figure, because ...
• he is a member of the Press Complaints Commission a spokesman for the tabloids
4. “In every other respect” in this context means ...
• in all the details and particular points
5. “Conventional” in this context means...
• following accepted custom and standards
6. Bjork’s singing style is marked by...
• the ritual mangling of English vowel
7. “Invoking” in this context means ...
• calling
8. The local delegation said ...
• the financial sector of the country had been deregulated
9. The text is about ...
• Bjork’s show
10. Mexican President Vicente Fox insisted ...
• that his nation and the United States must reach agreement on immigration reform
11. St. John’s ...
• is the place where Bjork’s performance took place
12. “In this regard” in this context means...
• in connection or relation
13. The best title for the text will be ...
• Nigeria, Angola reach pact on bilateral trade
14. Wallis thinks that the tabloids succeed only when ...
• they captured the mood of the people
15. Fox declared that ...
• legalizing the status of illegal Mexican workers can be achieved
16. “Magical setting” in this context means ...
• a mysterious background, set of surroundings
17. The genre of this article is ...
• the report
18. “To reach agreement” in this context means...
• to come to the state of having the same opinion
19. The key sentence of the text is ...
• His reply was that the tabloids succeed only when they capture the mood of the people, and that they are punished when they don’t — their readers stop buying them
20. Neil Wallis is ...
• the Editor of the Sunday People
21. “Demand” in this context means ...
• claim
22. “The opening number” in this context means ...
• the first song
23. The text is about ...
• the tabloids and their relations with the reader
24. This text is from ...
• a broadsheet
25. “Incomprehension” in this context means...
• the act of misunderstanding
26. Bjork is ...
• a pop star
27. Wallis campaigned against the early release of Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, because ...
• he is used to upsetting liberal opinion
28. The text is about ...
• a visit of the Mexican leader to the US
29. Bjork is experimenting with ...
• instrumentation and alternative modes of presentation
30. Mexican President Vicente Fox ...
• paid a state visit to the US on Wednesday
31. The best title for the text will be ...
• Are tabloids the leaders or the led?
32. This text is from ...
• a Sunday paper
33. “To occur” in this context means...
• to happen, take place
34. The best title for the text will be ...
• Mysterious Oddness
35. The text is about ...
• Nigeria and Angola’s relationship and cooperation
36. “Not enough room” in this context means ...
• not enough space
37. 18 pictures of celebrities in swimwear on holiday this month had been used by ...
• the Daily Mail
38. “A deputy editor” in this context means ...
• an editor who is next in rank to the head editor
39. “Odd” in this context means ...
• unusual and peculiar
40. Chief Duben Onyia ...
• guaranteed to sponsor a private sector matchmaking mission
41. “To trade on smth” in this context means ...
• to take advantage
42. Nigeria and Angola ...
• want to reverse the low volume of trade between them
43. The Joint Commission ...
• decided the two countries should establish a bilateral chamber of commerce
44. “To capture” in this context means ...
• to take control
45. “To come under attack” in this context means...
• to be widely criticized
46. Both sides decided ...
• to conclude an agreement on investment promotion and protection
47. “To reverse” in this context means...
• to change to the opposite
48. A suitably magical setting was provided by ...
• the natural church’s setting
49. "A complex issue", according to Bush’s words is ...
• a view of immigration reform
50. This text is from ...
• a tabloid
51. “To establish” in this context means ...
• to begin, create
52. “Counterpart” in this context means ...
• a person that does the same job as another in a different system
53. America's 43rd president ...
• did not restrict pomp and circumstance for his friend
54. “To submit” in this context means ...
• to offer to consideration
55. The 1977 bilateral trade agreement ...
• was agreed to be reviewed because it was considered obsolete
56. The key sentence of the text is ...
• Now she has abandoned the trappings of pop entirely ...
57. This article is taken from ...
• arts rubric
• media rubric
58. “To be itching to smth” in this context means ...
• to want very much to do smth soon
59. The genre of this article is ...
• the review
60. “To abandon” in this context means...
• to give up or bring an end to smth
61. “Obsolete” in this context means...
• no longer used
62. “The minutes” in this context means ...
• an official written record of what is said at the meeting
63. Cooperation on drug trafficking and organized crime ...
• is one of the advances
64. The best title for the text will be ...
• Fox pushes for migrants pact by end of year
65. “To insist” in this context means ...
• to declare
66. Wallis and other tabloid editors ...
• are more dangerous than the judges
67. The third paragraph starts with the sentence ... and ends with the sentence ...
• According to the minutes, both sides decided ... In that regard, Nigeria submitted a new draft ...
68. This article is taken from ...
• international news section
69. “Drapes” in this context means...
• long thick curtains
70. “To provide” in this context means ...
• to cause or arrange
71. “Conceivable” in this context means ...
• that can be believed
72. “Collaboration” in this context means ...
• cooperation
73. This article is taken from ...
• political news rubric
74. “To come near the end” in this context means ...
• to be next to finish
75. The best ending sentence for the text is ...
• He also said the two nations have a chance to build "a new century of the Americas"
76. “Array” in this context means ...
• an ordered group
77. “Draft” in this context means ...
• the first rough of smth written