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UNIT 7. THE MASS MEDIA
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. media
B. television
C. scene
D. secret
2. A. cartoon
B. moon
C. food
D. too
3. A. theatre
B. heavy
C. headline
D. weather
4. A. development
B. comedy
C. documentary
D. comment
5. A. understand
B. punishment
C. culture
D. return
6. A. forecast
B. portrait
C. information
D. shortage
7. A. hour

A. great
A. explain
A. education
A. faithful
A. grammar
A. lays
A. stage

21. A. sign
22. A. wildlife

23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

A. promise
A. distribute
A. typhoon
A. given
A. figure
A. routine
A. divisible
A. hair

B. population

D. package

B. minor
B. deliver
B. devise
B. reliable
B. occupy
B. risen
B. describe
B. determine
B. design
B. stairs

C. rival
C. provide
C. surprise
C. triangle
C. physical
C. ridden
C. principle
C. reliable
C. disease
C. airport

D. typical
D. violent
D. realize
D. revival
D. psychology
D. whiten

9. A. programme
B. photograph
C. punishment
10. A. violent
B. encourage
C. advantage

D. comment
D. magazine
D. entertainment
D. effective
D. interfere
D. intend
D. visually
D. intend
D. distinctive
D. exciting

III. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.
1. You can hear BBC news.............. all over the world.
A. shows
B. announcements
C. receipts
D. programs
2. Television can make things...................because it presents information in an things effective way.
A. memory
B. memorial
C. memorable
D. memorably
3. Do you understand this..............? “200 WOMEN GIVEN WRONG DIAGNOSIS”

B. complaints
C. commands
D. comedies
8. A..................is a film with factual information, often about a problem in society.
A. series .
B. soap opera
C. documentary
D. drama
9. There was a report .......... The Independent .................. this new law.
A. on/ for
B. in/ to
C. in/ about
D. on/ in
10. .......................is a system connecting millions of computer worldwide.
A. The television
B. The Internet
C. The media
D. The phone
11.Some people believe that punishment is a / an......................way of bringing up children.
A. new
B. good
C. memorable
D. effective
12.You can get……………....by connecting the internet.
A. digit
B. time
C. computation
D. information
13. Which channel do you recommend to someone who likes animals?
A. suggest

B. cartoon
C. comedy
D. documentary
20.……………presents information and entertainment orally.
A.Radio
B. The Internet
C. Television
D. Newspaper
IV. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.
1. This is the fifth time you................. me the same question.
A. ask
B. asked
C. are asking
D. have asked
2. I've lived in a small house near the coast.....................1990.
A. from
B. since
C. in
D. for
3. Since Mr Hassan................... president, both taxes and unemployment ..............
A. has become/ increased
B. became/ increased
C. became/ have increased
D. has become/ have increased
4. So far this week there................ three burglaries in our street.
A. are
B. were
C. have been
D. had been
5. I ………….a cough since yesterday.


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V. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.
1. He always did well at school ……..…having his early education disrupted by illness
A.on account of
B.in addition to
C. even though
D. in spite of
2. …………….the heavy rain, he went out without a raincoat.
A.Although
B. In spite
C. Despite
D. Even
3. There were a lot of accidents………………..the city roads.
A.thanks to
B. owing to
C. because
D. because of
4. Nobody could hear her …………….she spoke too quietly.
A.so
B. however
C. although
D. because
5. ……………..of all our efforts, we failed.
A.Although
B. Despite
C. In spite

C. and
D. but
12. ……………his injuries, he bears no animosity towards his attackers.
A. Because of
B. But for
C. In spite of
D. Without
13. He always gets bad marks ...................his laziness.
A. because
B. although
C. because of
D. in spite of
14. .............................his poor family, he studies very well.
A. Although
B. In spite of
C. Because
D. Because of
15. .....................the shortages of good medical care, diseases are the most terrible threat to those villagers.
A. Because of
B. Although
C. In spite of
D. Because
16. …………. the bad condition of the house, we didn’t buy it.
A. Thanks to
B. Apart from
C. In spite of
D. Because of
17. Mr.Thanh runs three kilometers every morning …………..his age.
A. despite of
B. although

A
B
C
D
4. An advantage of Internet news reports is that they can be constant updated.
A
B
C
D
5. The magazine went out of business because it did not have subscribers enough.
A
B
C
D
6. The editor was famous for being choosy about who she wanted on her staff
A
B
C
D
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7. It is convenient to subscribe to the newspaper although it is delivered to your house daily.
A
B
C

C
D
14. I didn’t watch a football match on TV for a long time.
A
B
C
D
15. Because of coming into the office on weekends, Mr. Smith never gets enough work done.
A
B
C
D
16. The class was cancelled because of there weren’t enough students.
A
B
C D
17. Although his early lead, Hudson lost the race.
A
B
C
D
18. Although they been advertised the position for six months, none of the people who have
A
B
C
D
applied for a job is qualified.
19. We can't go to Julia's party because of we're going away that weekend.
A
B

D. known
4. A. spend
B. spent
C. spending
D. to spend
5. A. convenience B. inconvenience
C. convenient
D. inconvenient
VIII. Choose the correct answer - a, b, c, or d.
A newspaper makes money from the price people pay for it and also from the advertisements it carries.
A popular newspaper with a circulation of over five million a day makes a lot of money. Serious newspapers are
read principally for their news, sent to them by their correspondents around the world and by the big news
agencies. People also read these newspapers for their reviews of new books, movies, plays, and for their
editorials, which present the opinion of the newspaper itself about the important events and issues of the
moment. Less serious newspapers are probably read just for entertainment. They have big headlines above the
news stories, funny cartoons to look at and sensational photos of violence.
1. With the advertisements, the other way for a newspaper to make money is from………
A. the news
B. the advertisements
C. the price people pay for it
D. the correspondents
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2. A popular newspaper will earn a lot of money if it has a circulation of………a day.
A. less than 5 million

3. When did you last ride a bike?
How long ___________________
A. have you ridden a bike?
B. is it since you rode a bike?
C. is it since you have got a bike-ride?
D. have you been riding a bike?
4. I've still got the camera because no one has claimed it.
I've still got the camera _________
A. because it hasn't been claimed. B. because of not claiming on it.
C. because of no claim has been made on it. D. because it has been claimed by no one
5.
She is old, but she tries to climb the mountain very often.
A. Although she is old, but she tries to climb the mountain very often .
B. Because she is old, she tries to climb the mountain very often .
C. Because of her old age, she tries to climb the mountain very often .
D. In spite of her old age, she tries to climb the mountain very often .
6. My wait in the queue has lasted forty minutes so far.
I ______________________________
A. waited in the queue forty minutes ago.
B. was waiting in the queue for forty minutes.
C. have been waiting in the queue for forty minutes. D. wait in the queue in forty minutes.
7. Susan hasn’t driven a car before.
A. It is the first time Susan goes by car.
B. It is the first time Susan is driving a car.
C. It is the first time Susan has driven a car.
D. It is the first time Susan goes in a car.
8. He was tired, but he agreed to play tennis.
A. Although he was tired, but he agreed to play tennis.
B. Because he was tired, he agreed to play tennis.
C. In spite of his tiredness, he agreed to play tennis. D. Despite tired, he agreed to play tennis.

B. In spite of the weather changed, the picnic went ahead as planned.
C. In spite the change in the weather, the picnic went ahead as planned.
D. In spite of changing the weather, the picnic went ahead as planned.
14. Although his legs were broken, he managed to get out of the car before it exploded.
A. Despite his legs to be broken, he managed to get out of the car before it exploded.
B. Despite his broken legs, he was able to get out of the car before exploding.
15. He could not afford to buy the car
A. He couldn’t buy the car because it was too expensive
B. He bought the car because it was expensive
C. He bought the car though it was expensive
D. He had enough money but he didn’t buy the car
16. Despite his inexperience in the field, John applied for the job.
A. John was unable to do the job because he was inexperienced.
B. John applied for the job because he has experience in the field.
C. John did not apply for the job because of his inexperience in the field.
D. John applied for the job even though he has no experience in the field.
17. Barry continued to smoke even though we had advised him to quit.
A. Barry took our advice so he stopped smoking.
B. If we had advised Barry, he would have quit smoking.
C. Barry did not quit smoking because of our advice.
D. Despite being told not to smoke, Barry continued to do.
18. Mary tried to keep calm although she was very disappointed.
A. Mary was too disappointed to keep calm.
B. Disappointed as she was, Mary tried to keep calm.
C. Mary lost her temper because of her disappointment.
D. Feeling disappointed, Mary tried to keep calm, but she failed.
19. Because it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it.
A. I stayed up all night to finish the novel, therefore, it was interesting.
B. Unless it were an interesting novel, I would stay up all night to finish it.
C. Though it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it.

A. They didn’t get good seats because they arrived too late
B. They arrived late enough to get good seats
C. They had to stand for the whole show
D. We couldn’t get good seats although we arrived early
25. In spite of all our efforts, we failed in the final match.
A. Although we tried very hard, we failed in the final match.
B. We made all our efforts so that we could gain success in the final match.
C. Whatever efforts we had made, we weren’t able to win in the final match.
D. We failed in the final match as a result of all our great efforts.

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