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Everyday Vocabulary: Newspapers

NEWSPAPERS

A newspaper makes its money from the price people pay for it and also from the __1__ it carries. A popular newspaper with a(an) __2__ of over five million daily makes a lot of money. Less serious newspapers are probably read just for __3__. They have big __4__ above the news stories, funny __5__ to look at and __6__ photos of violence. The __7__ columns are full of stories of the private lives of famous people. No one takes the political __8__ of such papers very seriously. On the other hand, in a free country where there is no __9__, serious newspapers are read principally for their news, sent to them by their __10__ round the world and by the big news __11__. People also read these newspapers for their __12__ of new books, films and plays and for their __13__, which represent the opinion of the newspaper itself about the important events and issues of the moment.

    • A) editorials
    • B) advertising
    • C) circulation
    • D) censorship
    • A) editorial
    • B) advertising
    • C) circulation
    • D) censorship
    • A) review
    • B) advertising
    • C) entertainment
    • D) correspondent
    • A) reviews
    • B) headlines
    • C) subtitles
    • D) gossip columns
    • A) cartoons
    • B) headlines
    • C) gossip columns
    • D) jokes
    • A) amusing
    • B) funny
    • C) hilarious
    • D) sensational
    • A) cartoon
    • B) view
    • C) gossip
    • D) circulation
    • A) circulation
    • B) views
    • C) entertainment
    • D) sensations
    • A) editorial
    • B) advertising
    • C) circulation
    • D) censorship
    • A) reviews
    • B) editorials
    • C) speakers
    • D) correspondents
    • A) firms
    • B) centers
    • C) companies
    • D) agencies
    • A) reviews
    • B) headlines
    • C) entertainment
    • D) correspondents
    • A) editorials
    • B) advertisings
    • C) circulations
    • D) gossip columns
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