Everyday Vocabulary: Television

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Everyday Vocabulary: Television

TELEVISION

Mass __1__ is a phrase often used to describe ways of giving information and entertainment to very large numbers of people. It includes newspapers, advertising and radio and, of course, television. In most countries people can __2__ to any of three or four different __3__. Do television programs influence our minds? Do they __4__ us? Is the news completely __5__ (neutral) or is it __6__ (considered from one particular point of view)? Don’t the __7__ for alcohol, food and other goods condition our minds? Even the __8__ going on week after week telling the story of one family or group of people sometimes make us want to copy the life-style we see on the screen. Also __9__ which give people big prizes for answering simple questions can make us greedy. Some programs are watched by tens of millions of __10__.

- A) press
- B) information
- C) media
- D) entertainment
- A) button
- B) switch
- C) control
- D) change
- A) channels
- B) objectives
- C) buttons
- D) medias
- A) indoctrinate
- B) switch
- C) treat
- D) motivate
- A) subjective
- B) objective
- C) partial
- D) biased
- A) objective
- B) subjective
- C) fair
- D) impartial
- A) products
- B) publications
- C) commercials
- D) comments
- A) movies
- B) documentaries
- C) commercials
- D) soap operas
- A) documentaries
- B) soap operas
- C) commercials
- D) quiz shows
- A) viewers
- B) spectators
- C) audience
- D) crowd

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