Ex. 1. Below are 18 typical extracts from different parts of a newspaper. Identify each one with one of the following words or phrases.
1. The word is that Clinton Ross, 32, playboy son of US steel billionaire Dwight Ross, has left his girlfriend, actress Lee-Ann Van Post, 26, and is now in Europe. 2. Prince Edward (left) enjoys a joke with actor Sam Cool (centre). 3. PREMIER TO PROBE RIDDLE OF “SPIES IN MINISTRY” 4. He received a number of international literary awards, culminating in the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. He leaves a widow and two sons. 5. Today is good day to do business but a bad one for romance. Don’t take members of the opposite sex too seriously today. 6. Our front page today gives details of the government’s new economic proposals. Our readers may think, as we do, that these measures are too little and too late. We say to the government, not for the first time, it is time … 7. Mix two egg yolks with butter in a frying-pan over a low gas. Add sugar and then … 8. A pair of silver George II candlesticks fetched £17,000. Bidding was slow for Victorian oil paintings but a landscape by Somers went for £55,000. 9. Robson equalized with a header from five yards just before the half-time whistle. 10. The cheapest bucket-shop air-return to Hong Kong is now about £480 and Hong Kong is a good base to visit Macao, China and Taiwan. The best season is … 11. Mr Richard Caulder (West Hull, Labour) asked if the Minister of transport could inform MPs of train-fate concessions for pensioners. However, the Speaker declared that … 12. Now is the time to plant roses. Put trees in at least 2’ apart, and cover roots with 6” of soil. 13. A hard-hitting documentary series starts tonight at 10 p.m. Viewers might be shocked at scenes of … 14. Road holding and fuel consumption are good but otherwise the performance lacks zip. B
1. An article stating the policy of a newspaper. 2. Unofficial news which may have no basis in fact. 3. The introduction to a book written by the author. 4. A company which pays for a broadcast in return for advertising. 5. The payment made to an author for the number of books sold. 6. A book containing instructions for doing or using something. 7. The first version of piece of writing. 8. A shorter way of writing a common phrase. 9. A leaflet delivered free to a large number of people. 10. A person who watches television.
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