B. Complete the sentences by using the correct forms of the key words.

1. Even if the set is on, there is no guarantee that … are giving it their full attention. 45 per cent say they read during programmes, 27 per cent talk on the phone and 26 per cent do housework.

2. Do you think there are a lot of high-powered lawyers, doctors out there who say they don’t watch TV and secretly go home at night and turn the … on and play …?

3. People think that because you’re on the … and act like a fool, you must be like that all the time.

4. Despite its claims to superiority, the BBC is likely to start as the 56th button on an American viewer’s ….

5. Whatever they pay, customers are left with a … zapper that looks as if it could land a spaceship.

6. … through the television channels in a big American city. You will naturally get at least one Spanish-language channel beaming in news of Latin America and lurid Spanish-language soap operas.

7. All the available evidence suggests a huge public appetite for lust and ….

8. It’s not a family film as it’s a bit messy in parts and some scenes are very ….

9. Hans, played by Hans Hirschmuller, has taken to beating up his young wife Irmgard (Irm Hermann). This tale of domestic … contains many of the usual Fassbinder traits.

10. Glancing through the television programmes for the week I was struck by the number of films advertised containing violence, murder and ….