Unit 11 The Media

Lesson4 What's in the Papers?

Reading comprehension

Find a proper headline for each article

Text A 1) Astronomers' amazing escape.

Text B 2) Bad language on TV not OK for kids.

Text C 3) Mum finds her four girls.

Choose the best answer

1. People's attitudes towards bad language on TV is ____.

A. they are strongly against

B. they don't mind at all

C. they think it's OK as long as it doesn't appear in children's programmes

　　D. they think it's natural

2. What's the result of the crash?

A. Only the truck driver was hurt.

B. The truck driver was killed in the crash.

C. Some astronomers were dead.

D. No one was seriously hurt in the crash.

3. Mum Lillian has not seen her daughters for ____.

　　　A. 31 years B. 34 years

　　　C. 36 years D. 38 years

4. How old were Lillian's children when she last saw them?

A. 7, 6, 5 and 4 years old.

B. 7, 5, 4 and 3 years old.

C. 7, 6, 5 and 3 years old.

D. 7, 5, 4 and 2 years old.

5. Why did some people find bad language "OK" in films?

A. It didn't affect audiences at all.

B. Compared with taking drugs, bad language was not a serious problem.

　　C. The dialogue and situation made it funny.

　　D. Bad language only appeared in adults' films.

6. Why was the truck driver lucky to escape?

A. The astronomers saved him.

B. The firemen helped him out of the windows.

　　C. The driver jumped out of the truck before the crash.

　　D. The passers-by saved him.

Language points and exercises:

1. According to a research published by Leeds University yesterday, people don't mind bad language on television as long as it is not used in programmes watched by children.

据利兹大学昨天发表的一项研究称，电视中的不良语言，只要不用于儿童节目，人们并不介意。

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