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Unit 8 Workbook b1
Unit 8 Workbook b1
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. would you like to be on
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(hoose the correct answers. B Circlethe correctwords.
1 Do you followany ? l'd ratherreadan onlinenewspapermyself. 1 JackhasbeenstLldyingmffi
lffi&@fi for threeyears.
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2 l'vejLst boughtmy fir$ -l l think l pre{erit to the pape' versionl inv;tedlotsofguestsonto hisshow
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3 Someofrhe spods on theradiocanget quitea'rnoyingl ffilaboutthe planecrashwere
verydisturbing.
a cornmentary b critic
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a ThisSunday's
newspapefcontainsa great€ookery-. in the
woffiedaboutthe mistake
a ffgure b measurementc supplement morningnewspaper
5 Thesales showthat the magazineis gettingmorepopular. why arethereso manyWffi
a commentary b figures ffiau'ing
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a correspondentsb media the soapoperawasunusuallypositive
7 In theJanuarv-. thereare loadsoJwinterfashionideas. tonightcomparedwith most o{
the timei
7 AnselAdamswasone ofthe most
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A Readthe ExamReminder.What technroue optionscarefullyto understandthe differences
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will h6lp you noticethe differences berweenther, and to circleary (ey detais.
betweenanswerootions? . Focuson detailswhenlistening,and don'tforgetthat
you couldhearthe answefat the beginning,middle
or end ofthe recording.
B EIII Listenand completeth6 Examlask
Exam Task
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rubbish.
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4 DutchMasters the bestcartoonistin the country
they would cancelthe radioshow.
6 the announcement would be madelive on TV
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celebrity
8 50 millioneuros.
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For questions 1-8, r€ad the text below and decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best fits each gap.
Whistleblowers
Whistleblowerc are peoplewho revealthat somethingillesalis happeningin a
(1) departmentor a comPanY. Theirmost GOVERN a
(2) tool is the massmedia,whlchpaysthousands ofeurosto POWER
pubiishtheir stories.Whistleblowers musthavestrongevidenceto supporttheir
claims.After they havecontacteda (3) JOURNAL 6
(4) their claimsarecheckedto makesurethey aretrue. EDIT
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The decisionjs then madewhetherto printthe storyor not. O{ten,the revelations
are aboutwell'knownpublicnguressuchas (5) of leadins POLIT|CS
businesspeople. Becauseii is very risky,the whistleblowers'namesare not revealed
Typeso,fwfons-doin9include(6) activities,threatsto public CRIME
healthand (7) and muchmore.By reportingon the story the
(inthe caseof newspapers)or ratings(inthe READER
caseof a W statjon). The whistleblower receivesa largesum of money and a storyo{
wrong-doingjs revealedto the public.
C For questions 1-8, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words,
including the word given.
Can live?
needs help with the acto6.
helped
to yourdoor
wildeliverthe newspaper
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for the information.
Theythink a whistlebloweris responsible
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abouthow the worldof mediais quicklychanging'
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andlnformsusofimportantdetails Forthisreason,l will watchthlsentneseries'
6soq3s vrha+lta However, someofthe claimsshould be suppo.tedbv moreproof Witholt do!bt' whist
'joltt lir<ato tee l readership ofonline newsis rislng, readership of newspapers is declininglbelleve
thatthisshould be investigated further In mv personalopinion, lenjoyhearpersonaL
stories.lthereforerecommend the presenters, orthe reporters,go to talkto editorsand
publishers aboutthelrproblems,with the cameramen filmingthe discusslons'
To surnup, it is understandlng thatth'" publicwishestobe informedof howtheirworld
is changing.Wlth extra commeniaries, I am sureevenmorepeoPlewi ltune on l look
foMard to the next programme.
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D Readand completethe ExamTaskbelow.Don't {orget to usethe UsefulExpressions
page 105o{ your Student'sBook.
Exam Task
or world
!s' and
:ow muchdo vouknowaboutvourwond?Thisisa newsenese/p oringtheenvronmenr2ro!'d
- o * r . r h a n q t _ g' . e f i ! e p ' o o e w i l r o c s o n w ' a t w e I o a a b o L r ' I r a t e c L d - g e a ' d w e |*t d l l
:o rariouspeo'pJ abouttheirviewson the subiectwe alsod iscussour preParednessfor cllmatechange
.,tal areiour viewson c imatechange?Tuneii on W€d.esdavsat 6Pmon Channel5 to seeil vou agree
:R.welovewatchinqtv.comhasaskedviewerstopostrevlewsonthefirstepisodeofihisnewTVseries'
ieeatneextract{romthewebsiteaboutthesefiesandthenwritevourreview(140-190words)
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I Thispopularnewry seriesis a(n)- of a classic
'Yes,l'm ookingfor a book, but I can't rememberthe
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b adaptation d critic
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B Circle the correct words.
1 lt! ha.dto avoidmaking/to makemistakes.
2 Sherefusedsaying/to sayanlthlng aboutthe test.
3 What is the better/ bestbook you haveeverread?
4 Thiscakeis not astastyas/ like the lastone you made
5 The complter lab wasequip/ equippedwith the latesttechnology
6 It / He is tholght that the universeis 14 bi lionyearso d.
7 Why did he denyto be / being paidthe money?
8 Marthais sajdto have/ havingthe loudestvoicein the class.
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C Rewrite the sentencesin the passive.
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Sorneoneneedsto washthe car. 5 Youhaveto feed it twicea day.
Theyteachcomputerscience
at this college. Nobodysaidanythingaboutthe problem.
Computerscience-. Nothing-.