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 A computer that fits on a desk, used by individuals at work or at home, is __________________.
desktop

 A device inside a computer that stores large amounts of information is __________________.
hard disk

 A document on the Web giving information about a person or institution is a __________________.
home page

 A film describing events leading up to ones in a film made earlier is a __________________.
prequel

 A group of people who have the same interests, who e-mail one another live as a group is __________________.
chat-room

 A hard-hitting documentary series starts tonight at 10 p.m. Viewers might be shocked at scenes of...
television preview

 A huge portion of the internet containing linked docu, ents, called pages, is __________________.
the Web

 A lightweight portable computer small enough to fit in your hand is __________________.
palmtop

 A lightweight portable computer that usually fits in a briefcase is __________________.
laptop

 A list of common questions and helpful answers is __________________.
FAQ

 A machine for transfering pictures and texts into a computer is __________________.
scanner

 A meeting place on the Internet for discussion of a particular topic is __________________.
newsgroup

 A pair of silver George II candlesticks fetched 17 000 pounds. Bidding was slow for Victorian oil paintings but a landscape by Somers went for 55 000 pounds.
auction report

 A piece of equipment that sends information from one computer along telephone lines to another computer is __________________.
modem

 A program on the grid you create with it to perform mathematical operations is __________________.
spreadsheet

 A small plastic disk that stores information is __________________.
floppy

 A writer or broadcster who gives their opinion of a production, performance, record or book in a review or, more formally, a notice is a __________________.
critic

 Across:1. kind of tree (5), 2. child (3), 4. performed (5)...
crossword clues

 Although best levels were not held, shares __________________.
advanced

 An apparatus that allows information to be read from a disk or stored is __________________.
disk drive

 Audiences traditionally show their appreciation at the end of a performance and sometimes during it by __________________.
clapping

 Breach of privacy outside someone’s house is __________________.
doorstepping

 

 Business newspapers often publish __________________ of vacancies companies have.
advertisements

 Choose the right answer: __________________ is the general term for editorial matter other than leading articles or features.
story

 Choose the right answer: “Popular” newspaper use gigantic __________________ and heavily illustrated __________________.
headlines; advrtisments

 Choose the right answer: “Popular” newspapers are mass-sall sensational publications with huge __________________.
circulations

 Choose the right answer: A __________________ is a magazine that comes out once a week as an addition to a newspaper.
colour supplement

 Choose the right answer: A __________________ is advance information, warning.
notice

 Choose the right answer: A __________________ is responsible for seeing that the continuity between one scene and another in a film is correct — for making sure that people do not suddenly wear different earrings.
continuity person

 Choose the right answer: A __________________ is someone who works in a newspaper office and decides on how the pages should be laid out, how stories need to be out, what headlines should be used and so on.
sub-editor

 Choose the right answer: A __________________ is the name given to an academic magazine.
journal

 Choose the right answer: A __________________ is written opinion of a book, play, film, etc.
review

 Choose the right answer: A short wave or a VHF radio can __________________ many interesting stations.
pick up

 Choose the right answer: Although our __________________ was expensive, we’ve taken some priceless film of our children.
camcorder

 Choose the right answer: Anyone who hasn’t __________________ the computer will have a problem in finding a good job.
explored

 Choose the right answer: Are you __________________ the Internet?.
on

 Choose the right answer: Before showing the film on TV they __________________ it.
censored

 Choose the right answer: British evening papers give full __________________ of major sporting events.
account

 Choose the right answer: Children of ten prefer looking at __________________ to reading books.
comics

 Choose the right answer: Do you send __________________ e-mail?.
much

 Choose the right answer: Do you write to many __________________?.
people

 Choose the right answer: E-mail makes keeping __________________ contact really easy.
in

 Choose the right answer: Every national newspaper has a mobile __________________ of reporters.
staff

 Choose the right answer: Have you got an extra __________________ of today’s newspaper?.
copy

 Choose the right answer: He asked us to turn the radio __________________ because he was tying to sleep.
down

 Choose the right answer: He doesn’t even get up from the sofa to change channels; he just presses __________________ on the __________________.
buttons; remote control

 Choose the right answer: He has a __________________ television.
small broken Japanese

 Choose the right answer: How many __________________ of the magazine have you already got?.
issues

 Choose the right answer: I like __________________ this magazine.
the look of

 Choose the right answer: I never __________________ away old letters.
throw

 Choose the right answer: I sent a letter last week and received a __________________ this week.
reply

 Choose the right answer: I want to watch the football game __________________ channel Six.
on

 Choose the right answer: I’ve advertised __________________ in the paper I hope I can sell it.
my big red coat

 Choose the right answer: If the TV programme doesn’t interest you, you __________________ it over to another channel.
switch

 Choose the right answer: If you want to watch TV you __________________ it.
plug

 Choose the right answer: Jane owns four __________________ televisions.
very large colour

 Choose the right answer: Kolokol, __________________ by AI Hergen, appeared in London on July st, .
edited

 Choose the right answer: Let’s go and buy __________________ television!.
another

 Choose the right answer: Literaturnaja Gazeta is __________________ by Union of Russian writers.
published

 Choose the right answer: Local papers __________________ local, national, and world news.
publish

 Choose the right answer: Local newspaper devote a lot of __________________ to reports of local events.
a space

 Choose the right answer: Main news stories in this paper never __________________ over into a following page.
run

 Choose the right answer: Much __________________ in small newspapers is received from news agencies.
matter

 Choose the right answer: My friend always writes the most __________________ letters.
boring

 Choose the right answer: My television __________________.
is always broken

 Choose the right answer: Our faculty wall newspaper is __________________ by the students themselves.
produced

 Choose the right answer: Serious news in “popular” newspapers is given in __________________ form or suppressed altogether.
compressed

 

 Choose the right answer: She said that __________________ wrote back to her.
nobody

 Choose the right answer: Short news __________________ occupied two columns on an inside page.
items

 Choose the right answer: Ted asked his son __________________ the remote control.
for

 Choose the right answer: Telephones, e-mail and faxes are types of __________________.
communication

 Choose the right answer: The __________________ is responsible for the arrangement of the news and features, the size and position of headlines etc.
make-up editor

 Choose the right answer: The __________________ is responsible for the choice of the news, events and stories the reporters cover.
news editor

 Choose the right answer: The “quality” press represents the interests of the __________________ and of major political parties of Britain.
government

 Choose the right answer: The BBC World Service __________________ throughout the world.
broadcasts

 Choose the right answer: The editor held a conference with his staff to plan the next day’s news __________________.
coverage

 Choose the right answer: The headlines of “quality” newspapers are __________________ statements, and not editorial yells as in “popular” newspapers.
information

 Choose the right answer: The major news story had a __________________ headline.
double-column

 Choose the right answer: The papers devote their front __________________ to the pictures.
pages

 Choose the right answer: The rise of the periodically published newspapers came with the invention of __________________.
printing

 Choose the right answer: The so-called “popular” tabloids of Britain give a great deal of their space to __________________.
sensations

 Choose the right answer: The times is a __________________ paper and caters for the interests of the Tories.
quality

 Choose the right answer: There are a lot of periodicals __________________ in various Subjects such as politics, finance, economics, science, etc.
specializing

 Choose the right answer: Think of it __________________ If the Internet were a book __________________ a webside would be a page in it.
like this; then

 Choose the right answer: This magazine is __________________ to housewives.
addressed

 Choose the right answer: Two reporters were sent to cover the foods __________________.
story

 Choose the right answer: We call the written lines in silent or foreign films __________________.
subtitles

 Choose the right answer: We talk all the time since he moved __________________.
next door

 Choose the right answer: We talked all night __________________ about old days.
past

 Choose the right answer: What are the main international problem __________________ today and what is Russia’s stand __________________ them?.
of, on

 Choose the right answer: When surfing channels you use a __________________.
remote control

 Choose the right answer: Who is a a couch potato?
TV viewer

 Choose the right answer: Who is a videot?
video-addicted man

 Choose the right answer: Who is an anchorperson?
announcer

 Choose the right answer: You can hear BBC news __________________ all over the world.
broadcasts

 Choose the right answer: You get so many exciting letters and postcards
always

 Choose the right answer: A: I don’t like to watch TV. — B: I don’t __________________.
either

 

 Choose the right answer: Columns and other nonnews matterare called __________________.
features

 Choose the right answer: He regularly __________________ the theatre column.
comtributes

 Choose the right answer: Mrs. Wise thinks there is __________________ violence on TV.
too much

 Choose the right answer: Newspapers give wide __________________ to world events in all countries.
coverage

 Choose the right answer: The __________________ is a person, or a corporation, who undertakes the printing of books, newspapers, etc., and their distribution to the public.
publisher

 Choose the right answer: The sports page speaks for itself: its __________________ is lively, remarkably full and many-sided.
coverage

 Choose the right answer: The main news story was __________________ on the front page.
carried

 Choose the right answer: The US press is characterized by an increasing concentration of power; the stronger papers __________________ the weaker ones.
absorb

 Choose the right answer: You like to __________________ and watch the talk shows.
stay up late

 Commercial programmes __________________ this channel are financed __________________ different companies which do not have anything to do __________________ the arrengement or content of these programmes.
on, by, with

 Commercial TV gets its money __________________ advertising.
from

 Company shares are listed or quoted on the __________________.
stock market

 Computer equipment or machinery is __________________.
hardware

 Do you ever visit any __________________ for pop stars or film stars?
websites

 He received a number of international literary awards, culminations in the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986. He leaves a widow and two sons.
obituary

 He’s a popular journalist, so he’s not a __________________ journalist. He’s the equivalent of a small-town gossip columnist.
high-brow

 Hidden instructions in a program designed to destroy information is __________________.
virus

 Hundreds of supporters shouted “Free her now” when Kiran awalia was __________________ bail.
refused

 I __________________ a good program from the Internet the other day. Would you like a copy?
downloaded

 I belong to a great __________________. I e-mail those who are interested in 1960s music every day.
chat forum

 I tried to send the photos by e-mail as an __________________ but the server was __________________.
attachment, down

 I’m always impressed by people who carry their __________________ on planes and work on them during the flight.
laptops

 I’ve lost a lot of data. I wonder if my computer has a __________________.
virus

 If __________________ parties or politicians get reelected, they receive a fresh mandste from the electorate for a new term of office.
incumbent

 If it looks as if there will be no clear winner or if there is no clear winner in the final outcome, commentators talk about a __________________.
dead heat

 If some critics like something and others don’t, it gets __________________.
mixed reviews

 If you play __________________ in a business or political situation, you act or negotiate in an aggressive way, and if you play __________________, you don’t.
hardball, softball

 If you use a __________________ in order to achieve your goal, you use subtle means whose purpose may not be immediately clear to others and which often involve taking a risk.
gambit

 If you want some photos of the USA, you could just try __________________ the Web. You’ll be amazed how many you can find.
surfing

 In London the dollar __________________ by a tiny margin at the outset.
edged up

 It’s so easy to use a __________________ when you want to send photographs to friends by e-mail. It’s just like using a photocopier.
scanner

 John Butcher, Conservative MP for Coventry South West, has campaigned in the Midlands for habitual violent offenders to be __________________ bail.
denied

 Media attention of an intense kind is blanket __________________.
coverage

 Mix two egg yolks wit butter in a frying-pan over a lowgas. Add sugar and then...
recipe

 Mr Richard Caulder (West Hull, Labour) asked if the Minister of Transport could inform the MPs of train-fare concessions for pensioners. However, the Speaker declared that...
parliamentary review

 News __________________ at regular intervals.
is broadcst

 Now is the time to plant roses. Put trees in at least 2 apart and cover roots with 6” of soil.
gardening tips

 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...
editorial

 Premier to probe Riddle of “spics in ministry”.
headline

 Prince Edward (left) enjoys a joke with actor Sam Cool (centre).
caption

 Programs that you put into a computer to make it run is __________________.
software

 Road holding and fuel cinsumption are good but otherwise the performance lacks zip.
new car report

 Robson equalized with a header from five yards just before the half-time whistle.
football

 Someone held in prison without being charged or tried is in __________________.
arbitrary detention

 Someone who commits a lot of crimes and goes on committing them is a __________________.
persistent offender

 Starting overcast with intermittent rain followed by sunny spells, max. temp. 21 C°.
weather forecast

 The BBC is financed __________________ payments which are made __________________ all people who have TV-sets.
by, by

 The cheapest bucket-shop air-return to Hong Kong is now about 480 pounds and Hong Kong is a good base to visit Macao, China and Taiwan. The best season is...
travel

 The final stages in a competitive situation or a conflict, especially when the final outcome is not clear, are the __________________.
endgame

 The memory available on a computer to store and use information temporarily, usually measured in megabytes, is __________________.
RAM

 The other day I __________________ some photos I’d taken so that I could send them to a friend in America.
scanned

 The synonym to the word “editorial” is __________________.
leader

 The word is that Clinton Roo, 32, playboy son of US steel billionaire Dwight Ross, has left his girlfriend, actress Lee-Ann Vom Post, 26, and is now in Europe.
gossip column

 Those __________________ disks don’t store nearly enough information.
floppy

 To navigate around the internet, sometimes aimlessly, is __________________.
to surf the net

 To transfer data or software from a large computer to a small one is __________________.
to download

 Today is a good day to do business but a bad one for romance. Don’t take members of the opposite sex today too seriously.
horoscope

 Viewers __________________ commercial TV have to watch advertisements __________________ petrol, washing machines, soap and many other items which they do not require __________________ and __________________ programmes.
of, for, between, during

 When market prices are rising or making gains, or gaining ground, journalists, traders and investors talk about a __________________.
bull market

 When prices are falling or losing ground, traders talk about a __________________.
bear market

 When scanning the photos I just __________________ the mouse and the program __________________.
clicked, cracked

 Where there are no clear winners or losers in a competitive situation, or no apparent solution to a conflict, there is __________________.
stalemate

 Writing and storing printed text on a computer is __________________.
word processing

 Yesterday at 7 p.m. Her Majesty gave a dinner-party at Windsor Castle for members of the Spanish Royal Family. At noon today Her Majesty will receive the new Ambassador of the Republic of Venezuela at Buckingham Palace.
court circular

 You really need to use your __________________ disk for all the data you want to store.
hard