Music television

At 12:01 on 1 August 1981, a new American cable TV channel broadcast the video of a song by The BuggIes called Vuieo Killed the Radio Star.This was the (0) ..... MTV was born. Before this, pop and rock artists relied on radio to (1) ..... their audiences, but now audiences could actually see their

favourite bands (2) ..... their greatest hits on a TV channel entirely (3) ..... to music.

• A touch

• B stretch

• C catch

• D reach

This was the (0) ..... MTV was born. Before this, pop and

rock artists relied on radio to (1) ..... their audiences, but now audiences could actually see their

favourite bands (2) ..... their greatest hits on a TV channel entirely (3) ..... to music.

• A perform

• B act

• C show

• D display

This was the (0) ..... MTV was born. Before this, pop and

rock artists relied on radio to (1) ..... their audiences, but now audiences could actually see their

favourite bands (2) ..... their greatest hits on a TV channel entirely (3) ..... to music.

• A specialised

• B interested

• C devoted

• D closed

Some critics (4) ..... the channel would fail, and some musicians felt annoyed about having to act and

dance in videos to win over fans.

• A checked

• B confirmed

• C proved

• D believed

Other artists, (5) ..... as Madonna and Michael Jackson, took (6) ..... of the coverage, and it helped to make them into cultural icons.

• A such

• B like

• C just

• D same

Other artists, (5) ..... as Madonna and Michael Jackson, took (6) ..... of the coverage, and it helped to make them into cultural icons.

• A benefit

• B advantage

• C profit

• D assistance

MTV both influenced and was influenced by the young generation, and the channel had an (7) ..... on style, fashion and trends.

• A impression

• B improvement

• C impact

• D inspiration

Over the following years, MTV (8) ..... globally, bringing music television to Europe in 1987 and Asia ten years later.

• A expanded

• B heightened

• C enlarged

• D increased

Nowadays there are few people in the world who have not (9) ..... of MTV.

• A known

• B noticed

• C listened

• D heard

Since the channel's humble beginnings, the first MTV viewers have grown older and now themselves have children who (10) ..... the channel.

• A see

• B watch

• C look

• D view