NEWS ITEM QUIZ

Democracy party leads the polling.

From the headline above, we can infer that the news is possibly about

• politics

• economy

• sport

• showbiz

• Criminal

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The following is not the function of news headline:

• to attract the reader 's attention

• to pre-screen the the news

• to draw the reader to the news

• to select your readers

• to give general information

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Who is Tomlinson going to replace? According to the news, he is going to replace ....

• Louis Walsh

• Sinitta

• Harry Styles

• Zayn Malik

• Liam Payne

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rom the text, we know that the source of the news is ....

• Daily Mail

• Louis Walsh

• Sinitta

• The former Westlife managers on TV3 Ireland

• X Factor

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And according to Sinitta, mentor in the X Factor, if Louis Tomlinson becomes one of the judges, it will be a wornderful thing.

The sentence above is an example of ...

• reported speech

• direct quotation

• passive voice

• quoted speech

• news conclusion

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From the news, we know that Armanatha Nasir is ...

• Philippines Ambassador

• Indonesia Foreign Ministry spokesman

• Philippines Foreign Ministry spokesman

• The head state of Philippines

• Indonesia Foreign Minister

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The following statements are correct according to the text, except ....

• There are 109 heads of state are invited to Asia - Africa Conference

• The conference will be attended by more than 25 heads of state

• The President of Philippines has submitted a formal letter of his absence.

• The Foreign Ministry spokesman confirmed that Benigno Aquino III will be absent.

• The Philippines does not give any reason due to their absence in the conference.

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The following headlines are suitable for the news, except....

• 10 gold medals streak in a week!

• We got 10 gold medals and still counting.

• Indonesia dominates Sea Games 2014

• Indonesia won Sea Games 2014

• Indonesia contingent: one week, ten medals

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The most possible direct quotation from the text above is ....

• "Our badminton players won five gold medals", said the minister.

• "We have all these achievement because the athletes have prepared themselves month before", said the minister

• "Indonesian are really proud of them", said the minister.

• "Indonesia representatives have won ten gold medals in the first week of Sea Games 2014", said the minister.

• "We have ten medals from badminton, archery, running and tennis", said the minister.

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Indonesia claims three gold medals.

From the headline above, we can infer that the news is possibly about ....

• sport

• business

• politics

• economy

• agriculture

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