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

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

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

• Louis Walsh

• Sinitta

• Harry Styles

• Zayn Malik

• Liam Payne

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Indonesia claims three gold medals.

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

• sport

• business

• politics

• economy

• agriculture