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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Media Image

What is the news about?

Tik tok and The US Governemnt

A launch of Tik Tok in US

Tik Tok offers a new program for advertisers

Tik Tok facilitates anyone to campaign.

Tik Tok now has a business devision for marketing.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Par. 1 Moscow – A Russian journalist has uncovered evidence of another Soviet nuclear catastrophe, which killed 10 sailors and contaminated an entire town.

Par. 2 Yelena Vazrshavskya is the first journalist to speak to people who witnessed the explosion of a nuclear submarine at the naval base of shkotovo – 22 near Vladivostock.

Par. 3 The accident, which occurred 13 months before the Chernobyl disaster, spread radio active fall-out over the base and nearby town, but was covered up by officials of the Soviet Union. Residents were told the explosion in the reactor of the Victor-class submarine during a refit had been a ‘thermal’ and not a nuclear explosion. And those involved in the clean up operation to remove more than 600 tones of contaminated material were sworn secrecy.

The social function of the text is ....

to entertain the readers

to explain the process of the explosion

to describe the explosion

to inform about a news worthy event

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the purpose of the text?

To inform readers about arrested man for buying an infant

To describe the important person for readers

To argue that arresting the man is important

To explain how police arrested the man

To convince reader that buying infant is illegal

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 12 pts

What is the generic structure of the text above?

Newsworthy event – Background events – Sources

Orientation – Complication – Reorientation

Orientation – Series of event – Reorientation

Stating thesis – Arguments – Reiteration

Goal – Equipments – Steps

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What tenses are commonly used in the news item text?

Simple Future Tense

Simple Present Tense

Simple Past Tense

Simple ContinousTense

Simple Past Future Tense

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the purpose of news item?

To convince the readers about an issue

To explain about a natural phenomenon.

To describe an important event.

To inform readers about an event.

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Here are the generic structure of news item , except ... .

Newsworthy events

Orientation

Backgrounds events

Sources

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