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WorksheetsNEWS ITEMS 12
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Worksheet time: 2mins
News item is a text that ... .
present critical analysis on events or works for readers or public audiences
describe how something is achieved through a sequence of actions or steps
inform readers about events of the day
retell important information
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.
The news 'Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters block airport' mainly discussed about an issue that happened in ... .
Asia
Europe
America
Africa
The news 'Floods, landslides to dominate 2019 amid continuing environmental damage' mainly discussed about an issue that happened ... .
locally
nationally
globally
universal
YONKERS, Nov 12 th. A four alarm fire damaged 14 stores today in the Cross County Shopping Center, the largest shopping center in Westchester County.
Two fire investigators said the blaze apparently started in a pile of cardboard cartons at the rear of a shoe store and spread through a utilities duct above the 13 other stores. The fire started at 4.40 p.m. and was declared under control at 6.14 p.m. The center is on the Cross County Parkway at the Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Thruway.
Five fire-fighters were busy at the scene. Lieut. John Carey of the Yonkers Arson Squad said the cause of the fire was under investigation.
The text mainly tells us about ....
The Yonkers Arson Squad
The blaze at a shoe store
A fire in the shopping center
A shopping center in the cross county
The largest shopping center in Westchester County
Two fire investigators said the blaze apparently started in a pile of cardboard cartons at the rear of a shoe store and spread through a utilities duct above the 13 other stores. The fire started at 4.40 p.m. and was declared under control at 6.14 p.m. The center is on the Cross County Parkway at the Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Thruway.
Five fire-fighters were busy at the scene. Lieut. John Carey of the Yonkers Arson Squad said the cause of the fire was under investigation.
The fire has lasted about ....
Half an hour
Forty five minutes
One hour
One and a half hours
Two hours
Spanish thief saw himself as Robin Hoodlike bandit
Madrid (Reuters) – Spain’s most wanted thief, “The Loner,” saw himself as a Robin Hood – style fi gure and said he robbed banks only because they stole money from the public, his lawyer said Thursday.
Accused of killing three policemen and holding up more than 30 banks, Jaime Jimenez Arbe was planning to move on to insurance companies when he was arrested last month, Spanish media reported, citing lawyer Jose Mariano Trillo-Figueroa.
“I am not a killer and if I was obliged to shoot at offi cers of the law, it was always against my will and in order to avoid being arrested,” Jimenez said in a letter reproduced on the websites of newspaper El Pais and El Mundo. Trillo-Figueroa said Jimenez, who robbed the banks disguised in a false beard and a wig, thinks of himself as Curro Jimenez, a Spanish 1970s television bandit in the style of Robin Hood.
The Loner was arrested in Portugal, armed with a submachine gun in preparation for another bank robbery – Reuters.
What is the text about?
The website of newspaper El Pais and El Mundo
Spanish media reporter, Jose Mariano Trillo Figueroa
The arresting of Spain’s most wanted thief in Portugal
A submachine gun in preparation for another bank robbery
A Spanish 1970s television bandit in the style of Robin Hood
Accused of killing three policemen and holding up more than 30 banks, Jaime Jimenez Arbe was planning to move on to insurance companies when he was arrested last month, Spanish media reported, citing lawyer Jose Mariano Trillo-Figueroa.
The Loner was arrested in Portugal, armed with a submachine gun in preparation for another bank robbery – Reuters.
Before arrested, Jaime Jimenez Arbe ... in Spain.
Had just robbed policemen
Had robbed 30 banks
Would have killed three officers of the law
Had robbed insurance companies
Had been working for companies
Madrid (Reuters) – Spain’s most wanted thief, “The Loner,” saw himself as a Robin Hood – style figure and said he robbed banks only because they stole money from the public, his lawyer said Thursday.
The reason why “The Loner” robbed banks is because ....
His lawyer helped him
He was the most wanted thief in Spain
He was accused of killing three policemen
He believed that the banks stole money from the public
He saw himself as a Robin Hood-style figure
The Loner was arrested in Portugal, armed with a submachine gun in preparation for another bank robbery – Reuters.
“Trillo-Figueroa said Jimenez, who robbed the banks disguised in a false beard and a wig ...“ (Paragraph 3)
The underlined word ‘disguised’ means ....
Changed appearance
Reduced confidence
Damaged reputation
Exposed to view
Made known
