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WorksheetsAE Unit 3 Chapter 5 Text 3 'Privacy and the Media'
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 41mins
Whose relationship was in the news for many months in 1998?
What do we call people that take pictures of famous people?
Who illegally listened to the voice mail accounts of Prince William and Prince Harry in 2005?
What did WikiLeaks publish in 2010?
quit a job (paragraph 2 lines 8-18)
(a)
rubbish bins (Paragraph 3 lines 19-32)
(a)
to look at secretly (Paragraph 3 lines 19-32)
(a)
periods of ten years (paragraph 4 lines 33-41)
(a)
sad event (Paragraph 5 lines 42-56)
(a)
very big (Paragraph 6 lines 57-68)
(a)
stay (Paragraph 7 lines 69-81)
(a)
True or false?
"President Bill Clinton was forced to resign as a result of a scandal."
true
false
True or false?
"Some journalists search through garbage to find information about celebrities."
True
False
True or false?
"Digital technology has made the job of paparazzi easier."
True
False
True or false?
"In 1977, journalists illegally accessed the private voice mail of Princess Diana."
False
True
True or false?
"As a result of the release of the Pentagon Papers, all Americans began to oppose the Vietnam War."
False
True
True or false?
"Wikileaks published information about secret activity in Iran."
True
False
True or false?
"Publication of secret documents on Wikileaks embarrassed many officials."
True
False
True or false?
"Journalists believe that the public's right to know is always more important than a person's right to privacy."
True
False
Answer the following questions with information from the text.
1- Why do some people believe a politician’s personal life is relevant to his or her job performance?
Answer the following questions with information from the text.
2- Write three ways the media try to find out about the lives of famous people.
Answer the following questions with information from the text.
3- Why do the Paparazzi fight to take the best photo?
Answer the following questions with information from the text.
4- What was the result of newspapers accessing the voice mail accounts of Prince William and Prince Harry?
Answer the following questions with information from the text.
5- How can the media affect national security?
Answer the following questions with information from the text.
6- What were the consequences of the publishing of e-mails between administrators in the government? Write 2.
