Television Quiz Places 1. where many TV programmes are filmed 2.

where the actors put on their costumes People 3. the person who introduces the news programme (US) 4. the actors who play characters in the crowd and rarely speak 5. the most important actor in a TV film Programmes 6. a funny series of programmes, usually involving the same characters and locations 7. a factual programme 8. reports about an event, broadcast as it happens 9. an announcement about something that has just happened (or is still happening) 10. recordings of mistakes made by actors and other well-known figures 11. a TV story about many people that usually lasts for years 12. an exciting ending to a TV episode (to encourage you to watch the next week) 13. a new series that is based on an earlier successful series 14. TV programmes that cost money to watch (e.g. a major football match) 15. an unscripted programme in which people are filmed as they live or try to do things The Schedule 16. a magazine where you can find out what is on TV 17. the time in the evening when most people watch TV 18. an on-screen listing of what is on TV 19. A time (9.00 pm in the UK) after which programmes unsuitable for children can be shown. Watching TV 20. a small hand-held device that lets you change channels 21. when you keep changing TV channels 22. a lazy person who watches TV for hours every day 23. a colloquial name for TV (UK) The TV Business

24. when different TV companies compete to win the biggest audience 25. when companies advertise by having their items visible in the programme itself 26. the way that BBC TV is funded in the UK Read the texts and decide which option best completes each collocation or fixed phrase After more than seventy years of television, it might seem only too obvious to conclude that it is (1) D to stay. There have been many objections to it during this time, of course, and on a variety of grounds. Did it cause eye strain? Did the advertisements contain subliminal (2) , persuading us to buy more and telling us who to vote for? Did children turn to violence through watching it, either because so many programmes taught them how to shoot, rob, and kill, or because they had to do something to (3) the hours they had spent (4) to the tiny screen? Or did it simply create a vast passive audience, drugged by glamorous serials and inane situation comedies? On the other hand, did it increase anxiety by (5) the news and (6) our living rooms with war, famine and political unrest? 1. A. around 2. A information B. communications 3. A. make up for B. 4. A. attached 5. A. scandalizingB. 6. A. filling B. B. there messages C. ready C. data D. here D. D. compensate D. adhered D. sensationalizing D. packing

negate C. deny B. fixed C. glued hyping C. dramatizing loading C. stuffing

These days its not just television which is (1) the blame for turning the nation into mindless couch potatoes. According to a recent report, the nations 11- to 15-year-olds who spend (2) 52 hours a week in front of a screen whether its the TV or the computers, and doctors and teachers are (3) worried about the effects. Sitting about watching TV or video games, instead of taking exercise, has clearly played its (4) in the rise in the number of seriously overweight children. Experts also believe that as a result of their exposure to fast-moving visual images, many children no longer (5) it possible to focus on reading, or sit still and pay attention in the classroom. Now these experts are saying that it is (6).. parents to help teenagers cut down on TV and computer use, and make sure that they spend equal amounts of time on other activities. 1. A. having B. setting 2. A. for the time being B. at any rate time 3. A. further B. excessively D. increasingly C. taking C. on average C. over D. making D. in

4. A. part 5. A. make concentrate 6. A. in for

B. cards B. find B. down with

C. joke C. believe C. up to

D. system D. D. back to

Both options make sense. Underline the one with forms a common collocation 1. I do like Channel 4s reporting / coverage of the big sporting events 2. This report comes from our political correspondent / journalist, Edward Ross 3. The Sunday News has the highest circulation / output of any newspaper in Britain. 4. He sits the re for hour after hour, staring calmly / blankly at the screen