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READING COMPREHENSION: MATCHING

Match the subtitles with the right paragraphs. Number 0 is an example.

A. Newspapers have been around for a long time

B. Balancing subjective and objective

C. How are they distributed?

D. Exactly as it used to be

E. Newspapers and the competition

F. Newspapers are more than just news

G. The golden age of newspapers

H. Advertisements

I. The printing process

How do newspapers work?

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0 _A_

It may seem normal to you to get the daily newspaper in your mailbox. Newspapers are one of the earliest forms of mass communication. However, with the emergence of the Internet things are changing.

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The Internet has undoubtedly caused many newspaper offices to fear that they will soon be a thing of the past but the Internet is not the first form of media that seems to rival newspapers – television was actually the first. But neither of these has the portability and mobility of a newspaper. Newspapers are the only form of media that still gets the news to the public but can be taken out of a bag on the subway, or held while standing in line at the grocery store.

2 ___

Although newspapers came before television, radio, or even telegraphs, they have the same typical format today as they did when the first one was published. Newspapers follow easy-to-read formats. This means that you can find a newspaper from 1775 and still read it the same way you would read a newspaper today.

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It was shortly after the Civil War that newspapers truly had their glory days in America. This was a time when the public were starving for knowledge about what was happening and when political activity was high. Not only were there many, many newspapers created and distributed during this time but it’s also the time in history when newspapers were a very lucrative business.

4 ___

Of course, the essence of newspapers is to print news, but the news division isn’t the only part of a newspaper otherwise you would only have news stories from front to back. Open up any paper and you’ll find classifieds, editorial pages, advertisements, letters to the editor, leisure pages with crosswords and much more.

5 ___

Since editorial pages are opinion, the editors must be very careful in making sure that the line is not crossed between opinion and fact. Once this is done, the newspaper loses all credibility. The objective is to raise issues and awareness, not to simply make things up or cloud the issue so much with opinion that it becomes lost.

6 ___

Without them no newspaper could survive as they are the ones that bring in direct money. Very often they make up as much as 60% of the newspapers. Display ads, classified ads, and inserts are the most common forms in today’s newspapers.

7 ___

The reporters, the editors, and all the other divisions of a newspaper contribute to the making of a newspaper’s content but how is it physically made? In the 14th century they were made by ‘hot type’ machines, where the print was etched into the paper, whereas the presses that are used to print and assemble newspapers today are massive machines that use streaming sheets of paper. And even though the process inside a web press is extensive and complicated, the process all happens extremely quickly and one of today’s presses can create 70,000 copies of one newspaper in an hour.

8 ___

Most people are familiar with what newspaper carriers do, as this is often many people’s first job. These carriers buy large quantities of the newspaper and sell them to individual customers. These customers will then pay on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly basis, for receiving the daily newspaper delivered to them every day.

KEY:

1. E Newspapers and the competition

2. D - Exactly as it used to be

3. G - The golden age of newspapers

4. F -Newspapers are more than just news

5. B - Balancing objective and subjective

6. H -Advertisements

7. I - The printing process

8. C - How are they distributed?

READING COMPREHENSION: SHORT ANSWERS

Answer the questions in note form! Number 0 is an example.

0. Where are reality shows popular?

Around the world.

1. Why are some parts of reality TV shows manipulated?

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2. Why do so many people watch reality TV shows?

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3. Name the main reason the makers of such shows allow suffering of contestants?

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4. What are the three things that reality TV makes money off?

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5. Why are the participants’ characters controlled?

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6. What do participants want to achieve?

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7. Is the purpose of the shows to present real life?

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8. What do people sign before they start participating in a show?

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9. Did Vaughn Alaine-Marshall participate in a reality show?

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10. What kind of a book did he write?

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Is Reality TV Ethical?

by Vaughn Alaine-Marshall

Reality TV shows are a big hit around the world. Viewers are attracted to the dramas that take place on reality TV sets, while producers and advertisers are pleased with the significant revenues that reality TV generates. In order to create the dramatic scenes that characterize reality TV shows, however, the producers often have to stage and heavily edit scenes.

The only reason why reality TV shows continue to air is because many people watch them. Many people are attracted to reality TV because they find it entertaining, while others simply find it hard to turn away because it is so shocking. Basically, reality TV is humiliation as entertainment. Sadly, many people feel entertained while watching others suffer, and the producers of reality TV shows just care about making money without being really concerned with how the contestants feel. Their primary goals are commercial and financial success, even if that means humiliating fellow human beings. These producers see humiliation, injury, and suffering as consequences of doing business. And what is worse is that so-called reality TV isn't even real. Many of the scenes you see on reality TV are heavily edited and contrived. Most of the contestants’ images on reality TV are manipulated so that they represent different stereotypes in society. For example, many reality TV shows perpetuate harmful racial stereotypes.

Not only are the producers responsible for creating harmful stereotypes and humiliating others, the contestants themselves also resort to exaggerated behaviour in order to get more air time. Many contestants are willing to go as far as to talk badly about other contestants and tease them on air in order to get more attention. TV show contestants will often do whatever it takes to achieve fame, even if it means defaming others to get there.

Reality TV shows are far from being documentaries. Large amounts of footage are edited in order to create false scenes. Furthermore, producers alter many of the scenes in order to make them more interesting for viewers. True reality TV would be incredibly boring for viewers. Producers know that conflict is entertaining so they go out of their way to create conflict and capture it on camera.

Many contestants go into reality TV without realizing the grave consequences of doing so. The releases that contestants sign for reality TV shows don’t really explain everything that will happen to them on the show. And mid-way through the season, the producers get the contestants to sign another release. This second release is supposed to convince contestants that they should continue enduring all of the humiliation in order to have a chance at winning the prize at the end of the show. Sadly, some people are so desperate for fame and money that they are willing to experience humiliation in exchange for it.

To learn more about the truth of reality TV’s cruelty, read the new novel by Australian author Vaughn Alaine-Marshall. Alaine-Marshall had the opportunity to speak with several contestants and behind-the-scenes participants of reality TV shows around the world, including Australian Idol, American Idol, X-Factor, and Indian Idol.

Rather than writing an expose revealing the truths about reality TV, Alaine-Marshall chose to keep everything confidential and write a fictional story based on true accounts. The result is a page turner that will give you insight on everything from the effects of reality TV shows on youth to the terrible way that contestants are treated on reality TV shows. Whether you like reality TV or not, you will be shocked by what you discover through reading this novel.

KEY:

1. To create dramatic scenes/to make the shows more dramatic

2. Because they find it entertaining/shocking

3. Money

4. Humiliation, injury, and suffering

5. To represent different stereotypes

6. Fame/air time/attention

7. No

8. A release

9. No

10. Fictional story based on true accounts/novel

READING COMPREHENSION: TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN

Tick the correct option T (true), F (false) or NG (not given). Number 0 is an example.

|Statement |T |F |NG |

|0. Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince are two separate films. | |( | |

| | | | |

|Voldemort and his minions attack Harry. | | | |

|Hormones caused the dragon pox. | | | |

|Harry is showing the first signs of becoming an adult. | | | |

|In the last scene Harry flirts with a waitress in the coffee-shop. | | | |

|Ron and Hermione have been a couple since the start. | | | |

|The quality of acting is better than in previous films. | | | |

|The action scenes in the movie are extremely good. | | | |

|Only the first part of the film is funny. | | | |

|All the important parts of the book are excluded. | | | |

|The film is compared to Tour de France. | | | |

Growing Pains of the Chosen Boy Wizard

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The latest installment of the cinematic Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, leaves fans quite satisfied with its substantial dose of the wizarding world. The movie, which moves at pace on par with a golden snitch, mostly remains true to J.K. Rowling's original plot, but diehard fans are sure to be disappointed by the exclusion of major events from the book's ending.

Though Voldemort is completely absent from the film, his loyal minions crawl out of the woodwork to openly attack both wizard and muggle communities. An epic war between good and evil clearly looms. Indeed, throughout the movie both sides try to gain an edge over the opposition. In a symbolically parallel plotline, the maturing students at Hogwarts attempt to make sense of the inner workings of the opposite sex. Hormones have attacked the teenage cast of characters like a terrible case of dragon pox.

The audience is given a glimpse of the start of Tom Riddle's transformation to Lord Voldemort, along with a better understanding of Draco Malfoy's precarious fate as a Death Eater's son. The film concludes with a serious blow to the forces of good and sets the tone for the next two films.

Maturing on and off screen

Harry Potter is no longer a "boy wizard;" he's more like an almost-an-adult-but-not-quite wizard, which Dumbledore playfully points out when telling Harry to get a shave. The audience first sees Harry engaged in a flirtatious exchange with a muggle coffee-shop waitress, a scene added for the film adaptation that sets the tone. As Ron and Hermione come to realize their feelings for each other, Harry begins to accept his own feelings for Ron's sister, Ginny (Bonnie Wright). The awkward tension between the characters is palpable and subsides only when they confess their feelings toward the end of the movie.

The actors themselves have grown up. The once-budding cast of young actors appears more confident and natural onscreen. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince boasts the most refined acting thus far in the series, and the special effects are bigger and more spectacular than ever.

Impending doom with a side of hilarity

Most of the movie is funny; the other half is, well, riddled with threats of fast-approaching doom. The aforementioned coffee-shop scene comes only after the Death Eater's wreak havoc on muggle London. The movie follows this pattern to the very end, constructing a dichotomy between mortal peril and merriment. While the plot holds true to much of the original content, the flip-flopping proves much too formulaic.

The movie lacks the same climax and anticlimax that made the book such a compelling read. This is in large part due to the exclusion of two of the most important events in the book. These omissions are the only glaring fault in the movie. Other than that, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a tour de force.

KEY:

1. F

2. F

3. T

4. F

5. F

6. T

7. NG

8. F

9. F

10. NG

READING COMPREHENSION: MATCHING

Match the paragraphs (1-10) with the right headings (A-M). There are two extra headings! Number 0 is an example.

A. Capture immediate attention

B. Don't get creative

C. Rise above the competition

D. Keep to the point

E. Don't duplicate applications

F. Don't list everything

G. Use a confident tone and positive language

H. Don't include a photo

I. Don't talk in clichés

J. Don’t tailor your CV

K. Concentrate on the quality not quantity of your achievements

L. Check, check and check again

M. Don't expand the truth

The Dos and Don’ts of Writing an Effective CV

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Paragraph 0: __G__

Use optimistic words to start each sentence, such as initiated, improved, introduced, developed, negotiated, established, created, pioneered, delivered, increased, reduced, saved etc. This also helps to ensure that you’re substantiating your skills with hard evidence.

Paragraph 1: _____

Don’t hold anything back but make sure that your achievements are fantastic and not just that you are a fantastic communicator! Typically a CV should have 10 achievements on it that cover the main successes in your career to get the reader’s attention.

Paragraph 2: _____

Make sure you include other skills that could set you apart from other candidates, such as languages and IT skills.

Paragraph 3: _____

Go through your CV thoroughly for correct spelling and grammar – spotting errors is a quick and easy way of weeding out weaker candidates when faced with a mountain of CVs to read. Don’t just rely on your computer's spellchecker but get someone else to proof it – you may have spelt a word correctly but used it in the wrong place.

Paragraph 4: _____

Prioritise the content of your CV and detail the most relevant information first. Start with a hard-hitting personal profile that avoids clichés such as ‘hard-working, team player with excellent communication skills’. Make sure that all your career history is punchy and to the point with qualified and quantified successes.

Paragraph 5: _____

It is simply not true that the bigger the lies you put on your CV then the better the job you will get. Most employers are not fooled by creative embellishments and if you do manage to get a job based on this you could be let go of pretty quickly which won’t look good on your CV.

Paragraph 6: _____

An employer really doesn’t need or want to know all the one-day training courses you have ever been on. Keep information relevant and to the point.

Paragraph 7: _____

No matter how attractive you make yourself look, it will not improve your chances. This tends to be popular in other European countries but isn’t favoured by the majority of UK businesses.

Paragraph 8: _____

Don’t use elaborate fonts and colours to make your CV stand out. The more gimmicky you make your CV using different shapes and pictures, the more off-putting it will be to an employer.

Paragraph 9: _____

Phrases such as ‘I am a highly motivated individual who works well on my own or in a team, with exceptional communication skills and the ability to work under pressure to produce results under tight deadlines’ are dull and the employer has heard them all before. Make yourself stand out with carefully worded phrasing that is factual and captures the employer’s attention.

Paragraph 10: _____

Some recruiters have systems that handle multiple applications from the same person, but for those that don’t, remember it is most off-putting to receive five CVs from the same person and for the same job application.

KEY:

1st. Concentrate on the quality not quantity of your achievements

2nd. Rise above the competition

3rd. Check, check and check again

4th. Capture immediate attention

5th. Don't expand the truth

6th. Don't list everything

7th. Don't include a photo

8th. Don't get creative

9th. Don't talk in clichés

10th. Don't duplicate applications

Extra headings:

Don’t tailor your CV

Keep to the point

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