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Choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D.

 
Newspapers are an essential part of our daily lives. Together with radio and television, newspaper form the chief means of relaying ___1___ to the public. Radio and television can only provide ___2___ of the daily news, whereas newspapers can give news in ___3___ together with photographs which make any piece of news more interesting.

Many advertisements appear in newspapers. These advertisements tell ___4___ about the goods which are on sale to the general public. They also advertise services such as banking, insurance, travel and so on. Readers therefore come to know of these ___5___ and can compare what each advertisement offers. The advertisements also make the price of the newspapers lower since advertisers pay large sums of money to the publishing firm.

Newspapers also serve another useful purpose. Firms can advertise employment vacancies through classified advertisements column in newspapers. The ___6___ of newspapers ensures vacancies filled and the ___7___. Under classified advertisements the public can announce marriages and births, accommodation vacant, things for sale, lost-and-found, and many others.

Women spend hours ___8___ their own page. The page gives useful hints on cooking, editorial. It gives the opinion of the newspaper on important issues. By writing in and having one's letter published in the page devoted to letters, a reader can air his ___9___ and perhaps have his problems solved.

We rely on newspapers each day to give us the news, information and knowledge that we need to keep our minds aware of events around us. No other ___10___, not even radio, can take the place of newspapers n providing us with information on current events.

                 
1.   (A) data   6.   (A) high sales
(B) stories     (B) good demand
    (C) details       (C) wide promotion
    (D) information       (D) large circulation
                 
2.   (A) up-to-date news   7.   (A) unemployed find jobs
(B) long-winded stories     (B) job market is good
    (C) brief summaries       (C) employed can get better paying jobs
    (D) past histories       (D) unemployment rate remains low
                 
3.   (A) smaller quantities   8.   (A) scanning through
(B) greater detail     (B) perusing
    (C) bigger amounts       (C) pouring over
    (D) outstanding amounts       (D) reviewing
                 
4.   (A) readers   9.   (A) protests
(B) listeners     (B) objections
    (C) fans       (C) grievances
    (D) customers       (D) criticisms
                 
5.   (A) merchandise and wares   10.   (A) grapevine
    (B) goods and services       (B) private newsletter
    (C) gimmicks       (C) internal memos
    (D) offers and sales       (D) mass media
                 

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    Answers : 1D    2C    3B    4A    5B    6D    7A    8C    9C   10D
 
     
 
 
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