50. The media CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR FCE

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR FCE

50. The media

Look at the clues, and use them to help you rearrange the letters in bold in the sample sentences. The first letter of each word has been underlined. Use these words to complete the crossword. You will find a lot of the answers in the clues to the other sentences.

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1	A person who writes for newspapers or other periodicals. The aojurtlisn asked the police chief some difficult questions.	2	A journalist who writes reports of events for a newspaper or TV programme. The BBC sent a pterorer to cover the earthquake.
4	The amount of space (in a newspaper) or time (on television) that is given to a story or piece of news. There wasn't much ogveerca of the Arsenal-Liverpool match.	3	The action to ban newspapers, books or films, or part of them. The government imposed strict press epnscorshi to stop rumours being spread.
5	Photographers who follow famous people to take pictures of them for newspapers. They were followed by the rapaapziz from the theatre to the hotel.	4	The number of copies of a magazine, newspaper, etc, which are sold. The paper has a ircculionat of almost 2 million.
6	A routine placed in a computer program which destroys or corrupts files. I think there's a srivu on the computer.	8	A newspaper with a large page size. The problem with a bhrdseoaet is that it's difficult to read on the bus.
7	The people watching a TV programme or listening to a radio broadcast. The football match attracted an endaceui of almost 20 million.	10	Important events (often political) that are happening now. A lot of children study ctreurn faafirs as part of their educational curriculum.
9	To move information or programs from a computer network to an individual computer. Is it illegal to aownldod music from the Internet?	12	The number of people who read a newspaper. The paper targets a young shrdpereai who are tired of the usual broadsheets.
11	A factual film about a real subject. Did you see the mocdurtayen about South Africa on BBC1 last night?	14	To explore websites on the Internet in no particular order. Most people furs the internet as a way of relaxing.
13	Words in large letters on the front page of a newspaper. Have you seen this dheneali: QUEEN IN RAP GUN VIDEO SHOCK?	15	A radio or TV programme, or a verb which means 'to send out on radio or TV' The programme will be tbacroasd on Monday at 8 o'clock.
16	A frequency band for radio or TV, or a station using this band. The news is on anehCnl 4 at 7 o'clock.	17	An untrue written statement which can damage someone's reputation. It can be very difficult to sue a newspaper for blile.
18	A journalist in charge of a newspaper, or a person who gets a radio or TV programme ready. He wrote to the etordi of 'The Times' to complain about the story they had printed.	19	A newspaper with a small page size. The Sun is the most widely-read dloatbi in Britain.
20	An important item in a TV news programme, or an important article on a special subject in a newspaper. I read an interesting urefeat on the future of information technology.	22	A collective word for newspapers. You shouldn't believe everything you read in the rpses.
21	To bring out a book or a newspaper for sale. They were asked not to bliphus the book, but went ahead anyway.
23	A TV or radio show. Last night we watched a rammrogep on life in 17th century France.
24	A collection of related pages on the internet, created by a company or individual. If you want to know more about Bloomsbury books, visit their siwteeb at www.bloomsbury.com.

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