UNIT 2. Lesson 1. Magic Box

                                         UNIT 2. Lesson 1. Magic Box

I. Match the parts to make the word-combinations. (3 points)

             1) watching                              a) show

              2) state                                    b) films

              3) chat                                    c) shows

              4)  new                                    d) games

             5) popular                                e) financed

              6) sports                                 f) events

II. Choose and write the correct word. (3points)

1) The website Friends Reunited was started for fun in 1999 by a couple whose / who were interested to know what their old school friends were doing.

2) I wonder what / when you mean.

3) Here is the book where / which we have spoken about.

4) English is the subject who / that I like best.

5) I’ll send you the information when / where I get it.

6) The pictures, where /that were taken in Algeria, were very striking.

III. Complete the sentences with the letters of the correct variant. (3 points)

1) The Olympics dominated 59 per cent of ____ time.

         a) outlook                        b) broadcast                         c) prime

2) My brother is a real TV ___: he spends most of his free time in front  of TV!

         a) presenter                       b) addict                             c) announcer

3) ____ say that teenagers watch television about 20 hours a week.

         a) Participants                  b) Experts                           c) Operators

4) The __ of this show are the ordinary people chosen from those who rang a special telephone number.

          a) hosts                            b) contestants                      c) couch potatoes

5) For me TV is a  ____  of  education and pleasure.

       a) vision                              b) satellite                                 c) source

6) A face of any TV channel greatly depends on its ________ .

          a) director                          b) announcers                           c) presenters

V. Write a short composition (9-12 sentences) on the theme "All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?(Nicholas Johnson )( 3 points).