Unit 8 B2

Question 1

deny (v)

Answer 1

to say that something is not true *A spokesman denied that the company had acted irresponsibly.

Question 2

refuse (v)

Answer 2

to say that you will not do or accept something, or will not let someone do something *I asked him to apologise, but he refused.

Question 3

agree (v)

Answer 3

to have the same opinion as someone else *Doreen thought that the house was too small, and Jim agreed.

Question 4

accept (v)

Answer 4

to recognise that something is true, fair or right *Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to pollution.

Question 5

headline (n)

Answer 5

the title of a newspaper story, printed in large letters *The whole of the front page of the paper was taken up with the headline ‘YOU LIAR!’

Question 6

heading (n)

Answer 6

the title at the top of a page or piece of writing *If you look at the heading, it’ll tell you what the paragraph is about.

Question 7

feature (n)

Answer 7

a newspaper or magazine article, or a part of a television or radio programme that concentrates on a particular subject *This week we’ve got a special feature on new children’s books.

Question 8

article (n)

Answer 8

a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine *He has written several articles for The Times.

Question 9

talk show (n)

Answer 9

a television or radio programme in which famous people talk about themselves and their work *Did you see Johnny Depp on that talk show last night?

Question 10

quiz show (n)

Answer 10

a television or radio programme in which people answer questions in order to win prizes *Your general knowledge is very good; maybe you should go on a quiz show.

Question 11

game show (n)

Answer 11

a television programme in which people play games or answer questions in order to win prizes *Bruce Forsythe used to host a game show called The Generation Game.

Question 12

announcer (n)

Answer 12

someone whose job is to give information about television or radio programmes between other programmes *The announcer just said that Big Brother is not going to be on tonight after all.

Question 13

commentator (n)

Answer 13

someone whose job it is to give a description of an event on television or radio as it happens *I’d love to be a sports commentator but I don’t think I can talk quickly enough!

Question 14

tabloid (n)

Answer 14

a newspaper that has small pages and not much serious news *I don’t know why you waste your money on that tabloid. It’s just full of gossip about minor celebrities!

Question 15

broadsheet (n)

Answer 15

a serious type of newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper *The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian are both examples of broadsheets.

Question 16

journalist (n)

Answer 16

someone whose job is to report the news for a newspaper, magazine, radio programme or television programme *Enid works as a journalist for the local newspaper.

Question 17

columnist (n)

Answer 17

a journalist who writes a regular series of articles for a particular newspaper or magazine *As a columnist, I’m allowed to express my opinion in ways that other journalists are not allowed to.

Question 18

press (n)

Answer 18

newspapers and news magazines, or the journalists who work on them *She has been criticised in the press for not speaking out on this issue.

Question 19

media (n)

Answer 19

radio, television, newspapers, the Internet and magazines, considered as a group *The story has been widely reported in the media.

Question 20

programme (n)

Answer 20

a television or radio broadcast *More people watch the news than any other programme.

Question 21

program (n)

Answer 21

a series of instructions that make a computer do something *I’m thinking of getting a new word processing program for my laptop.

Question 22

channel (n)

Answer 22

a television station and the programmes that it broadcasts *What’s on the other channel?

Question 23

broadcast (n)

Answer 23

a programme that is broadcast *We usually watch Channel 5’s main news broadcast in the evening.

Question 24

bulletin (n)

Answer 24

a short news broadcast of the latest information *There’s a two-minute news bulletin on at eleven o’clock.

Question 25

newsflash (n)

Answer 25

an important piece of news that is broadcast immediately *We interrupt this programme to bring you a newsflash.