IO323S Newspapers

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Newspapers WORKSHEET A
It is probably true to say that the majority of literate people around the world receive
(1) ____________ from newspapers almost every day of their lives. As well as the
hundreds of millions who buy a daily paper, there must be at least as many who get
the chance to read a paper (2) ____________ by someone else, or who just glance at
the headlines as they walk past a newspaper stand.
Of course there are many different (3) ____________ of newspaper, from those that
only contain ‘serious’ news to those that fill their pages with scandals and gossip,
often involving the personal (4) ____________ of celebrities. However, most of them
contain some political and economic news, along with a section giving opinions on
recent events. Of course, the (5) ____________ between fact and opinion is not
always clear, as the choice of which stories to include and how to report them often
reflects the (6) ____________ perspective of the newspaper in question.
Most historians agree that the first newspapers that looked similar to today’s versions
(7) ____________ in Europe in the early 17th century. However not many people read
them; the majority of the population was (8) ____________, and in any case the
technology to print a large number of copies per day did not yet exist. One of the first
papers to become available to a mass audience by using a printing machine capable of
printing more than a thousand sheets of paper per hour, was Britain’s The Times in
1814.
In many countries there is a lot of (9) ____________ between different newspapers,
and their editors constantly try to come up with new ideas that will increase their
readership. One of the world’s biggest selling national newspapers is Yomiuri
Shimbun in Japan, with a circulation of well over ten million copies a day. The most
(10) ____________ daily newspaper in Europe is reported to be Bild in Germany,
which sells almost four million copies a day.
With competition from the internet as well as from television and radio, some media
experts say newspapers face a difficult future. It is certainly true that the circulation of
many major national newspapers has been falling, and that there are now some
newspapers that only (11) ____________ online.
There is no sign, however, that newspapers are going to disappear from our lives in
the near future, and perhaps they never will. After all, reading a paper is a different
physical experience from using a computer. Even if everyone were able to receive
news from the internet, it is quite easy to imagine that many people would still prefer
to have physical (12) ____________ with the printed page rather than look at a
screen.
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Newspapers WORKSHEET B
Part A
Fill the twelve gaps in the text on Worksheet A with the correct words from the box
below. There are four words that you will not need to use.
popular illiterate circulation exist

line information appeared bought
paper reading contact buy
types competition lives political
Part B
Below are eight quotes on the subject of newspapers. Can you work out what the
missing words are?
1. ‘The man who reads n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a _ l is better educated than the man who
reads nothing but newspapers.’ (Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, 3rd President of the
United States)
2. ‘It’s amazing that the _ _ _ _ _ t of news that happens in the world every day
always just exactly fits the newspaper.’ (Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian)
3. ‘A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ts … contain the only truths to be relied on in a

newspaper.’ (Thomas Jefferson)
4. ‘Jo _ _ _ _ _ _ _ m largely consists of saying “Lord Jones is dead” to people who

never knew that Lord Jones was alive.’ (G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer)
5. ‘I would rather ex _ _ _ _ _ _ than read a newspaper.’ (Kim Alexis, American

model)
6. A good newspaper … is a nation t _ _ _ _ _ g to itself. (Arthur Miller, 1915-2005,

American playwright)
7. ‘Once a newspaper touches a story, the f _ _ _ s are lost forever…’ (Norman

Mailer, 1923-2007, American writer)
8. ‘I think a newspaper should be p _ _ vo _ _ t _ v _ .’ (Rupert Murdoch, Australian-

American media executive and owner of many newspapers)
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popular illiterate circulation exist

3. ‘A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ts … contain the only truths to be relied on in a

4. ‘Jo _ _ _ _ _ _ _ m largely consists of saying “Lord Jones is dead” to people who

5. ‘I would rather ex _ _ _ _ _ _ than read a newspaper.’ (Kim Alexis, American

6. A good newspaper … is a nation t _ _ _ _ _ g to itself. (Arthur Miller, 1915-2005,

7. ‘Once a newspaper touches a story, the f _ _ _ s are lost forever…’ (Norman

8. ‘I think a newspaper should be p _ _ vo _ _ t _ v _ .’ (Rupert Murdoch, Australian-

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