Midterm test II on Discourse Analysis for the 2nd

4. You want a friend to help you move on Saturday.

A: ________________________________________________________________

B: I’m really sorry. I’m busy the whole weekend.

5. You want to borrow your cousin’s DVD of Spider-Man.

A: ________________________________________________________________

B: Actually, I already lent it to Serena. Sorry!

6. You would like a second piece of your aunt’s cherry pie.

A: ________________________________________________________________

B: Yes, of course! Just pass me your plate.

VOCABULARY. (15 points)

Task I. Match the words and expressions with a suitable definition. (6 points)

1. 
   Current affairs 2. Reports 3. Journalists 4. Tabloids 5. Broadsheets
   

6. Coverage 7. Information overload 8. Broadcasts 9. Web 10. Website

11. download 12. The Internet 13. Log on

_5_ large format newspapers

___ small format newspapers

___ people who write for newspapers or periodicals

___ the amount of space or time given to an event in newspapers or on television

___ the political situation as it is now

___ radio or television programmes

___ to enter a password and start to access a computer system

___ journalists who write reports of events for a newspaper, periodical or television programme

___ the millions of pages and sites which display text and images within the Internet

___ to transfer pages from a web site onto our own computers

___ the international network linking millions of computers

___ a modern expression referring to the inability of a human to process everything he or she hears and sees

___ a collection of related pages on the World Web created by a company organization or individual

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