Медии и технологии

News and journalism

1. A short title in large letters at the top of a newspaper article is called a ___.

   • caption
   • headline
   • column
   • byline

   Отговор: headline

   Headline е заглавието на статията във вестника.

2. A person who writes for a newspaper or a news website is a ___.

   • pilot
   • journalist
   • librarian
   • cashier

   Отговор: journalist

   Journalist събира и пише новини.

3. A person who reads the news on TV is a ___.

   • newspaper
   • newsreader
   • headline
   • reader's letter

   Отговор: newsreader

   Newsreader (presenter): водещ на новините.

4. A journalist who reports news from a foreign country is a foreign ___.

   • editor
   • presenter
   • publisher
   • correspondent

   Отговор: correspondent

   Correspondent (кореспондент) изпраща репортажи от друго място или страна.

5. An opinion article that shows the newspaper's own view is an ___.

   • editorial
   • advert
   • obituary
   • index

   Отговор: editorial

   Editorial изразява позицията на изданието.

6. Newspapers with long, serious articles about politics and the economy are ___ newspapers.

   • quality
   • tabloid
   • gossip
   • comic

   Отговор: quality

   Quality press (broadsheets) за разлика от таблоидите.

7. Which word describes false information that is spread deliberately to mislead people?

   • disinformation
   • coverage
   • broadcast
   • feature

   Отговор: disinformation

   Disinformation е умишлено невярна информация, разпространявана с цел заблуда.

8. Popular newspapers with short articles, big photos and celebrity gossip are called ___.

   • broadsheets
   • journals
   • magazines
   • tabloids

   Отговор: tabloids

   Tabloids са популярни издания; broadsheets са сериозни вестници.

9. The person in charge of a newspaper who decides what is published is the ___.

   • reader
   • printer
   • editor
   • seller

   Отговор: editor

   Editor: главен редактор.

10. The reporter refused to reveal her ___, as she had promised to protect their identity.

    • headlines
    • viewers
    • sources
    • subscribers

    Отговор: sources

    Sources са хората, които дават информация на журналиста.

11. When a TV channel shows an event as it happens, it is broadcast ___.

    • alive
    • lively
    • live
    • living

    Отговор: live

    Live broadcast: пряко предаване.

12. Checking whether the information in a story is true is called ___.

    • fake news
    • fact-checking
    • advertising
    • headlining

    Отговор: fact-checking

    Fact-checking: проверка на фактите.

13. Which sentence is an example of biased reporting?

    • The minister spoke for 20 minutes.
    • The parliament passed the law on Monday.
    • Two thousand people attended the protest.
    • The foolish minister made yet another useless speech.

    Отговор: The foolish minister made yet another useless speech.

    Пристрастното отразяване използва оценъчни думи (foolish, useless) вместо факти.

14. What does 'clickbait' mean?

    • A headline designed mainly to make you click
    • A virus that steals passwords
    • A paid subscription to a news site
    • A button for sharing articles

    Отговор: A headline designed mainly to make you click

    Clickbait: сензационни заглавия, целящи повече кликове.

15. Which sentence uses the passive, as news reports often do?

    • The police arrested the thief.
    • The thief is running away.
    • The thief arrests the police.
    • The thief was arrested last night.

    Отговор: The thief was arrested last night.

    Was arrested е минало страдателно залог: важно е действието, не кой го върши.

Reported speech

1. "Where do you live?" she asked me. → She asked me where I ___.

   • live
   • lived
   • do live
   • did live

   Отговор: lived

   В непряк въпрос словоредът е като в твърдение, а Present Simple става Past Simple.

2. "I like this song," she said. → She said that she ___ that song.

   • likes
   • liked
   • is liking
   • has liked

   Отговор: liked

   Present Simple става Past Simple, а this става that.

3. "I can swim," she said. → She said that she ___ swim.

   • can
   • could
   • will
   • has

   Отговор: could

   Can → could в непряка реч.

4. "Close the door," the teacher told us. → The teacher told us ___ the door.

   • close
   • closing
   • to close
   • that we close

   Отговор: to close

   Команда: tell + обект + to + инфинитив.

5. "Please help me," he said to her. → He asked her ___ him.

   • to help
   • help
   • helping
   • that she helps

   Отговор: to help

   Молба: ask + обект + to + инфинитив.

6. "I will call you," he said. → He said that he ___ call me.

   • will
   • shall
   • is
   • would

   Отговор: would

   Will → would в непряка реч.

7. "Are you tired?" he asked. → He asked ___ tired.

   • if I was
   • was I
   • if was I
   • that I was

   Отговор: if I was

   Въпрос с отговор да/не се предава с if или whether и прав словоред.

8. Which sentence best reports this: "Why don't we go to the cinema?"

   • She ordered us to go to the cinema.
   • She refused to go to the cinema.
   • She promised going to the cinema.
   • She suggested going to the cinema.

   Отговор: She suggested going to the cinema.

   Why don't we...? е предложение: suggest + -ing.

9. "We went to Paris last year," they said. → They said they had gone to Paris the year ___.

   • before
   • ago
   • next
   • last

   Отговор: before

   Last year → the year before (the previous year).

10. "Don't touch the screen," she said to the kids. → She told the kids ___ the screen.

    • don't touch
    • to not touching
    • not touch
    • not to touch

    Отговор: not to touch

    Отрицателна команда: tell + обект + not to + инфинитив.

11. "Who broke the window?" the man asked. → The man asked ___.

    • who has broken the window
    • who did break the window
    • who had broken the window
    • who had the window broken

    Отговор: who had broken the window

    Past Simple става Past Perfect; въпросът е за подлога и словоредът се запазва.

12. "You must wear a helmet," Dad said. → Dad said I ___ wear a helmet.

    • have to
    • must to
    • had to
    • musted

    Отговор: had to

    Must (задължение) → had to в непряка реч.

13. "What will you do tomorrow?" he asked. → He asked me what ___.

    • will I do tomorrow
    • I would do the next day
    • I will do tomorrow
    • would I do the next day

    Отговор: I would do the next day

    Will става would, tomorrow става the next day, а словоредът е прав.

14. Which sentence is correct?

    • She said me that she was tired.
    • She told that she was tired.
    • She told me that she was tired.
    • She said to me she is tiring.

    Отговор: She told me that she was tired.

    Tell изисква обект (tell me), а say се използва без обект или със say to me.

15. "I'm leaving here now," she said. → She said she was leaving ___.

    • here now
    • there now
    • there then
    • here then

    Отговор: there then

    Here → there, now → then.

Social media

1. A word or phrase starting with # that groups posts on the same topic is a/an ___.

   • hashtag
   • password
   • username
   • link

   Отговор: hashtag

   Hashtag (#) обединява публикации по една тема.

2. When you press the heart or thumbs-up under a post, you ___ it.

   • delete
   • block
   • report
   • like

   Отговор: like

   Like показва одобрение.

3. A photo you take of yourself with your phone is a ___.

   • selfie
   • hashtag
   • profile
   • story

   Отговор: selfie

   Selfie: снимка на самия себе си.

4. People who regularly see your posts on a social network are your ___.

   • settings
   • followers
   • notifications
   • subscriptions

   Отговор: followers

   Followers са хората, които следят профила ти.

5. A video or meme that spreads very quickly online goes ___.

   • viral
   • digital
   • virtual
   • global

   Отговор: viral

   Go viral: разпространява се бързо в мрежата.

6. When you write your opinion under someone's post, you leave a ___.

   • follower
   • password
   • download
   • comment

   Отговор: comment

   Comment: коментар.

7. Someone who posts offensive comments online on purpose to upset people is a/an ___.

   • influencer
   • moderator
   • troll
   • blogger

   Отговор: troll

   Troll умишлено провокира и обижда другите в мрежата.

8. Repeated bullying, threats or insults online are called ___.

   • spamming
   • cyberbullying
   • streaming
   • phishing

   Отговор: cyberbullying

   Cyberbullying е тормоз в интернет; трябва да се съобщи на възрастен или на платформата.

9. A person who earns money by promoting products to their followers is an ___.

   • inventor
   • influencer
   • investor
   • instructor

   Отговор: influencer

   Influencer: инфлуенсър.

10. Which is the safest choice for your privacy settings?

    • Make your profile public to everyone
    • Share your home address in your bio
    • Let only friends see your posts
    • Accept all friend requests

    Отговор: Let only friends see your posts

    Ограничете видимостта до приятели и не споделяйте лични данни.

11. Fake messages that try to trick you into giving your password are called ___.

    • trolling
    • tagging
    • phishing
    • posting

    Отговор: phishing

    Phishing: измамни съобщения, които крадат лични данни.

12. When you stop following someone online, you ___ them.

    • unfollow
    • unlike
    • unload
    • undo

    Отговор: unfollow

    Unfollow: спирам да следвам.

13. What does the term 'echo chamber' mean on social media?

    • A feature for recording voice messages
    • A group chat with too many members
    • A video that gets millions of views quickly
    • A space where you only see opinions similar to your own

    Отговор: A space where you only see opinions similar to your own

    При echo chamber алгоритмите показват само сходни мнения и те се затвърждават.

14. Your ___ is the record of everything you do and post online, which can stay there for years.

    • digital footprint
    • screen time
    • news feed
    • user name

    Отговор: digital footprint

    Digital footprint е дигиталната следа, която оставяш в мрежата.

15. Which word means 'spending too much time scrolling through bad news online'?

    • streaming
    • blogging
    • doomscrolling
    • multitasking

    Отговор: doomscrolling

    Doomscrolling: безкрайно превъртане на негативни новини.

AI and the future

1. What does 'AI' stand for?

   • Automatic Internet
   • Artificial Intelligence
   • Advanced Information
   • Active Interface

   Отговор: Artificial Intelligence

   AI = Artificial Intelligence, изкуствен интелект.

2. A machine that can do tasks automatically, often in factories, is a ___.

   • radio
   • robot
   • router
   • rocket

   Отговор: robot

   Robot изпълнява задачи автоматично.

3. Siri and Alexa are examples of voice ___.

   • engines
   • assistants
   • cameras
   • printers

   Отговор: assistants

   Voice assistant: гласов асистент.

4. A computer program that can talk with users in writing or by voice is a ___.

   • chatbot
   • browser
   • spreadsheet
   • firewall

   Отговор: chatbot

   Chatbot води разговор с потребителя.

5. Self-___ cars can travel without a human driver.

   • driving
   • driven
   • drives
   • drove

   Отговор: driving

   Self-driving cars: самоуправляващи се коли.

6. A set of step-by-step instructions that a computer follows is a/an ___.

   • keyboard
   • emoji
   • update
   • algorithm

   Отговор: algorithm

   Algorithm: алгоритъм.

7. By 2040, robots ___ many boring jobs.

   • have taken over
   • took over
   • had taken over
   • will have taken over

   Отговор: will have taken over

   By + бъдещ момент: Future Perfect (will have + V3).

8. In ten years' time, many people ___ with AI assistants every day.

   • worked
   • have worked
   • will be working
   • were working

   Отговор: will be working

   Future Continuous: действие в процес в момент от бъдещето.

9. If robots replace workers, many people may ___ their jobs.

   • miss
   • lose
   • win
   • fail

   Отговор: lose

   Lose a job: губя работа.

10. When AI gives a confident but false answer, people say it is ___.

    • updating
    • downloading
    • hallucinating
    • streaming

    Отговор: hallucinating

    Hallucination: ИИ създава правдоподобна, но невярна информация.

11. Which is an ethical concern about AI?

    • It can process data quickly
    • It can translate texts
    • It works 24 hours a day
    • Its decisions can be biased against some groups

    Отговор: Its decisions can be biased against some groups

    Пристрастията (bias) в данните могат да доведат до несправедливи решения.

12. A fake video in which AI makes a person seem to say things they never said is a ___.

    • podcast
    • trailer
    • vlog
    • deepfake

    Отговор: deepfake

    Deepfake: фалшиво видео, създадено с ИИ.

13. Which verb means 'to make a process work by machines instead of people'?

    • innovate
    • automate
    • generate
    • calculate

    Отговор: automate

    Automate: автоматизирам, машините поемат работата.

14. AI systems learn patterns from large amounts of ___; this is called machine learning.

    • data
    • hardware
    • electricity
    • screens

    Отговор: data

    При машинното обучение системите се учат от много данни.

15. Which word means 'able to work without human control'?

    • autonomous
    • manual
    • dependent
    • artificial

    Отговор: autonomous

    Autonomous: автономен, самостоятелен.

Writing a review

1. In a film review, the recommendation usually comes ___.

   • at the beginning
   • in the title
   • at the end
   • in the middle

   Отговор: at the end

   Препоръката е в заключителния абзац.

2. Which of these do you usually NOT find in a film review?

   • the title of the film
   • your opinion
   • a recommendation
   • your home address

   Отговор: your home address

   Ревюто съдържа заглавие, кратко описание, мнение и препоръка.

3. The person who directs a film is the ___.

   • audience
   • critic
   • director
   • viewer

   Отговор: director

   Director: режисьор.

4. Which adjective is positive?

   • dull
   • gripping
   • predictable
   • disappointing

   Отговор: gripping

   Gripping означава завладяващ; другите прилагателни са отрицателни.

5. The actors who play in a film are called the ___.

   • crew
   • cast
   • audience
   • plot

   Отговор: cast

   Cast е актьорският състав; crew е екипът зад камерата.

6. The story of a film or a book is its ___.

   • cast
   • soundtrack
   • plot
   • cover

   Отговор: plot

   Plot: сюжет.

7. The ___ of the novel is a small village in Scotland.

   • plot
   • cast
   • setting
   • ending

   Отговор: setting

   Setting е мястото и времето на действието.

8. Which word is the best synonym for 'boring' in a review?

   • thrilling
   • moving
   • tedious
   • hilarious

   Отговор: tedious

   Tedious означава скучен и досаден.

9. If you ___ a film, you tell people they should see it.

   • recommend
   • review
   • ignore
   • remember

   Отговор: recommend

   Recommend: препоръчвам.

10. Which phrase is best for the final paragraph of a review?

    • Once upon a time
    • All in all, it's well worth seeing.
    • Firstly, the actors were born
    • Dear Sir or Madam,

    Отговор: All in all, it's well worth seeing.

    All in all обобщава и води към препоръка.

11. In a review we normally describe the plot of a film in the ___.

    • present simple
    • past perfect
    • future continuous
    • past continuous

    Отговор: present simple

    Сюжетът се описва в сегашно време: The story follows...

12. Which adjective best describes a very funny film?

    • terrifying
    • tedious
    • moving
    • hilarious

    Отговор: hilarious

    Hilarious: изключително смешен.

13. Which sentence avoids a spoiler?

    • In the end, the detective turns out to be the killer.
    • The hero dies in the last scene.
    • The twist in the final chapter will keep you guessing.
    • Anna and Tom get married at the end.

    Отговор: The twist in the final chapter will keep you guessing.

    Ревюто не трябва да издава края; останалите изречения го разкриват.

14. Complete: 'The special effects were stunning; ___, the dialogue was weak.'

    • moreover
    • however
    • therefore
    • in addition

    Отговор: however

    However въвежда контраст между положителното и отрицателното.

15. In a book review, the main character is also called the ___.

    • narrator's editor
    • protagonist
    • publisher
    • villain

    Отговор: protagonist

    Protagonist: главен герой; villain е злодеят.

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