Match the beginnings and the endings of the sentences.
1.
Scientists are very happy because …
2.
Tempel 1 is interesting for scientists because …
3.
The aim of the mission was …
4.
Instruments on the mothership …
5.
The last picture was taken …
6.
Scientists know the surface of Tempel 1 must be solid because …
a.
… its orbit is outside the solar system.
b.
… studied the clouds of dust, ice and organic chemicals that rose from the surface.
c.
… 3 second before the spacecraft hit the comet.
d.
… they have close-up pictures of a comet for the first time.
e.
… they can see craters.
f.
… to study the interior of a comet for the first time.
Find the words in the text that are the opposite of these words.
1.
nearest ____________
2.
tiny ____________
3.
nearby ____________
4.
unhappy ____________
5.
unclear ____________
6.
rarely ____________
7.
boring ____________
8.
liquid ____________
Unscramble the letters to make words from the text.
1.
tomce
2.
pscae
3.
tibor
4.
tapnel
5.
sismion
6.
sceletope
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Complete the table.
1.
take ____________
2.
rise
____________
3.
hold ____________
4.
tell
____________
5.
hit
____________
6.
say
____________
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Fill the gaps using these key words from the text:
own
election
broadcast
support
amendment
individual
balanced
get around
1. An ____________ is one person.
2. If you ____________ something, it is legally yours. You can ____________ a
house or a car, for example.
3. An ____________ is a time when people choose their prime minister or president.
4. If a news report is ____________, it gives the opinions of both sides.
5. An ____________ is a change made to a law or an agreement.
6. If you ____________ a law or a rule, you find a way of not following it.
7. If you ____________ someone, you offer them help.
8. Radio and TV stations ____________ programmes.
Look in the text and find this information as quickly as possible:
1. How many people have a gun in the USA?
2. How many people can receive NRA News?
3. Who is Wayne LaPierre?
4. What does the first amendment do?
5. How many hours a day will NRA News broadcast?
6. Who is the Democratic presidential candidate?
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Gun lobby fires shot
for 'free speech'
People in the USA can own
and carry a gun. There are
80 million people in the
USA who have a gun. The
National Rifle Association
is a group that supports the
gun-owners of America.
The NRA says it is the right
of every individual to buy
and keep a gun. Last week
the NRA started its own
radio station, called NRA
News. The station
broadcasts programmes
about guns and the right of
Americans to own a gun.
It is election year in the
USA and the government
has just introduced some
new laws to control
political advertising. These
laws stop special interest
groups like the NRA from
buying radio and TV
advertising to support a
candidate in the election. So
the NRA started its radio
station. It says that the radio
station is a media
organisation, so the
programmes are journalism
not advertising.
NRA News broadcasts via a
satellite network and around
400,000 people can receive
the broadcasts. According
to Wayne LaPierre, the
vice-president of the NRA,
politicians in Washington
want to control who can
broadcast and who cannot
broadcast. Mr LaPierre says
this is against freedom of
speech. The first
amendment of the US
constitution protects the
freedom of speech. The
second amendment gives
US citizens the right to own
and carry guns.
The NRA says the second
amendment is an individual
right. People who believe it
is wrong for people to carry
guns say that the second
amendment is not an
individual right. They say it
gives the US army the right
to carry guns. They say it
does not give individuals
the right to carry guns.
NRA News will only
broadcast for three hours a
day. Mr LaPierre said that
the US media’s reporting of
the firearms industry was
incorrect. He said that his
radio station would tell the
truth about guns and would
be “balanced”. Soon after
this, NRA News broadcast a
programme about John
Kerry, the Democratic
presidential candidate. The
programme strongly
criticised Mr Kerry. It also
broadcast an interview with
a college student who
received a C grade for
writing a pro-gun essay.
Robert Ricker, used to work
for the firearms industry but
he now works for an anti-
gun group. He said the
NRA just wanted to get
publicity. "Do you think
John Kerry could suddenly
say he was a journalist, start
his own newspaper and then
say he was a news
organisation and not a
presidential candidate?" he
said. Mr Ricker thinks the
NRA is using NRA News to
get around the new law.
The NRA says that big
business owns a lot of news
organisations. Time Warner
owns CNN, Disney owns
ABC and General Electric
owns NBC. The NRA says
that these companies give
money to political parties
but they can also own news
organisations.
The Guardian Weekly
20-06-04, page 6
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Choose the best answer to each question:
1. What does NRA News mainly broadcast?
a. programmes about the first amendment
b. programmes about politics
c. programmes about guns
2. What do the new laws control?
a. guns
b. political advertising
c. radio stations
3. What does the second amendment do?
a.. It protects freedom of speech.
b. It gives people the right to own and carry guns.
c. It gives radio stations the right to broadcast news.
4. According to Robert Ricker, what does the NRA want to do?
a. start a newspaper
b. give money to political parties
c. get publicity
5. Who owns ABC news?
a. Disney
b. General Electric
c. Time Warner
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1. Find a word that means ‘someone who writes for a newspaper or a radio or
television station’.
2. Find a phrase that means ‘someone who wants to be US president’.
3. Find a word that means ‘against guns’.
4. Find a word that means ‘in favour of guns’.
5. Find a word that means ‘someone who owns something’.
6. Find a word that means ‘a short piece of writing by a student on a particular
subject’.
Fill the gaps using a verb from the text:
1. to ____________ the truth
2. to ____________ a radio programme
3. to ____________ a gun
4. to ____________ freedom of speech
5. to ____________ publicity
6. to ____________ a law
Look at this example from the text
‘There are 80 million people in the USA who have a gun’.
Fill the gaps using ‘there is’ or ‘there are’
1. ____________ 400,000 people who can receive NRA News.
2. ____________ some new laws in the USA to control political advertising.
3. ____________ many people in the USA who think it is wrong to carry guns.
4. ____________ a new radio station in the USA called NRA News.
5. ____________ a presidential election in the USA this year.
6. ____________ several big companies that own news organisations.
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