I. Listen and fill in the blanks with one word you hear (6 pts).
Chau: Dad, I'm doing an (1).............Can you help with the information?
Chau's father: What is the assignment about?
Chau: It's about the important (2).............of the media.
Where and when did the first printed newspaper appear, Dad?
Chau's father: It (3)...........appeared in the 7
th or 8
th century AD, in China.
Chau: And when was the telegraph (4)............. ?
Chau's father: (5).............. it was in the late 19th century. Do you know what two new forms of news media appeared in the early 20
th century
Chau: (6) ...............and newsreels?
Chau's father: Excellent! And when did television (7) ............commercially viable, can you guess?
Chau: In the 1940s?
Chau's father: No. It was in the (8)..............
Chau: When did the (9)..............become a major force in (10)............ ?
Chau's father: In the mid- and late (11)....................
Chau: Thank you, Dad. Now I can (12).............. all the questions for my assignments.
II. Listen again, and fill in the table with the information you hear (4pts).
When? |
What happened? |
7th or 8th century |
The first printed newspaper appeared in China. |
(1)......................... |
The telegraph was invented. |
early 20th century |
Two new forms of news media appeared:(2)................ |
(3) ................. |
Television became popular. |
mid-and late 1990s |
(4).............. became a major force in journalism. |
ĐÁP ÁN
I. 1. assignment 2. dates 3. first 4. invented
5. Perhaps 6. Radio 7. become 8. 1950s
9. Internet 10. journalism 11.1990s 12. answer
II. 1. the late 19
th century. 2. Radio and newsreels
3. in the 1950s 4. The Internet