Đề kiểm tra nghe tiếng Anh lớp 9

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Listen and write the answer to the following questions:

1. Where did newspapers start in the 1600s?
2. Is advertising the main revenue source for most newspapers nowadays?
3. Where were newspapers in common use by the late eighteenth century?
4. Is the modern newspaper a total entertainment package?


Answer key

1. They started in Europe in the 1600s.
2. Yes, it is the main revenue source for most newspapers nowadays. / Yes, it is.
3. They were in common use in Europe by the late eighteenth century.
4. Yes, it is a total entertainment package./ Yes, it is.


(audio script)

Newspapers
All the great cities in the world now have newspapers. But newspapers, as we know them today, are not that old. The very first newspapers began long after the invention of printing. They started in Europe in the 1600s, and were usually only a couple of pages long. For a long time, newspapers were not very common. Governments didn`t want public discussion of their policies and decisions. Often they closed down papers, or taxed them heavily.
Newspapers began to grow in size when they discovered advertising as a source of income. Nowadays, advertising is the main revenue source for most newspapers. As newspapers became more widely circulated, they could ask for more money for their advertisements.
By the late eighteenth century, newspapers were in common use in Europe. The 1800s and early 1900s was the golden age of newspapers. Improvements in transportation, communication and printing processes made it easier to collect news from near and far and to publish papers more quickly and more cheaply.
The modern newspaper contains more than hard news. In fact, news may be a fairly small part of it. Advertisements, gossip, show business, photos of celebrities, sports, stock market prices, horoscopes, comic strips, weather reports and much more are found in its pages. The modern newspaper is a total entertainment package. A question for the future is whether electronic newspapers will replace paper newspapers.