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The document is a listening comprehension assessment about a CNN interview on the decline of the newspaper industry. The interview discusses how some major newspapers have gone out of business, even though readership continues to grow online. It features comments from two journalists - David Sirota, an independent radio host, and Leonard Pitts, who notes that newspapers are being read more than ever online. The assessment contains multiple choice questions to test comprehension of the interview.

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Listening Comprehension Exercise - CNN Interview

The document is a listening comprehension assessment about a CNN interview on the decline of the newspaper industry. The interview discusses how some major newspapers have gone out of business, even though readership continues to grow online. It features comments from two journalists - David Sirota, an independent radio host, and Leonard Pitts, who notes that newspapers are being read more than ever online. The assessment contains multiple choice questions to test comprehension of the interview.

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Módulo 4 – Os Media e a Comunicação Global

Língua Estrangeira - Inglês


2.º Multimédia
Listening Comprehension
Name: _____________________________________ Date _____/______/_____
Year: ______ Course: __________________________________ N.º _________

CNN: The Newspaper Industry in Decline

Watch and listen carefully to the interview and choose the correct option.

1. The interview is about:


a. The newspapers and sensational news.
b. The decline of newspapers.
c. The decline of magazines.

1. The journalist gives examples of newspapers which:


a. Have just started.
b. Have ended.
c. Are the most popular in the country.

1. The headline on “Rocky Mountain News” states:


a. “Release the Presses”
b. “End the Presses”
c. “Stop the Presses”

1. The journalist says: “Even some of the biggest newspapers, the most well-
known papers in the country are…”
a. “bleeding black and might not survive.”
b. “bleeding red ink and might not survive.”
c. “bleeding red ink and might survive.”

1. The journalist interviews:


a. Three persons.
b. Two persons.
c. One person.

1. The journalist asks David Sirota: “Why do we need newspapers?” What does he
answer?
a. “Because we like to read.”
b. “Because newspapers are newspapers.”
c. “Because are the original journalists.”

1. What is David Sirota?


a. An Independent journalist.
b. An independent Radio host.
c. An independent TV host.

1. Are blogs and bloggers referred?


_______________________________________________________________________

Ludmila Bandeira
Módulo 4 – Os Media e a Comunicação Global
Língua Estrangeira - Inglês
2.º Multimédia
a. No.
b. Yes.

1. Leonard Pitts says: “We are being read more than we've ever been read before.
The problem is we are being read in a new medium. We're being…”
a. “read online on the internet.”
b. “read at home.”
c. “read everywhere.”

1. To finish the interview, the journalist says:


a. “Thanks.”
b. “Thank you for joining us.”
c. “Thank you so much for joining us.”

_______________________________________________________________________

Ludmila Bandeira

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