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    Emma Worth is a journalist who takes extreme measures like bribing guards and climbing through windows to get exclusive celebrity stories for her gossip magazine in order to earn a decent income. Celebrity news is a huge market, with magazines like Heat and Closer selling over a million copies a week. However, some celebrities complain that gossip hunters deny them privacy and can ruin their lives through media intrusion. A respected news reporter also argues that the focus on celebrity gossip means there is less coverage of important issues.

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    Emma Worth is a journalist who takes extreme measures like bribing guards and climbing through windows to get exclusive celebrity stories for her gossip magazine in order to earn a decent income. Celebrity news is a huge market, with magazines like Heat and Closer selling over a million copies a week. However, some celebrities complain that gossip hunters deny them privacy and can ruin their lives through media intrusion. A respected news reporter also argues that the focus on celebrity gossip means there is less coverage of important issues.

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    Emma Worth is a journalist who takes extreme measures like bribing guards and climbing through windows to get exclusive celebrity stories for her gossip magazine in order to earn a decent income. Celebrity news is a huge market, with magazines like Heat and Closer selling over a million copies a week. However, some celebrities complain that gossip hunters deny them privacy and can ruin their lives through media intrusion. A respected news reporter also argues that the focus on celebrity gossip means there is less coverage of important issues.

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    Emma Worth is a journalist who takes extreme measures like bribing guards and climbing through windows to get exclusive celebrity stories for her gossip magazine in order to earn a decent income. Celebrity news is a huge market, with magazines like Heat and Closer selling over a million copies a week. However, some celebrities complain that gossip hunters deny them privacy and can ruin their lives through media intrusion. A respected news reporter also argues that the focus on celebrity gossip means there is less coverage of important issues.

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    READING COMPREHENSION 2

    CELEBRITY NEWS

    In her quest to meet the rich and famous, Emma has bribed security guards, worn disguises, and even
    climbed through windows! But she does not think of herself as a criminal. ‘I’m just doing my job. I only
    get paid for good stories, so I have to take extreme measures if I want to earn a decent income!’

    Emma Worth writes for a famous gossip magazine. She is one of a growing number of journalists who
    are using their professional skills to hunt and catch the so-called ‘glitterati’unawares, each hoping to
    score an exclusive, and preferably shocking, scoop.

    Celebrity news is a huge market. Last year, Heat and Closer, the two best-selling UK gossip magazines,
    sold over a million copies every week, and new celebrity websites and TVprogrammes pop up every
    month. Even the traditionally more ‘serious’ press are turning to celebrities to boost sales. For example,
    the broadsheet newspaper The Telegraph now has a regular gossip column called ‘The Spy’. Many other
    ‘serious’ publications ask readers to send in stories about celebrities they have come across.

    But many people are critical of celebrity gossip hunters like Emma. Some stars complain that they are
    being denied a fundamental right to privacy, and even that their lives have been ruined by press
    intrusion. And, according to one highly-regarded news reporter, ‘Our fascination with gossip means that
    there is less media coverage of more important issues, such as politics and the environment. We need to
    stop taking this trivia so seriously!’

    I COMPREHENSION (4 points)

    CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C OR D). (0.5 points each)
    1. Emma sometimes uses extreme measures because …
    (a) she is obsessed with celebrities. (b) she wants to get close to celebrities.
    (c) she is a criminal. (d) she wants to become rich and famous.
    2. Some celebrities criticize gossip hunters because …
    (a) they don’t write about important news. (b) they don’t give celebrities any privacy.
    (c) they think trivia is serious. (d) they deny reporters any privacy.

    ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE
    PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT. (0.5 points each)
    3. Emma worries about breaking the law.
    4. Closer is a very popular UK gossip magazine.
    5. Broadsheet newspapers are only concerned with serious news, not celebrity news.
    6. Not all journalists are in favour of celebrity gossip.

    7. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)


    7.1 ONE SYNONYM FOR ‘look for’. (verb)
    7.2 ONE OPPOSITE FOR ‘not respected’. (adverb + adjective)

    8. FIND IN THE TEXT: (0.5 points)


    8.1 ONE WORD MEANING ‘not allowed’.
    8.2 ONE WORD MEANING ‘to harm something badly or destroy’.

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