Everyday Vocabulary Television Test

(Please note: The following questions are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)

TELEVISION

Mass _____ is a phrase often used to describe ways of giving information and entertainment to very large numbers of people.

It includes newspapers, advertising and radio and, of course, television. In most countries, people can _____ to any of three or four different _____.

In most countries, people can _____ to any of three or four different _____.

Do television programs influence our minds? Do they _____ us?

Is the news completely _____ (neutral) or is it _____ (considered from one particular point of view)?

Is the news completely _____ (neutral) or is it _____ (considered from one particular point of view)?

Don’t the _____ for alcohol, food and other goods condition our minds?

Even the _____ going on week after week telling the story of one family or group of people sometimes make us want to copy the lifestyle we see on the screen.

Also, _____ which give people big prizes for answering simple questions can make us greedy.

Some programs are watched by tens of millions of _____.