IELTS Reading - Vocabulary check

Choose an option fill in the blank:

"Kenh14.vn ________ before reporters from Vnexpress could even send a reporter to the scene.

• broke the scoop

• broke the story

• got the scoop

• got the story

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What is the antonym of 'amateur'?

• lazy

• including friends and family

• professional

• unprofessional

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the correct definition of 'amateur' (noun).

• a person who takes part in an activity for pleasure, not as a job

• taking part in an activity for pleasure, not as a job

• a person who has the type of job that needs a high level of education and training

• relating to work that needs special training or education

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose an option to fill in the blank:

"_________ media such as VTV holds important role in anti-fake news fight"

• Alternative

• Popular

• Mainstream

• Professional

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What is 'alternative media'?

• Non-mainstream media forms such as graffiti, street theatre, fanzines, pamphlets, and community newsletters

• Traditional or established broadcasting or publishing outlets

• Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking

• Technology that is intended to reach a mass audience

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Choose the correct definition of 'manipulate' (verb).

• to control something or someone to your advantage, often unfairly or dishonestly

• to influence or control someone to your advantage, often without that person knowing it

• to order, limit, or rule something, or someone's actions or behaviour

• to tell someone to do something, especially when you are in a position of legal or official authority

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose an option fill in the blank:

"The opposition leader accused government ministers of _________ the statistics to suit themselves."

• ordering

• analyzing

• taking

• manipulating

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the synonym of 'media outlet'.

• newspapers

• news agency

• social media

• mass media

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Choose the correct definition of 'perpetrator'.

• someone who has committed fraud

• someone who has committed a crime or a violent or harmful act

• someone who has been released from prison

• someone who has been a victim of human trafficking

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose an option fill in the blank:

"The _________ of the massacre must be brought to justice as war criminals."

• crimes

• soldiers

• warriors

• perpetrators

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4