Use of English Vocabulary Test P

(Please note: Questions 1-15 are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)

Bad News

The mass media nowadays are our main source of information about what’s happening in the world and the impression one _____ from them about human _____ is pretty depressing.

The mass media nowadays are our main source of information about what’s happening in the world and the impression one _____ from them about human _____ is pretty depressing.

My blood _____ rises every time I switch the television on.

Apart from the gossip about _____ personalities, the picture they paint of human _____ is that they are violent and bloodthirsty.

Apart from the gossip about _____ personalities, the picture they paint of human _____ is that they are violent and bloodthirsty.

They just report crimes, violations of human rights and the way we are destroying our natural _____.

They rarely report _____ in science or medicine; it’s a bleak picture.

Last night, there was a report about a mass _____ from a prison in Chicago during which five prison guards _____ dead as the prisoners were _____ their getaway.

Last night, there was a report about a mass _____ from a prison in Chicago during which five prison guards _____ dead as the prisoners were _____ their getaway.

Last night, there was a report about a mass _____ from a prison in Chicago during which five prison guards _____ dead as the prisoners were _____ their getaway.

Then there was the story of someone who _____ gunned down by police when he went berserk and massacred ten innocent _____ in a shopping centre somewhere - again - in the United States.

Then there was the story of someone who _____ gunned down by police when he went berserk and massacred ten innocent _____ in a shopping centre somewhere - again - in the United States.

I see now where Hollywood _____ get their ideas from.

They just turn on the news and they’ve got themselves a _____ scenario.

It seems to me that news _____ have become a form of entertainment.