For self-examination. Answer the questions:

Answer the questions:

1. What UK "quality" newspapers do you know?

2. What does a term "tabloid" mean?

3. What UK "popular" newspapers do you know?

4. It's often said that the aim of the popular press is to entertain its readers rather than inform them. What kind of material do these newspapers concentrate on?

5. Are "quality" papers more popular than "tabloids"? Why?

6. In some countries newspapers are owned by government or by political parties. What about Britain?

7. What's the difference between daily newspapers and "Sundays"?

Fill in the blanks:

1. The _______ newspapers are "The Times", "The Independent", "The Guardian", "The Financial Times" and "The Daily Telegraph".

2. The most widely _______ are "The Daily Mail", "The Daily Express", "The Daily Mirror", "The Sun" and "The Daily Star".

3. The tabloid press is much more popular than the _______.

4. Newspapers here are mostly owned by _______ or by _______ companies.

5. Most of the _______ contain more reading matter than daily papers, and several of them also include "colour supplements".

6. Nearly every area in Britain has one or more _______.

Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence:

1) the, one of, British, are, the biggest, in, newspaper-reading, the, world, nations;

2) the, press, tabloid, is, popular, than, much more, the, press, quality;

3) mostly, owned, newspapers, are, by, individuals, by, companies, or, publishing;

4) every, nearly, area, has, local, newspapers, one or more, in, Britain.

4. Make up a plan (logical scheme) and then summarize the content of the text "The British Press" in writing.

5.2. The American Press