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READING COMPREHENSION STORY TRUTH AT ALL COSTS
READING COMPREHENSION STORY TRUTH AT ALL COSTS
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1
According to her speech what´s the meaning of clash?
It means a violent confrontation.
It means to speak about the truth.
It means to crash.
It means to see a conflict.
2
Marie expressed in her speech that war correspondents would be able to do their jobs even without a staff.
True
False
3
What did Marie said it was the real difficulty?
To face the cruelty of wars.
To have enough faith in humanity´s care in the printed pages.
To face the horrors of war.
To be able to print the truth in the stories.
4
What type of text is the Truth At All Costs?
It´s a newspaper article.
It´s a magazine´s article.
It´s a speech.
It´s a scientific report.
5
Marie wanted people to know what our government, and our armed forces, are doing in our name.
False
True
6
How can war correspondents have their stories?
By sending junior officers who sent back dispatches.
By enterviewing the government and the army.
By getting information only from people in war.
By going to wars and see what´s happening.
7
According to the text what the word compelling means?
It means enriching.
It means violent.
It means honest.
It means attractive.
8
What are some of the dangers that she talked on her speech about being a war correspondent? (Choose all that apply)
To be kidnapped or held hostage.
To die.
To be wounded or maimed.
To starve and not able to sleep.
9
How did Marie say that war correspondents can make a difference? (Choose all that apply)
By describing what was happening in wars.
By speaking the truth of wars.
By exposing the atrocities that befall civilians.
By exposing the horrors of war.
10
We can conclude from Marie´s speech that being a war correspondent is pride even at high risk.
True
False
11
What was the speech purpose?
To honor war victims.
To honor the people from church.
To honor journalist and support staff who died in war.
To honor producers who recently died.
12
What was Marie Colvie´s equipment?
Satellite phone, video camera and a flack jacket.
A satellite phone, a telex machine and a lap top.
A typewriter and a telex machine.
A telescope, a notebook and a satellite phone.
13
Marie and Joao said that they did not felt terror when patrolling an embed through villages in Afghanistan.
True
False
14
According to her speech what does covering a war means?
It means to become famous.
It means going places torn by chaos, destruction and death.
It means to write stories for important newspapers and earn money.
It means to know places around the worls.
15
According the her speech how does she describes war scenes?
With people fighting for their rights and being attacked with bombs.
With burn houses, mutilated bodies and suffering.
Such as a cemetery.
With only destruciton.
16
What was Joao Silva´s profession?
He was a cameraman.
He was Marie´s boss.
He was a journalist.
He was a photographer.
17
She expressed in her speech that being a journalist covering combat shoulder responsibilities and difficult choices.
True
False
18
Bravery means doing the right thing even if it´s scary while Bravado means act foolish.
True
False
19
Who was the first correspondent in the modern era?
It was Linsey Hilsum.
It was William Howard Russell.
It was Joao Silva.
It was Marie Colvie.
20
What is the meaning of war correspondent?
A journalist reporting from a scene of war.
A broadcaster
A female victim of war.
A writer of only wars
21
What happende to Joao Silva?
He was shot and die.
He was maimed as a revenge.
He stepped on mine and lost his both legs at the knee.
He died in a bombing.
22
Who wrote the speech?
Lindsey Hilsum
Marie Colvie
Joao Silva
Paul Conroy
23
What did she say it was journalist mission?
To let the world know what they really want.
To speak the truth of power.
To speak the truth only if it´s required.
To use sanitised language in their stories.
24
What was Marie Colvie´s profession?
A broadcaster.
A novelist.
A photographer.
A journalist.
25
How did she lose her left eye?
In an ambush in Sri Lankan civil war.
Because of a bomb.
By a granade.
In a war fighting for her life.
