Leave, but not come back to the narrator
Explication
The narrator recognizes that they can make the other person leave, but they cannot make that person return. The tempting opposite reverses the two actions described in the song.
Madness, screams, tears, departure, or hatred
Explication
The narrator says they can make the other person become mad, scream, cry, leave, or hate them. The other groups contain reactions that are not listed among the narrator’s possible effects.
Into quality papers and popular papers called tabloids
Explication
The traditional distinction is between quality papers and popular papers, the latter also being called tabloids. Sunday editions and supplements describe publication practices, not the two main categories.
Reading the Sunday paper together with all its supplements
Explication
Many British families regularly read the Sunday paper along with its supplements. Daily delivery by a newsagent is a separate newspaper-buying or receiving practice, not the habit described here.
They buy them at newsstands or have a newsagent deliver them home
Explication
Many British people either buy newspapers at newsstands or arrange home delivery by a newsagent. Reading in cafés and borrowing from libraries are not the two practices identified.
Broadsheets use formal, complex language, whereas tabloids use colloquial, simpler language
Explication
Broadsheets are associated with formal language, complex vocabulary, and longer sentences, while tabloids favor colloquial language, simpler vocabulary, and shorter sentences. The second option reverses this central distinction.
Broadsheets aim to inform, whereas tabloids aim to entertain
Explication
Broadsheets focus on informing readers about major events and specialized subjects, whereas tabloids primarily seek to entertain. The second option incorrectly swaps their stated aims.
Many pictures, emotional language, and stories about celebrities and scandals
Explication
Tabloids typically combine numerous pictures with sensational or emotional language and stories about celebrities, scandals, gossip, sex, and games. The other descriptions correspond more closely to the content and style associated with broadsheets.
It has fallen by at least 5%.
Explication
Newspaper circulation has decreased by at least 5%, while digital news use has increased among technophiles. The increase in digital use does not mean that printed newspaper circulation has risen or stayed stable.
Three million
Explication
Three million national newspapers are sold daily in Britain. Six million refers to the number of technophiles, not the number of newspapers sold.
A person who uses a smartphone or tablet to read the news independently
Explication
A technophile is someone who uses a smartphone or tablet to read the news on their own. Working in newspaper sales or writing headlines describes different activities, not this category of news user.
They represent one in three of the population and are young, affluent, male, and educated.
Explication
There are six million technophiles, equal to one in three of the population, and they are described as young, affluent, male, and educated. The other descriptions change the reported proportion or demographic characteristics.
Journaux
Explication
« Newspapers » signifie « journaux », c’est-à-dire des publications de presse. « Headlines » correspond à « gros titres », tandis que les autres réponses désignent d’autres termes du vocabulaire de la presse.
Nouvelles de l’étranger
Explication
« Overseas news » désigne les nouvelles venant de l’étranger. « Newspapers » signifie « journaux », tandis que « headlines » signifie « gros titres ».
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What can the narrator make the other person do in "Back To Me"?
Make them mad, scream, cry, leave, or hate them.
What can the narrator not make the other person do?
Come back to the narrator.
What did the narrator initially think about needing the other person?
They thought they did not need the other person.
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