Question

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If you look very closely at a newspaper photograph you will see that the grey areas are made up of black dots of various sizes. The lighter the shades of grey, the smaller the dots. In .............(1)........... area the dots are larger. The process by which this .......(2)....... is achieved is called half-tone screening. First of all a negative .............(3)........... is made of the picture. That is, the light and dark areas are ........... (4)........... so that white becomes ........... (5) ........ and black becomes white. This picture is projected ................ (6)........... a special screen. The screen is made of glass and has lines ........... (7)........... on it both vertically and horizontally. So the screen is divided up .............. (8) .............. tiny squares rather like graph paper. When the light ............. (9) .......... the negative is shone through this ....(10) ........ it is broken up into dots. This light lands on a metal plate that is coated with chemicals.

1. (a) smaller (b) darker (c) lighter (d) small

2. (a) effect (b) colour (c) tone (d) affect

3. (a) photograph (b) print (c) copy (d) paint

4. (a) reversed (b) removed (c) coloured (d) darkened

5. (a) dark (b) dotted (c) black (d) white

6. (a) into (b) above (c) through (d) on

7. (a) ruled (b) cut (c) reflected (d) deflected

8. (a) from (b) into (c) like (d)in

9. (a) from (b) of (c) on (d) at

10. (a) graph paper (b) framework (c) screen (d) paper

Answer 1

1. (b) darker
2. (c) tone
3. (b) print
4. (a) reversed 
5. (c) black
6. (d) on
7. (a) ruled
8. (b) into
9. (a) from
10. (c) screen