sábado, 24 de abril de 2010

Winston Churchill didn't really exist, say teens

Key
Question 1
a) True. The canvass of 3,000 under-twenties
b) True. Despite his celebrated military reputation, 47 per cent of respondents dismissed the 12th-century crusading English king Richard the Lionheart as fictional
c) False . Holmes, the detective, was so convincingly brought to life in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novels, their film versions and television series, that 58 per cent of respondents believe that the sleuth really lived at 221B Baker Street.
d) False. More than three-quarters of those polled (77 per cent) admitted they did not read history books, and 61 per cent said that they changed channels rather than watch historical programmes on television

Question 2
a) The survey was ordered by UKTV Gold, and the results show that British teenagers do not have an accurate knowledge of history as they mix up which characters are real or fictional.
b) Films can be so convincing that they make people believe that what they see really happened

Question 3
a) canvass
b) featured/ feature
c) marked

Question 4
a) Although King Arthur was a mythical figure, almost two thirds of teens believed King Arthur.
b) Eleanor Rigby was believed to be /to have been a real person
c) He said that stories of Robin Hood were so inspiring that it was not surprising people believed those characters had truly existed.

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