{"id":16023,"date":"2018-02-02T11:19:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T16:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southbeachlanguages.com\/?p=16023"},"modified":"2018-02-02T11:22:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T16:22:04","slug":"whats-it-about-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southbeachlanguages.com\/whats-it-about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s it about? #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u2018<\/em><strong><em>What\u2019s it about?\u2019 Practice quiz, #2<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>This is a practice quiz for International English students to understand the meaning of English Newspaper Headlines.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Read the below recent headlines and choose the actual meaning.<br \/>\n<em>This a great way to improve your English, practicing use of grammar, idioms, phrasal verbs and vocabulary that are commonly used in American newspapers.<\/em><br \/>\nSource of Headlines: The Sun Sentinel (Newspaper serving Miami, Hollywood, Aventura, Pembroke Pines, Sunny Isles, Deerfield Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Broward County, Florida)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><em>1) Local Headline: Florida temps hit record lows<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>What\u2019s it about?<br \/>\nA) Florida temporary workers are suffering from severe depression.<br \/>\nB) This winter, Florida temperatures are lower than anytime in recent history.<br \/>\nC) Florida temp stocks have decreased in value to extremely low levels.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>2) <strong><em>Entertainment Headline: Miami pug to compete in Animal Planet&#8217;s &#8216;Puppy Bowl&#8217;<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>What\u2019s it about?<br \/>\nA) A dog from Miami will participate in an animal television channel program during the super bowl.<br \/>\nB) A dog from Miami has been selected by an animal television to eat with other puppies from a bowl.<br \/>\nC) The \u2018Puppy Bowl\u2019 is a new television series from the network Animal Planet which will host competitions that promote the city of Miami.<\/p>\n<h4><strong><em>3) Health Headline: Flu season&#8217;s worst is still to come in South Florida<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>What\u2019s it about?<br \/>\nA) Flying airplanes over South Florida has become very dangerous this season.<br \/>\nB) Many people have gotten sick with the flu in South Florida, but the season is coming to an end.<br \/>\nC) More residents of South Florida are expected to contract the Flu in the upcoming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><em>4) Opinion Headline: Should food stamps help hungry pets?<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>What\u2019s it about?<br \/>\nA) This article discusses whether low income people, who receive food stamps from the government, should be allowed to use this currency to purchase food for their pets.<br \/>\nB) This article analyzes how our community can stamp out animal hunger.<br \/>\nC) This article tracks the purchases of food store consumers and the amount they spend on their pets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><em>5) National News Headline: Suspect took a cab to a West Virginia bank heist<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>What\u2019s it about?<br \/>\nA) A West Virgina banker is suspected of taking a cab.<br \/>\nB) A thief rode in a taxicab to a bank robbery.<br \/>\nC) A criminal stole a taxicab then drove to a bank in West Virginia.<\/p>\n<h4><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n<h6>ANSWERS: 1-B, 2-A, 3-C, 4-A, 5-B<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018What\u2019s it about?\u2019 Practice quiz, #2 This is a practice quiz for International English students to understand the meaning of English Newspaper Headlines.\u00a0\u00a0Read [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[108],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What&#039;s it about? 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