For a wrong word, underline the
wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the
line. For a missing word, mark the
position of the missing word with a "∧" sign and write the word you believe to
be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. For an
unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash
"—" and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.
Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we
live we must communicate with the other people. A great deal of communicating
is (1)
______ performed on a person-to-person base by the simple means of speech.
(2) ______ If
we travel in buses, buy things in shops, or eat in restaurants, we
are possible to have conversations where we give information or opinions,
(3) ______ receive
news or comment, and very likely have our views challenged by other members
of society. Face-to face contact is by no mean the only form of
communication (4)
______ and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication
has become one of the dominating factors of contemporary society. Two
things, above others, have caused the enormous growth of the communication
industry. Firstly, inventiveness had led to advances in printing,
telecommunications, photography, radio and television. Secondly, speed has
revolutionized the transmission and reception of communications so that local
news often takes a back seat to national news, which themselves is often
almost eclipsed by (5)
______ international news. No longer is the possession of
information confined to a privileged majority. In the last century the
wealthy man with his own library was indeed (6)
______ fortunate, and today there are public libraries. Forty years ago
people used to (7) ______ flock to cinema, but now far
more people sit at home and turn on the TV to
(8) ______ watch a program that is being channeled into millions of
homes, Communication is no longer mere concerned with the
transmission
(9) ______ of information. The modern communication industry influences
the way people live in society and narrows their horizons by allowing access
to (10) ______ information,
education and entertainment. The printing, broadcasting and advertising
industries are all involved with informing, educating and entertaining.