Section I: Use of English(10 points)
Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, Cor D on the ANSWER SHEET.
In our society we must communicate with other people. A great deal of communicating is performedon a person-to-person__1__by the simple means of speech. If we travel in buses, stand in football match__2__, we are likely to have conversationswe__3__ we give information or opinions, and sometimes have our views __4 __by other members of socjety.
Face-to-face contact is __5__ the only form of communication, and during the last two hundred years the __6__of mass commumication has become one of the dominationg factors of contemporary society. Two things,__7__ Others, have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry Firstly, inventiveness has __ 8__advances in printing, photography and so on. Secondly, speed has revolutionized the__9__ and reception of communications so that local news often __10__a back seat to national news.
No longer is the possession of information__11__ to a privileged minority. Forty years ago people used to__12__to the cinema, but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a program that __13__ into millions of houses. Communication is no longer merely concernede __14__ the transmission of information. The modern communications industry influences the way people live in society and broadens their horizons by allowing__15__ to information, education and entertainment. The printing, broadcasting and advertising industries are all __16__with ingeducating and entertaining__17__ a great deal of the material communicated by the mass media is very valuable to the individual and to the society__18 __which he is a part, the vast modern network ofis__ 19__to abuse. However, the mass media are with us for better, for worse, andere is no turning __20__
1.A. basis B. base C.level D. ground
2.A.Hi B.queues C rows D.files
3.A.whereas B. which C. that D. where
4.A.expressed B challenged C.agreed D. voiced
5.A. by some means B by any means C, by no means D.by all means
6.A. art B. device C.way D. method
7.A below B.above C over D. beyond
8.A. resulted from B. translated into C. led to D, converted into
9.A.circulation B, diffusion C. transmission D transportation
10.A. offers B. chooses C.takes D. leaves
11.A. prohibited B, provided C allowed D.confined
12.A.stroll B.pour C, flock D. rush
13.A is being channeled B.isbroadcasting
C. is being discharged D. is transmitting
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