Clearly if we are to participle in the society in which we live we must communicate with other people. A great deal of communicating is performed on a person-to-person basis by the simple means of speech. If we travel in buses, buy things in shops, or eat in restaurants, we are likely to have conversations where we give information or opinions, receive news or comment, and very likely have our views challenged by other members of society. Face-to-face contact is by no means the only form of communication and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become of one of the dominating factors of contemporary society. Two things, above others, have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry. Firstly, inventiveness has 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 itself is often almost eclipsed by international news. No longer is the possession of information confined to a privileged minority. In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed fortunate, but today there are public libraries. Forty years ago people used to flock to the cinema, but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a programme that is being channeled into millions of homes. Communication is no longer merely concerned with the transmission of information. The modern communication industry influences the way people live in society and broadens their horizons by allowing access to information, education and entertainment. The printing, broadcasting and advertising industries are all involved with informing,educating and entertaining. Although a great deal of the material communicated by the mass media is very valuable to the individual and to the society of which he is a part, the vast modern network of communications is open to abuse. However, the mass media are with us for better, for worse, and there is no turning back. In the first paragraph the writer emphasizes the ______ of face-to-face contact in social settings.
A. nature
B. limitation
C. usefulness
D. creativity
Man cannot go on (1) his numbers at the present rate, In the (2) 30 years man will face a period of crisis. (3) experts believe that there will be a widespread food (4) . Other experts think this is (5) pessimistic, and that man can prevent things (6) worse than they are now. But (7) that two-thirds of the people in the world are undernourished or starving now.One thing that man can do is to limit (8) of babies born. The need (9) this is obvious, but it is (10) to achieve. People have to (11) _ to limit their families. In the countries of the population (12) , many people like big families. The parents think that this (13) a bigger income for the family and ensures there will be someone in the family who will look (14) them in old age.Several governments have (15) birth control policies in recent years. (16) them are Japan, China, India and Egypt. In some (17) the results have not been (18) . Japan has been an exception. The Japanese adopted a birth control policy in 1948. People (19) to limit their families. The birth rate fell from 34. 3 per thousand per year to about 17. 0 per year (20) . 13()
A. takes
B. brings
C. makes
D. earns