In our society, we must communicate with other people. A great deal of communicating is pe

rformed on a person-to-person【C1】______ by the simple means of speech. If we travel in buses, stand in football match【C2】______ , we are likely to have conversations【C3】______ we give information or opinions, and sometimes have our views【C4】______ by other members of society.

Face-to-face contact is【C5】______ the only from of communication and during the last two hundred years the【C6】______ of mass communication has become one of the dominating factors of contemporary society, Two things,【C7】______ others, have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry. Firstly, inventiveness has led to【C8】______ in printing, photography and so on. Secondly, speed has revolutionised the【C9】______ and reception of communication so that local news often takes【C10】______ back seat to national news.

No longer is the possession of information【C11】______ to a privileged minority. Forty years ago people used to【C12】______ to the cinema, but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a programme that【C13】______ into millions of homes.

Communication is no longer merely concerned【C14】______ the transmission of information. The modern communications industry influences the way people live in society and broadens their【C15】______ by allowing access to information, education and entertainment. The printing, broadcasting and【C16】______ industries are all involved with informing, educating and entertaining.

【C17】______ a great deal of the material communicated by the mass media is very【C18】______ to the individual and to the society of which he is a part, the vast modem network of communication is【C19】______ to abuse. However, the mass media are with us for better, for worse, and there is no turning【C20】______ .

【C1】

A．basis

B．base

C．foundation

D．ground