IV- Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 46 to 50.
Information communication
We can (46) __________other people in many different ways. We can talk and write, and we can send messages with our hands and faces. There is also the phone (including the mobile!), the fax, and e-mail. Television, film, painting, and photography can also communicate ideas.
Animals have ways of (47) __________ information, too. Bees dance and tell other bees where to find food. Elephants make sounds that humans can’t hear. Whales sing songs. Monkeys use their faces to show anger and love. But this is nothing (48) __________ to what people can do. We have language – about 6,000 languages, in fact. We can write poetry, tell jokes, make promises, explain, persuade, tell the truth, or tell lies. And we have a sense of past and future, not just present.
Radio, film, and television (49) __________ a huge influence on society in the last hundred years. And now we have the Internet, which is infinite. But what is this doing to this? We can give and get a lot of information very quickly. But there is (50) __________ information that it is difficult to know what is important and what isn’t. Modern media is changing our world every minute of every day.
(48)____________
A.compare
B.comparing
C.is compared   
D.compared

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V- Read the following passage and the mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 51 to 56.
             In the modern world, there’s a wealth of leisure activities to choose from. Entertainment industries compete for your leisure time. You can watch TV , listen to music , go to an art gallery or, of course , read a book. Sometimes , it seems that reading is neglected because even if you are a fast reader, it can take a considerable amount of time to finish a novel, for example .
But in the modern world , time is something that can be in short supply .
        Book publishers haven’t been slow to realize this and are now selling a product which needn’t take up as much of your time but still tells you an excellent story. The new product is the audio book- cassette recording of shortened novels, often read by well- known personalities or the authors themselves. Audio books are relatively new but people are becoming more aware of them and sales are increasing  all the time .
        One of the attractions of audio books is that they are like listening to the radio , only better. You can listen to what you want when you want and you won’t ever miss anything. Much of their appeal lies in their flexibility . They allow you to do other things while you’re listening, such as driving or doing the housework.
Nowadays , there is a wealth of leisure activities to choose from…
A.so there’s no one that wants to read books for entertainment .
B.such as watching TV, listening to music, going to an art gallery or concert or reading books .
C.all people spend little time reading books for leisure .
D.so reading books for leisure is completely neglected .