1. C
2. A
3. A
4. D
5. C
XVII. 1. It took people more time to communicate with each other in the past.
2. Letters used to be written to keep in touch with her when he lived far from her by him.
3. When was that phone used by our teacher?
4. Why don't we go on a picnic this weekend?
5. "Let's watch a comedy" he said.
6. "Why don't we go to bed after taking some medicine?" said his friend.
7. What about eating out and going to the amusement park.
8. Despite the bad weather, the football match was not cancelled.