Question

Read this text and the words in capital letters below it. Change the form of the word so that it fits the numbered
space. The Role of Communication
Communication plays a crucial role in (1)__________ various aspects of our social life. However, communication
has more often than not been distorted by unequal opportunities to initiate and sustain it. Such a condition has been criticized
by Habermas who argues for an ideal speech situation. It is a (2)_______ to a situation of democratic communication with
equal opportunities for social actors to communicate undistorted manner. This ideal situation is (3)_______ being realized by
Internet. The paper provides a case story of how an Internet-based tool can be used, for example by environment group, as a
new avenue for (4)_______ a more equal exchange of ideas among social (5)_____. The Internet-based electronic forum,
known by its acronym GRASS (Group Report Authoring Support System), is a generic software tool (6)_______ the
production of concise group reports that give their readers an up to date and credible overview of the positions of (7)______
stakeholders on a particular issue. Together with people and procedures it is a (8)_________ socio-technical system which
can play a role in resolving societal conflicts. With the widespread use of the Internet, such an Internet-based forum has the
potential to become an emergent form of (9)_________ for widely dispersed social actors to conduct debate and
(10)________.
1. influence
2. refer
3. partial
4. create
5. act
6. support
7. vary
8. comprehend
9. communicate
10.discuss

Answer 1

1. influencing

2. reference

3. partially

4. creating

5. actors

6. supporting

7. various

8. comprehensive

9. communication

10.discussion