【推荐2】Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live, we must communicate with other people. A great deal of_________is performed on a person-to-person basis by the simple___________of speech. If we travel in buses, buy things in shops, or eat in restaurants, we are likely to have___________where we give information or opinions, receive news or comment, and very___________to have our views challenged by other members of society.

Face to face___________is by no means the only form of communication and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become one of the___________factors of contemporary society. Two things, above others, have caused the enormous___________growth of the communication industry. Firstly, inventiveness has_________advanced imprinting, telecommunications photography, radio and television. Secondly, speed has revolutionized the transmission (传输) and reception of communications so that local news often takes a back seat to national news, which itself is often almost eclipsed(侵蚀) by international news.

No longer is the possession of information___________toa privileged minority. In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed______________, but today there are public libraries. For 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______________into millions of homes.

Communication is no longer merely concerned with the transmission of information. The modern communication industry______________the way people live in society and broadens their horizons by allowing____________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______________to the individual and to the society of which he is part, the vast modern network of communications is open to abuse(滥用).______________, the mass media are with us for better, for worse, and there is no turning back.

【推荐3】Migrant workers

In the past twenty years, there has been an increasing tendency for workers to move from one country to another. While some newly independent countries have ____ most jobs to local people, others have attracted and welcomed migrant workers. This is particularly the ____ in the Middle East, where increased oil incomes have enabled many countries to ____ outsiders to improve local facilities. Thus the Middle East has attracted oil-workers from the USA and Europe. It has brought in construction workers and technicians from many countries, including South Korea and Japan.

In view of the ____ living and working conditions in the Middle East, surprising it is not that the pay is high to attract suitable workers. Many engineers and technicians can earn at least twice as much money in the Middle East as they can in their own country, and this is a ____ attraction. An allied (联合的) benefit is the low ____ or a complete lack of it. This ____ the amount of pay received by visiting workers and is very popular with them.

Sometimes a disadvantage has a compensating (补偿的) advantage. ____, the difficult living conditions often lead to increased friendship when workers have to depend on each other for safety and comfort. ____, many migrant workers can save large sum of money partly because of the lack of entertainment facilities. The work is often complex and full of problems but this merely presents greater ____ to engineers who prefer to find solutions to problems rather than do ____ work in their home country.

One major problem which affects migrant workers in the Middle East is that their jobs are ____ ones. They are nearly always on contract, so it is not easy for them to plan ahead with great confidence. This is to be ____ since no country welcomes a large number of foreign workers as permanent residents. In any case, migrant workers accept this ____, along with others, because of the ____ financial benefits which they receive.