¡¡¡¡59.What is the passage mainly about?

¡¡¡¡[A]needs of the readers all over the world

¡¡¡¡[B]causes of the public disappointment about newspapers

¡¡¡¡[C]origins of the declining newspaper industry

¡¡¡¡[D]aims of a journalism credibility project

¡¡¡¡60.The results of the journalism credibility project turned out to be_________.

¡¡¡¡[A]quite trustworthy¡¡¡¡[B]somewhat contradictory

¡¡¡¡[C]very illuminating¡¡¡¡¡¡[D]rather superficial

¡¡¡¡61.The basic problem of journalists as pointed out by the writer lies in¡¡their _________.

¡¡¡¡[A]working attitude¡¡¡¡[B]conventional lifestyle

¡¡¡¡[C]world outlook¡¡¡¡¡¡[D]educational background

¡¡¡¡62.Despite its efforts, he newspaper industry still cannot satisfy the readers owing to its _________.

¡¡¡¡[A]failure to realize its real problem

¡¡¡¡[B]tendency to hire annoying reporters

¡¡¡¡[C]likeliness to do inaccurate reporting

¡¡¡¡[D]prejudice in matters of race and gender

¡¡¡¡Passage 4

¡¡¡¡The world is going through the biggest wave of mergers and acquisitions ever witnessed. The process sweeps from hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might. Many in these countries are looking at this process and worrying:Won't the wave of business concentration turn into an uncontrollable anti-competitive force?

¡¡¡¡There's no question that the big are getting bigger and more powerful. Multinational corporations accounted for less than 20% of international trade in 1982.Today the figure is more than 25% and growing rapidly. International affiliates account for a fast-growing segment of production in economies that open up and welcome foreign investment. In Argentina, for instance, after the reforms of the early 1990s,multinationals went from 43% to almost 70% of the industrial production of the 200 largest firms. This phenomenon has created serious concerns over the role of smaller economic firms, of national businessmen and over the ultimate stability of the world economy.ª¥

¡¡¡¡I believe that the most important forces behind the massive M wave are the same that underlie the globalization process: falling transportation and communication costs, lower trade and investment barriers and enlarged markets that require enlarged operations capable of meeting customer's demands. All these are beneficial, not detrimental, to consumers. As productivity grows, the world's wealth increases.

¡¡¡¡Examples of benefits or costs of the current concentration wave are scanty. Yet it is hard to imagine that the merger of a few oil firms today could re-create the same threats to competition that were feared nearly a century ago in the U.S., when the Standard Oil trust was broken up. The mergers of telecom coMPAnies, such as WorldCom, hardly seem to bring higher prices for consumers or a reduction in the pace of technical progress. On the contrary, the price of communications is coming down fast. In cars, too, concentration is increasing-witness Daimler and Chrysler, Renault and Nissan-but it does not appear that consumers are being hurt.