The means of sending communications are too numerous and varied for systematic classification: therefore, the analysis must begin with the means of receiving communications. Reception of communication is achieved by our senses. Sight, hearing and touch play the most important roles. Smell and taste play very limited roles.

Examples of visual communication are gesture and imitation. Although both frequently accompany speech, there are systems that rely solely on sight, such as those used by deaf and dumb persons. Another means of communicating visually is by signals of fire, smoke, flags or flashing lights. Feelings may be simply communicated by touch such as by handshaking, although a highly-developed system of handshaking as disabled blind, deaf, and dumb persons to communicate intelligently. Whistling to someone, clapping hands in a theater, and other forms of communication by sound rely upon the ear as a receiver. The most fully-developed form of auditory communication is, of course, the spoken language.

The means of communication mentioned so far have two features in common: they last only a short time, and the persons involved must be relatively close to each other. Therefore, all are restricted in time and space.

1.The word “auditory” in the third paragraph means communication by_________.
A. smelling       B. seeing
C. hearing       D. touching

2.The author explains that he will deal with reception of communication first because_________ .
A. communication actually takes place when the message is received
B. there are more means of receiving than of sending communications
C. reception of communications involves use of the senses
D. it is difficult to organize by typing the means of sending communication

3.Clapping hands is specifically mentioned as an example of_________.
A. communication by sound    B. gesture and imitation
C. communication by touch    D. a simple system of visual communication

4.The author specifically mentions that speech is_________.
A. often used when communicating
B. necessary for satisfactory communication by gesture
C. the only highly-developed system of communication
D. the most developed form of communication based on hearing

5.Which of the following statements about the way of communicating ideas and feelings mentioned in the passage is false?
A. They can be used to communicate over long distances.
B. They require both a sender and receiver.
C. They involve use of conventional signs and symbols.
D. They utilize the senses for reception.

Passage 2

Is it possible to persuade mankind to live without war? War is an ancient institution which has existed for at least six thousand years. It was always bad and usually foolish, but in the past the human race managed to live with it. Modern ingenuity has changed this. Either Man will abolish war, or war will abolish Man. For the present, it is nuclear weapons that cause the most serious danger, but bacteriological or chemical weapons may, before long, offer an even greater threat. If we succeed in abolishing nuclear weapons, our work will not be done. It will never be done until we have succeeded in abolishing war. To do this, we need to persuade mankind to look upon international questions in a new way, not as contests of force, in which the victory goes to the side which is most skillful in killing people, but by arbitration in accordance with agreed principles of law. It is not easy to change very old mental habits, but this is what must be attempted.