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Practice Reading: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers ID: #933 Communication1
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Read the text and answer the question by selecting all the correct responses. You will need to select more than one response.
Communication is the sharing of information. It is the power to create in the minds of others, feelings or information that you want them to have. It is the need to communicate that has given rise to speech, language, alphabets, and writing. The same need led to the invention of paper, printing presses, typewriters, and finally computers and the internet. The power to communicate in depth has allowed humans to dominate earth. The fast development of the same power has allowed human technological evolution to overtake biological and social evolution. There are three principal needs of communication. The need to communicate in presence of the receiver gave rise to speech and language. The need to communicate in one’s absence gave rise to alphabet, writing, paper, printing press, all kinds of recording devices, and finally the modern day computer with its features. The need to communicate over a distance included everything that one needed to communicate in one’s absence, but also gave rise to signals, telegraph, telephone, the postal system and the internet.

Which of the following questions about communication can be answered from the text?

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Option 1: "Why do we communicate?"

Explanation: The text discusses the fundamental reasons behind communication, stating that it is driven by the need to share information and create feelings in others. This aligns directly with the question of 'why' we communicate.

Option 2: "How do we communicate?"

Explanation: The text outlines various methods of communication, including speech, language, writing, and modern technology like computers and the internet. This provides a clear answer to the question of 'how' we communicate.

Option 3: "What do we communicate?"

Explanation: The text implies that we communicate information and feelings, which answers the question of 'what' we communicate. It emphasizes the sharing of information as a core aspect of communication.

Option 4: "Where do we communicate?"

Explanation: The text does not provide specific locations or contexts for communication, making this question unanswerable based on the provided information.

Option 5: "When do we communicate?"

Explanation: The text does not address specific times or circumstances under which communication occurs, thus this question cannot be answered from the text.

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