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Civilization, like (21), fall, not so much because of (22) of the enemy outside, as through the weakness and (23) within, Rome fell not because of the (24), they merely knocked (25) something that was already dead. The
heart of Rome had (26) beating when the arms and legs were cut (27). We see something of this (28),. in India and China and in the case of the Arabs. The(29) of Arabian civilization was sudden even as their rise had been. In India and China the process is longdrawn (30) and it is not easy to spot it.

Direction: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
Mass communication is the delivery of11, ideas and entert-ainment to thousands or millions of 12 simultaneously; it is a force with incalculable 13 on today’s world. The 14 of mass comm-unication rests 15 the skills of the communicator to 16 the recipient’s thinking, 17 stir emotions, to 18 him or her to 19. Mass communication is the one-to-one impact of one human intelligence upon20, carried on thousand fold simultaneously among individuals who have no direct personal contact.