Read this text and the words in capital letters below it. Change the form of the word so that it fits the numbered
space. The Role of Communication
Communication plays a crucial role in (1)__________ various aspects of our social life. However, communication
has more often than not been distorted by unequal opportunities to initiate and sustain it. Such a condition has been criticized
by Habermas who argues for an ideal speech situation. It is a (2)_______ to a situation of democratic communication with
equal opportunities for social actors to communicate undistorted manner. This ideal situation is (3)_______ being realized by
Internet. The paper provides a case story of how an Internet-based tool can be used, for example by environment group, as a
new avenue for (4)_______ a more equal exchange of ideas among social (5)_____. The Internet-based electronic forum,
known by its acronym GRASS (Group Report Authoring Support System), is a generic software tool (6)_______ the
production of concise group reports that give their readers an up to date and credible overview of the positions of (7)______
stakeholders on a particular issue. Together with people and procedures it is a (8)_________ socio-technical system which
can play a role in resolving societal conflicts. With the widespread use of the Internet, such an Internet-based forum has the
potential to become an emergent form of (9)_________ for widely dispersed social actors to conduct debate and
(10)________.
1. influence
2. refer
3. partial
4. create
5. act
6. support
7. vary
8. comprehend
9. communicate
10.discuss