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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
1. The world in which we live is changing more rapidly than at any time in human history, Politically, the collapse
of communism in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe has ended the Cold War and altered the way that
many countries are governed. Borders have been redrawn, new nations have emerged and old countries have been
reborn. Notably there are now 15 republics in place of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia has fragmented, Czechoslovakia
has split into two and Germany has reunited. Although most of these changes have been comparatively peaceful,
political realignments and economic reorganisations have created new tensions. In some instances, particularly
in the Balkans and some of the former states of the Soviet Union, age-old hostilities between ethnic groups have
reemerged in the form of outright civil war. Environmentally, too, the world is at a crossroads; the speed and degree
of our exploitation of global resources have increased dramatically in recent decades, and threaten the very future
of the planet. In some cases these abuses have already caused irreversible damage, the ultimate consequences of
which can only be surmised.
2. At the same time, the world is growing smaller, modem communication means that images of an event whether
an earthquake or a revolution-in one country are instantly flashed onto television screens on the other side of the
world.
3. The same communication network has inextricably linked the world's financial markets and created a truly global
economy where no one currency or stock exchange is truly independent.
4. Despite the wealth of superficial information we are bombarded with on a daily basis, educators have become
increasingly aware of the fact that most of us really know very little about the world beyond our immediate
geographical boundaries. While better forms of communication allow us to see other cultures more easily, they do
little to help us gain insight into and understanding of the different customs, religions, languages and wealths and
lifestyles of the many nations of the world.
1.1 Attempt any eight of the following questions on the basis of the passage (1)What type of information do we gather on a daily basis?
(2) What do we lack despite having better forms of communication?
(3) Give a suitable title to the above passage.
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Answer 1

1.superficial information we gather on daily basis