PART IV CLOZE [10 MIN] Decide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blank. The words can be used ONCE ONLY. Mark the letter for each word on ANSWER SHEET TWO. A. daydream B. disagreement C. factually D. if E. inevitable F. inseparable G. lays H. making I. perspective J. resides K. that L. thinking M. thoughtfully N. ultimately O. wake To some thinkers, it is machines and their development that drive economic and cultural change. This idea is referred to as technological determinism. Certainly there can be no doubt that machines contributed to the Protestant Reformation and the decline of the Catholic Church’s power in Europe ______ (31) television has changed the way family members interact. Those who believe in technological determinism would argue that these changes in the cultural landscape were the ______ (32) result of new technology. But others see technology as more neutral and claim that the way people use technology is what gives it significance. This ______ (33) accepts technology as one of many factors that shape economic and cultural change; technology’s influence is ______ (34) determined by how much power it is given by the people and cultures that use it. This ______ (35) about the power of technology is at the heart of the controversy surrounding the new communication technologies. Are we more or less powerless in the ______ (36) of advances such as the Internet, the World Wide Web, and instant global audio and visual communication? If we are at the mercy of technology, the culture that surrounds us will not be of our ______ (37) and the best we can hope to do is make our way reasonably well in a world outside our own control. But if these technologies are indeed neutral and their power ______ (38) in how we choose to use them, we can utilize them responsibly and ______ (39) to construct and maintain whatever kind of culture we want. As film director and technophile Steve Spielberg explained, “Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or ______ (40), to imagine something wonderful.”