Television is still one of our most popular forms of entertainment. It brings people closer.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 34 to 38.

Television is still one of our most popular forms of entertainment. It brings people closer. (34) ......... families still watch shows or enjoy live sports programmes together. Television gives people something to talk about at school and at work and it often gets us talking about important issues. (35) ........., television - like everything else in the world today - is changing. The most important (36) ........ on television recently has been technology. Computers and the Internet have completely changed the way we get information and entertainment. Watching films and videos online is becoming more and more popular. Computers and smartphones, (37) ......... are much cheaper than ever before, help people choose their favourite programmes quickly and more effectively. Today, as life is getting faster, our mobile screens are the best way to watch programmes anywhere we like. Therefore, television stations have to change the way they make shows in order to give (38) ......... what they want.
(Adapted from Gateway by Spencer and Edwards)