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 26 to 30.

Since the invention of the Internet, the world has become a different place. People are sending messages, apparently up to 60 billion a day, and it usually takes only seconds to deliver them. (26)_____ are we now forgetting how to communicate face-to-face?

Without a doubt there are (27)_____ challenges, but there are also examples of when the Internet has changed someone's life for the better. Look at Tara Taylor's case, a mother (28)_____ lives in the USA: when she uploaded a photo of her daughter to Facebook, a facefriend (29)______ a problem with one of the child's eyes, so Tara took her to the doctor. It turned out that the girl had a rare disease, but her sight was saved! The story of communication is, in many (30)________, the story of the human race: we have always shared knowledge and built relationships, whatever means of communication we use. (Adapted from High Note)