Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following quest...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions from 16 to 23.

        In today's world, we have different kinds of media available to us at all times, but did you know that the history of media actually goes back millennia?

        The word ‘media' refers to the different ways in which people transmit information. By this definition, we can say with confidence that human beings created the first type of media around 64,000 years ago when we first began painting simplistic symbols on the walls of caves. Since then, the more we have evolved, the more advanced our media have become.

        According to experts, it was sometime around 3,400 BC when human beings first began utilising written language as a means of communication. For generations, apart from verbal communication, people had to write everything manually until the mid-1440s. It was Johannes Gutenberg which revolutionised media when he created an invention called the printing press. This marked the beginning of what we now call "mass media": Gutenberg's innovative invention made print media like books, newspapers and magazines at a large scale and much information with a wider audience than ever before.

        Several hundred years after the invention of the printing press, during the 19th century, we created cameras and later, the radio. The invention of the radio began the age of broadcast media, and the development of television swiftly followed it. This allowed many people to watch fascinating movies, programmes and documentaries, all of which remain popular today.

        In the 2000s, we saw the rise of digital media. Now, we visit web pages, listen to podcasts, stream music and communicate on social media using our smartphones. We even use QR codes to share information instantly. We have come a long way, and so have the ways we communicate!

(Adapted from Bright)

Question 16. In which paragraph does the writer mention QR codes?

        A. Paragraph 2        B. Paragraph 3                        C. Paragraph 4                        D. Paragraph 5

Question 17. In which paragraph does the writer mention the emergence of technologies that enabled information to be shared with large audiences through audio and visual means?

        A. Paragraph 5        B. Paragraph 2                        C. Paragraph 3                        D. Paragraph 4

Question 18. The word "swiftly" in paragraph 4 is OPPOSITE in meaning to ____________.

        A. efficiently                B. gradually                        C. loudly                        D. rapidly

Question 19. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Broadcast media, including radio and television, were developed prior to the invention of cameras in the 19th century.

B. Written language replaced all other forms of communication immediately after its development around 3,400 BC.

C. The invention of the printing press enabled information to be reproduced on a much larger scale and distributed to a broader audience than before.

D. The emergence of digital media in the 21st century marked the first time information could be shared instantly across long distances.

Question 20. According to paragraph 3, which of the following is NOT a type of print media?

        A. magazines                B. radio broadcasts                C. books                        D. newspapers

Question 21. The word "it" in paragraph 4 refers to ____________.

        A. the development of television                        B. the rise of digital media

        C. the invention of the radio                                D. the popularity of movies

Question 22. The word "transmit" in paragraph 2 could be best replaced by ____________.

        A. share                B. hide                                C. ignore                        D. receive

Question 23. Which of the following best paraphrases the underlined sentence "It was Johannes Gutenberg which revolutionised media when he created an invention called the printing press" in paragraph 3?

        A. The printing press, created by Gutenberg, had some influence on the development of media.

        B. Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press completely changed the way media worked.

        C. Gutenberg improved media slightly by inventing the printing press.

        D. Media had already changed greatly before Gutenberg invented the printing press.