Reading passages

 
 
103 
A) are only concerned with Fortran language 
B) are created by academia for academia 
C) are largely repetitive and very expensive 
D) invariably lead to a great deal of public reaction 
E) have already reached a very big number 
174- The writer of this passage thinks that his new 
book on Fortran is justified because .................... .
A) computer science is quite new with little 
relevant literature 
B) it brings a new approach to computer 
programming languages 
C) computer professionals have not as yet recognise 
the changes occurring in computer science 
D) it will boost the sale of computers all over the 
world 
E) it will alter the concept of computer science 
among academia 
 
Until 1980s most British museums and art 
academies considered watercolour an amateur 
pursuit or a preliminary to serious work in oils. 
Many British watercolorists saw the medium as a 
holiday diversion, using portable paint boxes and 
a free style to make what they called ―snapshots‖ 
of their travels. However, a few recognised the 
exceptional capacity of watercolour as a medium 
of art to provide clear and luminous colours in 
works that would evoke the ever-changing nature 
of lakes and rivers they knew so well, and 
ultimately compete for supremacy with oil 
painting in major art collections.
 
175- We can infer from the passage that, in 
Britain, 
it 
was 
a 
long 
time 
before 
watercolours.................. .
A) were taken seriously as a means of art 
B) lost their appeal like oils 
C) fell out of public interest 
D) became an amateur hobby among the ordinary 
people 
E) were confined to the depiction of lakes and seas