Reading passages

228- ―24 hours and 37 minutes‖ is mentioned in 
the passage to signify ............... .
A) the length of time of one tour of the Earth 
around 
Mars 
B) the distance between Mars and the Sun from the 
point of time 
C) the span of one tour of Mars around itself 
D) the similarity between Mars and the Earth 
E) the duration when Mars can be best observed in 
a year 

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114 
Superstition is a belief for which there appears to
be no rational substance. Many persons, in nearly 
all times, have held, seriously or half-seriously,
irrational beliefs concerning methods of warding
off ill or bringing good, foretelling the future, and 
healing or preventing sickness or accident. A few 
specific folk traditions, such as belief in the evil
eye have been found in most periods of history 
and in most parts of the world. Others may be 
limited to one country, region, or village, to one 
family, or to one social or vocational group. 
Superstition has been deeply influential in history. 
Even in so-called modern times, in a day when 
objective evidence is highly valued, there are few 
people who would not,
if pressed, admit to cherishing secretly one or two 
irrational beliefs or superstitions.
229- According to the author of the passage, 
superstition is .................. .
A) a practice of belief in something with no 
sensible explanation 
B) underrated in today‟s modern world by all 
educated people 
C) being practiced only is rural villages and tribes 
D) no longer a concept not having been clarified 
E) regarded as illogical even by the least educated