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taking aspirin. This is why children's aspirins are 
not recommended, for they are often nicely 
flavoured, so the children are tempted to eat them 
like sweets. For small children suitably small 
quantities of ordinary adult soluble aspirin should 
be used after having checked the dose with the 
physician.
 
304- We can infer from the passage that aspirin is 
a medicine which ------- .
A) is indispensable in the treatment of many 
serious illnesses 
B) can safely be given, in quite large amounts, to 
all patients including children 
C) is used not to provide a cure but to give relief 
D) should only be given in very special cases 
E) is particularly disliked by small children 
 
305- It is stated in the passage that children's 
aspirins ------- .
A) are not recommended as they cannot be safe for 
children 
B) have proved to be safe and nice 
C) are usually of the insoluble type 
D) are specially designed to relieve headaches 
E) have a long-lasting effect upon the patient's 
condition 
306- The author suggests that children ------- .
A) can be given adult aspirin upon the advice of a 
physician 
B) prefer soluble aspirin to flavoured aspirin 
C) frequently suffer from headaches 

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D) should not be given any medicines including 
aspirin 
E) recover from a fever more easily than adults do 
Some underweight individuals enjoy an active, 
healthy life, but some people are underweight 
owing to smoking habits or poor health. An 
underweight person, especially an older adult, 
may be unable to preserve lean tissue during the