Reading passages

It is inferred from the passage that only a 
fraction of Senegal's exports_______.
A)
are goods other than crude oil. 
B)
would be needed to support industrial 
development 
C)
were affected by the decrease in oil prices in 
the 1980s. 
D)
were oil-related 
E) have benefited from price increases. 
48. According to the passage as long as the
current 
rate 
 
of 
oil 
production 
is 
maintained______.
A)
world oil prices are not expected to rise 
significantly. 
B)
Senegal's industrial development plans will 
soon be fully realised. 
C)
Senegal is likely to have no oil reserves left 
by the year 2000 
D)
Senegal will continue to enjoy large revenues 
E) the variety of goods exported from Senegal will 
be more. 
Computers should never have received the 
significant status they now have, Fascinating and 
invaluable as they are, even the most developed 
have less brain power than a three-year-old. They 
do, however, score on single mindedness. The three 
year old uses her brain not only to think but also to 
do some certain tasks like seeing hearing and 
running about, which need incredibly fast and 

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sophisticated electro-mechanical interactions. But 
the computer just sits there and sends spacecraft to 
the moon or re-arranges the world banking system 
which is very much easier. That's why man's dream 
of robot maids is still a long way off. 
49. The main point made by the passage is that 
the human brain .
A)
is much inferior to any known computer 
B)
is infinitely more complex and powerful than 
any computer 
C)
is not as complicated and mysterious as has 
usually been thought 
D)
reaches its maximum efficiency at the age of 
three 
E) has been entirely reproduced in computer form