Reading passages

schools, hospitals and transport systems. The countryside is also negatively affected . 
As it is usually the young and healthy who leave the countryside , this creates a 
shortage in the workforce for farming and other rural activities. The best solution 
would clearly be to ensure that rural life has more to offer to the young.
88- It is implicitly mentioned in the passage that , inasmuch as large numbers of 
people residing in the countryside flock to the towns, .......... .
A) it brings more problems to the former
B) there aren't drawbacks for everybody
C) new hospitals will have to be mounted 
D) the quality of public transport should be enhanced better to meet the demand 
E) rural life enjoys more things to lay at people's feet indeed 
89- The writer straightforwardly states that , as a result of migration, those left 
behind ........... .
A) are the ones who genuinely enjoy peace and quiet 
B) are no longer concerned with rural activities 
C) are mostly those preoccupied with farming 
D) often feel having been forsaken by the young who fled in the hope of a new life 
E) incorporate mostly the elderly and those too frail to take care of themselves 
90- It wouldn't be wrong to reason that ........... .
A) opening new job markets for the new-comers would alleviate the trouble in cities 
B) migration seems to have slowed down a lot 
C) migration from rural areas is a much needed factor for the increase in the urban 
workforce 
D) moving from the country is likely to be averted through making the life there a bit 
more enticing to the dwellers 
E) losing its people to more congested areas may not pose a real menace to the life in
rural areas if everyone has a job there 

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