Reading passages

176- According to the passage, not many British 
artists thought that watercolour ...................... .
A) had been overworked for many decades 
B) and oil painting were equally effective as 
mediums for the portrayal of human feelings 
C) had always been more significant than oil 
painting 
D) was only to be used as a hobby on holidays 
E) was an ideal art form for representing nature in 
its various shades and colours 
177- The passage illustrates clearly how ................ 
.
A) watercolour has changed landscape painting in 
Britain 
B) watercolour slowly gave way to oils as an art 
form 
C) British art galleries have collected their oil 
paintings and watercolours 
D) watercolour has come to be recognised in 
Britain as valid art form 
E) watercolour is different in style and execution 
from oil painting 
The unfavourable effects of cigarette smoking on 
the heart have usually been discussed, but the 
exact basis for these effects has not been clarified. 
Some believe nicotine to be the culprit, and there 
has been some experimental work in animals 
indicating that large doses of nicotine in 
conjunction with cholesterol feeding and vitamin 
D could cause a disease of the arteries resembling 
that observed in humans. An alternative 
explanation 
has 
been 
offered 
by 
other 
investigators who have pointed to the possible role 

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of carbon monoxide being inhaled with the 
cigarette smoke.
 
178- It is explained in the passage that nicotine