Reading passages

that 
AAAS.............. .
A) has failed to come up with a solution the 
hurricanes hitting America 
B) was better at forecasting a couple of decades 
ago 
C) is the name of a hurricane which has recently hit 
America 
D) Is, perhaps, an institute making studies on 
climatic conditions of America 

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E) wouldn't have caused so much damage in 
America if it had been forecast accurately 
248- Compared with the beginning of the
twentieth century, the damage resulting from 
hurricanes in America .............. .
A) has increased instead of decreasing 
B) has been decreasing each year 
C) has never been as much as it was in 1990s 
D) has caused less suffering to Americans 
E) has been much more reimbursable for insurance 
companies 
249- One of the benefits of predicting a hurricane 
is........... .
A) that local governments will provide their 
citizens with better infrastructure 
B) that insurance companies won't have difficulty 
reimbursing the damages 
C) to help civil engineers and architects design 
safer buildings 
D) that those living in risky areas will easily be 
convinced of the danger 
E) to be able to warn people about its dangers 
earlier 
During the 19th century painters in Western 
societies began to lose their social position and 
secure patronage. Some artists countered the 
decline in patronage support by holding their own 
exhibitions and charging an entrance fee. Others 
earned an income through touring exhibitions of 
their work. The need to appeal to a marketplace 
had replaced the similar, if less impersonal,