Reading passages

 
The movement of people from the countryside 
into the cities naturally causes many problems 
there. The obvious one is overcrowding, which 
becomes a heavy burden on 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 

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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