Reading passages

communities. Poor sanitation and ignorance 
resulted in a hospital of ailments, ranging from 
intestinal worms and eye complaints to dental 
disease and poorly- healed injuries. Nonetheless, 
there wasn‘t a total lack of medicine. Herbal 
remedies were doubtless widely used, and people 
certainly resorted to supernatural powers. 
Surgery was also conducted. Whether medicine 
was a speciality of, say, priests or local wise 
women is oblivious. There was a mix of herbal 
remedies, magic, religion, and limited surgery for 
those who could afford it and were prepared to 
risk its hazards and pains.
103- The passage mainly describes .......... .
A) forms of medicine and treatment available to the 
early Celts 
B) the total lack of medicine in early Celtic society 
C) the details of a surgical operation carried out by 
wise women 
D) how early Celtics solely relied on supernatural 
powers to cure their illnesses 
E) the doubt as to whether surgery was carried out 
at this time 
104- The passage implies that .......... .
A) supernatural powers were more respected than 
medical surgeons 
B) surgery at this time could be precarious and 
menacing 
C) only the affluent could afford to get a complete 
recovery 
D) ignorance and poor hygiene were the direct 
results of ceaseless wars 
E) the total lack of medicine cost the lives of many 
people 
105- The passage doesn‘t make it clear-cut 
whether or not ............. .
A) the Celts suffered from many and varied 
ailments 
B) herbal medicine was commonly applied 
C) priests or local wise women were the medical 
specialists 
D) Celtic people held belief in supernatural power 
E) the Celts had ever been affected by dental 
disease 

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