Reading passages

 
108- As a result of the expansion of human 
populations into wildlife habitats, ................ .
A) the possibility of the occurrence of new diseases 
increases 
B) people get more and more stalwart against such 
infectious diseases as influenza 
C) they are affected by the different climate 
conditions positively 
D) people find more food resources to live on 
E) new residence areas are found where there is 
almost no risk of being ill 
Democracy had its beginnings in certain of the 
city- states of ancient Greece in which the whole 
citizen body formed the legislature; such a system 
was possible because a city-state's population 
rarely exceeded 10,000 people, and women and 
slaves had no political rights. Citizens were 
eligible for a variety of executive and judicial 
offices, some of which were filled by elections, 
while others were assigned by lot. There was no 
separation of powers, and all officials were fully 
responsible to the popular assembly, which was 
qualified to act in executive and judicial as well as 
legislative matters. Greek democracy was a brief 
historical episode that had little direct influence 
on the development of modern democratic 
practices. Two millennia separated the fall of the 
Greek city-state and the rise of modern 
constitutional democracy.

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109- From the passage, it's clear that all the 
citizens in ancient Greece took part in the 
formation of legislature because ........... .
A) there was much more freedom then than there is 
now 
B) the number of the citizens, which was not that 
high, made it possible 
C) the rulers of that time overlooked such a trivial 
subject 
D) slaves and women were not so free to vote as 
they are now 
E) of the structure of the society and their open- 
minded leaders