Reading passages

195- The passage is concerned with the question 
of ................... .
A) why industrial waste streams have caused so 
much pollution 
B) whether man-made substances or natural ones 
cause more pollution 
C) what measures are to be taken against the supply 
dangerous substances 
D) how the harmful effects of certain substances 
can be brought under control 
E) who is responsible for taking the required 
measures 
During 1974, the two major problems that have 
faced the industrially developed countries were an 
unprecedented rise in prices and a serious 
deterioration in the external payments position, 
both legacies of the quadrupling of oil prices at 
the end of the previous year. Most governments, 
therefore, were forced to adopt monetary and 
fiscal policies aimed at curbing inflation, and by 
the early 1975, the external payments position had 
improved 
somewhat 
in 
most 
Western 
industrialised countries. These anti-inflationary
policies, however, depressed the level of business 
activity.
196- The economic crisis of 1974 ............ .
A) had a serious and lasting impact on 
unemployment 
B) grew even more serious in 1975 in all the 
Western industrialised societies 
C) was a direct result of the sudden sharp increase 
in late 1973 of oil prices 
D) was confined to underdeveloped countries 
E) contributed to an increase in monetary 
transactions 
197- In most countries efforts made in 1974 to 
curb inflation ............... .
A) increased unemployment and caused political 
instability 

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