Reading passages

123- From the passage we can infer that, contrary to what is generally thought, 
................ .
A) climbing is the least developed ability of the tiger 
B) the tiger's senses are not well developed 
C) as soon as a prey starts to move a tiger can rarely catch it 
D) hilly areas are invariably avoided by all wild animals 
E) the leopard's hunting ability is much worse than that of the tiger 
"Human rights" is a fairly new term for what was formerly called "the rights of 
man." It was Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1940s who promoted the use of the expression 
"human rights" once she discovered, through her work in the United Nations, that 
the rights of men were not considered in some parts of the world to include the rights 
of women. The "rights of man" at an earlier date had itself replaced the original 

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name "natural rights", in part, perhaps, as the concept of natural law, with which 
the concept of natural rights was logically connected, had become a subject of 
controversy.
124- The passage illustrates the stages by which................. .
A) Eleanor Roosevelt discovered the idea of human rights 
B) the United Nations sometimes carries out its procedures 
C) human rights are today being violated in many countries. 
D) the various "rights of man" had to be recognised.
E) the name "human rights" came into use 
125- By referring to Eleanor Roosevelt, the author explains that, before the 1940s, the 
term "the rights of man" .....
A) had often been misunderstood by some countries 
B) had faced severe criticism 
C) had always been used referring to "the rights of women" 
D) had already become useless in world politics 
E) had long been a subject of discussions among politicians