Reading passages

126- It is pointed out in the passage that the disagreement about the concept of
natural law......
A) was actually of no importance in many parts of the world 
B) forced Eleanor Roosevelt to introduce the name "human rights" 
C) was connected with the growing recognition of the rights women 
D) meant that the term "natural rights" was not acceptable anymore 
E) explained the work of the United Nations 

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144 
In one century of strenuous research numerous resources about Leonardo da Vinci 
have been collected, reviewed, edited and annotated,
including letters, contracts, poems, receipts, and biographies. Biographical and 
artistic data have been checked and rechecked, sometimes corroborating and 
sometimes changing our previous ideas and an abundance of new facts has been 
revealed. Long lost works have been rediscovered and every single known piece has 
been studied in its formal, iconographic, functional and genetic aspects. The artist's 
character, his daily habits, his working methods, his personal attitudes, and his 
artistic and political viewpoints have been traced, as well as the peculiarities of the 
people with whom he had contact. In this way modern history of art has formed an 
image of da Vinci that is much nearer to truth than those presented by his 
biographers.
127- We can understand from the text that, over the past hundred years 
....................... .
A) a vast amount of new facts concerning Leonardo da Vinci have come to light 
B) the research carried out about Leonardo da Vinci has proved inadequate and, in places 
irrelevant 
C) scholars have concentrated solely upon da Vinci's artistic creativity 
D) in spite of much research, little has been learned about Leonardo da Vinci 
E) though many new biographies have been written about Leonardo da Vinci, they are all 
far from the truth