Reading passages

38- We can understand from the passage that in the main, in the aftermath of a disaster .............
A) it is not often possible to have access to adequate communication facilities
B) the transport of relief workers to the area should be carefully planned
C) untold benefits are to be derived from mass immunisation
D) the distribution of food and medicine is the main activity of the relief phase
E) conditions are not favourable for the implementation of an efficient immunisation programme
39- We can gather from the passage that if transport and communication facilities are adequate ............. .
A) the relief efforts will be adversely affected
B) the population at risk has to be moved to a safer place
C) the problems facing relief workers will not be so obvious
D) relief efforts have to be doubled to improve the situation
E) the amount of man power has to be increased by every means available

Alcohol, nicotine and caffeine are psychoactive drugs that are freely available in our society. Their widespread use shows that they provide a common solution to the problems of vast numbers of individuals. The extend and nature of their use is not, however, uniform but varies with the particular sub-culture involved. To take alcohol, for example, there are wide differences between the drinking habits and rituals of merchant seamen and businessmen, between Italians and Jews. Each sub-group in society will have a conception of what is the appropriate situation for a drink; what the

permissible and desirable effects of alcohol are; how much it is necessary to drink to achieve this desired state; what is normal and what drinking deviant behaviour.


40- It is pointed out in the passage that psychoactive drugs such as alcohol, nicotine and caffeine are widely used because .............
A) sub-groups in society identify themselves with them
B) people with problems find them helpful
C) their affects have been proved to be harmless
D) they are much cheaper than many other drugs and legally obtainable
E) society at large regards them as harmful