Comprehension Passages

114-According to the passage, if someone has contracted malaria and recovered from it, …….. .
A) he becomes naturally immune to the disease
B) it's quite likely that he will suffer some permanent ailments
C) it is regarded as a miracle even by the scientists
D) he will never be bitten by mosquitoes again
E) he should be vaccinated against the disease without delay

According to a survey conducted between 1985 and 1995, there were fewer girls than boys in schools world-wide. In the 51 countries with the most significant gap, 75 million fewer girls than boys were enrolled in school. Afghanistan and Pakistan saw the greatest increases in the gap over the ten-year period, in spite of the survey being conducted before the fundamentalist Islamic Taliban militia came to power. On the other hand, a number of Middle Eastern countries, including Iran, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, have made the biggest strides towards closing the education gap.

115-In the 51 countries with the largest gender gap in education, ………. .

A) the feminist movement has made significant gains in recent years
B) the number of girls attending school was gradually decreasing
C) male students outnumbered female students by 75 million
D) the gap between educated men and women was diminishing
E) the number of females enrolled in school was only 75 million

116-We understand from the passage that the survey……… .

A)was carried out in 51 countries
B)reflects the educational states of the countries over a ten-year period
C)did not include any of the Western countries
D)was conducted under great difficulty in certain countries
E)is repeated every ten years

117- From the implication in the passage about Islamic Taliban militia, we can conclude that….. .

A)Pakistan must have achieved equality in education
B)they give girls less chance to attend school
C)they came to power using force
D)they must have stopped the survey of their educational situation
E)Pakistani people must be too busy to spend time on improving their education

If the Nobel Peace Prize were awarded for actually securing peace, many of those who have received it would have to give it back. For example, in 1994 Yasir Arafat, Yitsak Rabin, and Shimon Peres received the prize jointly, though years later Palestinians and Israelis are still fighting. Mikhail Gorbachev, who received the Prize in 1990, dissolved the Soviet Union, but left the Russian economy in collapse and its people in chaos. One of the more notorious awards went to Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, who negotiated a cease-fire to end the Vietnam War. The war went on for two more years, and Le Duc Tho, though not Kissinger, was honest enough to decline the award.

118-What is emphasised in the passage is that the Nobel Peace Prize……….. .

A) is frequently given to people who have not actually attained peace
B) has mostly been given to someone from a Western country
C) has to be given to a different person each year
D) has, in several cases, brought about the end of bloody wars
E) is always given to people who have brought about peace

119-It is clear from the passage that ……… .

A) corruption is involved in awarding the Nobel Peace Prize
B) all the people who have received the Prize should give it back
C) the end of the Soviet Union has proved beneficial for the rest of the world
D) the Nobel Peace Prize can be given to more than one person in the same year
E) the award has led to a new understanding between Israelis and Palestinians

120- The author believes that some of those who were awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize……. .

A)had, in fact, worked for their own good, not for world peace
B) returned the Prize when they were involved in a war in later years
C) had, in the first place, started the wars themselves
D)did not actually deserve it
E) were not even politicians

Answer Key

1C 2A 3D 4E 5B 6A 7B 8D 9B 10A 11E 12C 13C 14E 15D 16A 17A 18D 19E 20E 21B 22A 23E 24B 25A 26E 27C 28E 29D 30D 31C 32B 33E 34D 35E 36A 37D 38E 39C 40E 41C 42D 43C 44B 45C 46E 47A 48B 49D 50E 51C 52D 53B 54A 55B 56C 57E 58D 59A 60A 61C 62A 63B 64D 65E 66C 67D 68B 69E 70A 71A 72B 73C 74B 75A 76D 77E 78E 79B 80E 81D 82C 83 84C 85A 86C 87B 88B 89E 90D 91B 92A 93C 94B 95C 96D 97E 98E 99D 100A 101A 102D 103C 104E 105D 106E 107B 108C 109C 110A 111D 112D 113E 114A 115C 116B 117B 118A 119D 120D