Reading passages

194- The author points out that the danger posed to man by many substances .................. . 
A) is unrelated to environmental pollution 
B) is even greater than generally admitted 
C) arises from their misuse and wrong disposal 
D) continues to grow despite constant control of disposal systems 
E) is solely due to the use of industrial waste streams 
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 
B) led to an improvement in the situation within a year 
C) caused an even greater deficit in external payments 
D) failed totally due to the ever increasing oil prices 
E) received the full support of industrialists