Reading passages

111-The main problem for the Nigerian economy has been……… . 
A)an insensitive privatisation program 
B)its poor resources, large population and regional importance 
C)the widespread violation of human rights 
D)a combination of factors resulting from bad government 
E)the recent package of economic measures including an exchange rate reform 
Scientists have succeeded in making human volunteers immune to malaria by injecting them with 
genetic material. The breakthrough brings the prospect of a much-needed vaccine significantly closer. 
Malaria kills between one and two minion people every year –mostly and mostly in Africa - and 
makes a further 500 million people ill. The hunt for a vaccine has lasted for more than 20 years. Dr 
Stephen Hoffman and his team of researchers have taken from the malarial microbe, which can not 

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cause the disease in themselves, into 20 
volunteers, following successful tests on animals. 
The volunteers' immune systems were found to be as good as those of people who have naturally 
contracted the infection through a mosquito bite and recovered. 
112- The passage states that scientists……… . 
A)have just been successful in finding an effective vaccine against malaria 
B)illegally carried out tests on more than 500 people 
C)forced people to take part in their experiment to find a cure for malaria 
D)have been looking for a way to protect people from malaria for over two decades 
E)have so far found approximately one million volunteers to take part in their tests 
113-The passage gives us the information that malaria ……. . 
A)is fatal for more than 500 million people per year 
B)mostly affects aged people who live in Africa 
C)will soon be eliminated from the Earth due to this discovery 
D)has spread to the rest of the world from Africa 
E)is a disease transmitted by mosquitoes