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 ............. . 

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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