85- It is clear from the passage that ......... .
A) the New World was named after the sailor having claimed to have found it
B) Columbus never wanted to believe that he had discovered the New World
C) Amerigo Vespucci had financed the exhibition himself
D) the majority of geographers have disdained Columbus‘s contribution
E) Columbus was afraid to declare the newly-found land to be a new continent
86- The author feels that .......... .
A) it was unfair for Columbus to die in debtor‘s dungeon
B) Amerigo Vespucci did not show consideration for Columbus‘s success
C) Columbus‘s knowledge of geography was inadequate
D) Vespucci was not as popular with geographers as Columbus was
E) Columbus could not persuade people that he had found a new continent
87- It can be deduced that ......... .
A) Vespucci and Columbus had never sailed together
B) Columbus had wished the new continent to be called ‗Indies‘
C) Vespucci was the mariner whose name really deserved to be given to America
D) the lifetime of Columbus and Vespucci did not coincide with each other
E) Amerigo Vespucci was a better geographer than Columbus was
The movement of people from the countryside into the cities naturally causes many problems there.
The obvious one is overcrowding, which becomes a heavy burden on schools, hospitals and transport
systems. The countryside is also negatively affected . As it is usually the young and healthy who
leave the countryside , this creates a shortage in the workforce for farming and other rural activities.
The best solution would clearly be to ensure that rural life has more to offer to the young.
88- It is implicitly mentioned in the passage that , inasmuch as large numbers of people
residing in the countryside flock to the towns, .......... .
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