Reading passages

123- From the passage we can infer that, contrary to what is generally thought, ................ . 
A) climbing is the least developed ability of the tiger 
B) the tiger‘s senses are not well developed 
C) as soon as a prey starts to move a tiger can rarely catch it 
D) hilly areas are invariably avoided by all wild animals 
E) the leopard‘s hunting ability is much worse than that of the tiger 
―Human rights‖ is a fairly new term for what was formerly called ―the rights of man.‖ It was Eleanor 
Roosevelt in the 1940s who promoted the use of the expression ―human rights‖ once she discovered, 
through her work in the United Nations, that the rights of men were not considered in some parts of 
the world to include the rights of women. The ―rights of man‖ at an earlier date had itself replaced the 

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original name ―natural rights‖, in part, perhaps, as the concept of natural law, with which the 
concept of natural rights was logically connected, had become a subject of controversy. 
124- The passage illustrates the stages by which................. . 
A) Eleanor Roosevelt discovered the idea of human rights 
B) the United Nations sometimes carries out its procedures 
C) human rights are today being violated in many countries. 
D) the various ―rights of man‖ had to be recognised.
E) the name ―human rights‖ came into use 
125- By referring to Eleanor Roosevelt, the author explains that, before the 1940s, the term 
―the rights of man‖ ..... 
A) had often been misunderstood by some countries 
B) had faced severe criticism 
C) had always been used referring to ―the rights of women‖ 
D) had already become useless in world politics 
E) had long been a subject of discussions among politicians 
126- It is pointed out in the passage that the disagreement about the concept of natural law...... 
A) was actually of no importance in many parts of the world 
B) forced Eleanor Roosevelt to introduce the name "human rights" 
C) was connected with the growing recognition of the rights women 
D) meant that the term ―natural rights‖ was not acceptable anymore 
E) explained the work of the United Nations 
In one century of strenuous research numerous resources about Leonardo da Vinci have been 
collected, reviewed, edited and annotated, including letters, contracts, poems, receipts, and 
biographies. Biographical and artistic data have been checked and rechecked, sometimes 
corroborating and sometimes changing our previous ideas and an abundance of new facts has been 
revealed. Long lost works have been rediscovered and every single known piece has been studied in 
its formal, iconographic, functional and genetic aspects. The artist‘s character, his daily habits, his 
working methods, his personal attitudes, and his artistic and political viewpoints have been traced, as 
well as the peculiarities of the people with whom he had contact. In this way modern history of art 
has formed an image of da Vinci that is much nearer to truth than those presented by his biographers.