Reading passages

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A) has been frequently criticised by the audience

B) is to create a convincing picture of a period
C) didn’t achieve the result he aimed for in The Wall
D) has not been appreciated except in the case of The Wall
E) has not been shared by other 20th-century German novelists


Many substances, whether man-made or natural, can cause harm to man or the environment. Some of these reach the environment in waste streams; however, emission limits and environmental quality standards can, in some instances, reduce the amounts released. But some other substances cannot be controlled in this way because they are release, not in industrial waste streams, but through the use of disposal of products which contain them. In many cases these substances pose little
or no threat if the product containing them is used and disposed properly. The right way to deal with them is usually through controls over their supply, use and disposal.
193- According to the passage, the threat of certain substances to the environment ................ .

A) is far less than that to man

B) has been unnecessarily emphasised
C) has to date been completely ignored
D) can be eliminated by the use of industrial waste streams
E) could be reduced by enforcing emission limits and environmental controls


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