Reading passages

116-We understand from the passage that the survey……… .
A)was carried out in 51 countries
B)reflects the educational states of the countries over a ten-year period
C)did not include any of the Western countries
D)was conducted under great difficulty in certain countries
E)is repeated every ten years


117- From the implication in the passage about Islamic Taliban militia, we can conclude that….. .
A)Pakistan must have achieved equality in education
B)they give girls less chance to attend school
C)they came to power using force
D)they must have stopped the survey of their educational situation
E)Pakistani people must be too busy to spend time on improving their education

If the Nobel Peace Prize were awarded for actually securing peace, many of those who have received it would have to give it back. For example, in 1994 Yasir Arafat, Yitsak Rabin, and Shimon Peres received the prize jointly, though years later Palestinians and Israelis are still fighting. Mikhail Gorbachev, who received the Prize in 1990, dissolved the Soviet Union, but left the Russian economy in collapse and its people in chaos. One of the more notorious awards went to Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, who negotiated a cease-fire to end the Vietnam War. The war went on for two more years, and Le Duc Tho, though not Kissinger, was honest enough to decline the award.

118-What is emphasised in the passage is that the Nobel Peace Prize……….. .
A) is frequently given to people who have not actually attained peace
B) has mostly been given to someone from a Western country
C) has to be given to a different person each year
D) has, in several cases, brought about the end of bloody wars
E) is always given to people who have brought about peace


119-It is clear from the passage that ……… .
A) corruption is involved in awarding the Nobel Peace Prize
B) all the people who have received the Prize should give it back
C) the end of the Soviet Union has proved beneficial for the rest of the world
D) the Nobel Peace Prize can be given to more than one person in the same year
E) the award has led to a new understanding between Israelis and Palestinians