Reading passages

117- The author is in the opinion that vocational training in agriculture ....................... .

A) will be the best way to eliminate resistance to change in society

B) might supply farmers with a wide range of opportunities
C) will be useless even if it is backed up with various incentives
D) has often been disregarded by various authorities
E) is supposed to be as a priority for social development


Some decades ago there didn’t use to be such a subject as the economics of education. However, today it is one of the most rapidly growing branches of economics. Together with health economics, it makes up the core of the economics of human resources, a field of inquiry which in the last few years has been silently revolutionising such orthodox subjects as growth economics, international trade, labour economics, and public finance. As a result, the economics of education with its concept of human investment has rapidly transformed large areas of traditional economics.


118- The author points out that the name “the economics of education” ..................... .

A) is of little importance in orthodox economics

B) has only become popular in very recent years
C) has for decades been a significant term among economists
D) is slowly disappearing from economic writings
E) has only been used in educational circles


119- According to the text, the economics of education ...................... .

A) has today become the forefront of economic thinking

B) relates to a very limited area of human activity
C) is not related to the investment in man in anyway
D) has had no impact at all on other areas of traditional economics
E) is one of the earliest areas of general economics


120- The author points out that the earlier branches of economics ..................... .

A) have become very important

B) paid great attention to the idea of human investment
C) have been substantially modified as a result of the introduction of the economics of human resources
D) have been virtually influenced by health economics or the economics of human resources
E) formed the essence of the economics of human resources


Tiger usually grow to lengths of more than nine feet and can be bigger than the largest lion. They have great strength. They clutch their prey to them, holding on with their claws, and depend on the crushing bite of their powerful jaws. They swim very well and can often be splashing about in water on very hot days, as they apparently suffer from the heat. When the air is cool, however, they avoid wet or damp vegetation. They can climb, but do not approach the leopard’s ability in this. They can survive in rocky areas but generally prefer to stay on level ground. They are not as well equipped with senses as one might expect. They apparently depend on their hearing while hunting. Their eyesight is not particularly good, and they cannot spot prey until it moves.