Reading passages

121- It clear in the text that tigers ................. .

A) are the most talented climbers of all wild animals

B) rely heavily on their huge claws to catch their prey
C) closely take after lions as regards speed, size and strength
D) are sensitive to significant variations in climate
E) rely on their eyesight in finding and catching prey


122- As is expressed in the passage, a flat terrain ......................... .

A) provides camouflage for other wild animals

B) rather than rocky cliffs gives tigers better chances to hunt
C) usually has varied vegetation which shelters beter prey
D) is usually chilly, so tigers prefer higher levels
E) is usually the favoured place of the tiger


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 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