167- The passage is mainly concerned with .......... . A) the question of economic progress and productivity
B) the necessity of improvement in health services
C) the impact of economy in life expectancy
D) long term benefits of investments in education
E) new education policies to meet technological needs
168- It is argued in the passage that ................ . A) questions of increased output must be given priority
B) economic progress depends largely on technological developments
C) society was slow to realise the need to invest in man
D) expenditures should be evenly distributed among the secretary
E) improvements in the health services are urgently required
After 1930s the Western world realised that it was leading in another age of absolutism or rather, an
age of totalitarian dictatorship much worse than the worst of the old absolute kings: such regimes
could be seen to be enforcing a ―law‖ that was the command hardly of a ―sovereign‖ but of cruel and
genocidal despot. It was ordinary people who protested: ―This cannot be law. Law, if it is to deserve
the name of law, must respect at least some basic rights to which every human being is entitled
simply because he is human.‖
169- According to the passage, in comparison with the absolute kings of the past, modern dictators ................ A) have illustrated a relatively high respect for the rights of the individual
B) have been much more cruel and oppressive
C) have received great support from ordinary people
D) have always been anxious to rule in a fair manner
E) have shown tendency to the enforcement of law
170- The writer explains that a major distinctive feature of ―law‖ is .................. . A) to uphold respect for the king
B) that it disregards the rights of human beings
C) to prevent the rise of totalitarianism in the world
D) to respect for basic human rights
E) that it ought to make a return to absolutism impossible
