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the city centre. The result, says French urban-planning expert Nacima Baron, is that the city is now full of 
cosmopolitan business people. It’s a new society’. 
All this means that Second Cities won't stay small. Indeed countries are actively promoting their 
growth. Italy, for example, is trying to create tourist hubs of towns close to each other with distinctive 
buildings and offering different yet complementary cultural activities. Devolution of policy making power is 
leaving many lesser cities more free than ever to shape their destinies. To them all: This is your era. Don’t 
blow it. 
Questions 1-3 
Choose 
THREE 
letters 
A-G
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Which 
THREE 
of the following statements are true of megacities according to the text? 
A.
They tend to lead the way in terms of fashion. 
B.
Their population has ceased to expand. 
C.
They reached their peak in the second half of the twentieth century. 
D.
50 per cent of the world’s inhabitants now live In them, 
E.
They grew rich on the profits from manufacturing industry. 
F.
Their success begins to work against them at a certain stage. 
G.
It is no longer automatically advantageous to base a company there. 

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TEST 9 – Changing Rules for Health Treatment 
 
People who are grossly overweight, who smoke heavily or drink excessively could be denied surgery 
or drugs. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), which advises on the clinical 
and cost effectiveness of treatments for the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK, said that in some 
cases the- 'self-inflicted' nature of an illness should be taken into account. 
NICE stressed that people should not be discriminated against by doctors simply because they smoke 
or were overweight. Its ruling should apply only if the treatment was likely to be less effective, or not work 
because of an unhealthy habit. The agency also insisted that its decision was not an edict for the whole NHS 
but guidance for its own appraisal committees when reaching judgements on new drugs or procedures. But 
the effect is likely to be the same. 
NICE is a powerful body and the cause of much controversy. It is seen by some as a new way of 
rationing NHS treatment. Across the UK, primary care trusts (PCTs) regularly wait for many months for a 
NICE decision before agreeing to fund a new treatment. One group of primary care trusts is ahead of NICE. 
Three PCTs in east Suffolk have already decided that obese people would not be entitled to have hip or knee 
replacements unless they lost weight. The group said the risks of operating on them were greater, the surgery 
may be less successful and the joints would wear out sooner. It was acknowledged that the decision would 
also save money. 
NICE said no priority should be given to patients based on income, social class or social roles at 
different ages when considering the cost effectiveness of a treatment. Patients should not be discriminated 
against on the grounds of age either, unless age has a direct relevance to the condition. NICE has already 
ruled that IVF should be available on the NHS to women aged 23 to 39 as the treatment has less chance of 
success in older women. It also recommends that flu drugs should be available to over-65s, as older people 
are more vulnerable. 
But NICE also said that if self-inflicted factors meant that drugs or treatment would be less clinically 
and cost effective, this may need to be considered when producing advice for the NHS. They state that 'if the 
self inflicted cause of the condition will Influence the likely outcome of it particular treatment, then it may 
be appropriate to take this into account in some circumstances’. They acknowledge that it can be difficult to 
decide whether an Illness such as a heart attack was self-inflicted in a smoker. 'A patient's individual 
circumstances may only be taken Imo account when there will be an impact on the clinical and cost 
effectiveness of the treatment. 
Prof Sir Michael Rawlins, the chairman of NlCE, said: 'On age we are very clear - our advisory 
groups should not make recommendations that depend on people's ages when they are considering the use of 
it particular treatment, unless there is clear evidence of a difference in its effectiveness for particular age 
groups. Even then, age should only be mentioned when it provides the only practical 'market of risk or 
benefit. NICE values people, equally, at all ages’. 
But Steve 'Webb, the Liberal Democrat health spokesman, said there was a danger of primary care 
trusts following the same course of action. 'There is no excuse for cashstrapped hospitals denying treatment 
to people whose lifestyle they disapprove of, he said. 'Treatment decisions involving people's lifestyle 
should be based on clinical reasons, not grounds of cost. The NHS is there to keep people healthy, not to sit 
in judgement on individual lifestyles. 
A spokesman for NICE said: 'We want to reassure people not in producing our guidance we are not 
going to take into consideration whether or not a particular condition was or is self-inflicted. The only 
circumstance where that may be taken into account is where that treatment may be less effective because of 
lifestyle choices’. 
Jonathan Ellis, the policy manager at Help the Aged, said it was pleased NICE had finally shown an 
understanding of the importance of tackling age discrimination. ‘White this is a major feat there is still some 

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