c. whales can actually survive in the future d. man really is as cruel to whales as some people have claimed
It is to be expected that, by the year 2050, people's eating habits will have changed beyond
recognition. With a world-wide growth in population very many new mechanical and scientific
methods will come into being to step up food production. There may well be an end to food as
we know it today. In fact, meals as we know them, may become a thing of the past. Food
constituents and vitamins may be taken in the form of capsules, tablets and pills. The thought of
these highly artificial food constituents replacing present day foods may not be very relishing,
but they may be the answer to food shortage and world famine.
10. It is suggested in the passage that, at a not too distant date, .... .
a. the world will face severe famine
b. the rate of growth in this world population will have been slowed down
c. the world's food production will decline tremendously despite the population growth
d. our traditional eating habits will have been completely replaced 11. The author points out that artificial food ................
a. will unfortunately be deficient in vitamins
b. can be economically and easily produced
c. is not practical but it is delicious
d. may provide a solution to the problem of a world food shortage 12. The main point emphasized in the passage is that ................
a. present-day eating habits must be preserved
b. in the twenty-first century the wide-spread use of artificial food will be inevitable c. famine and food shortage in the world can only be overcome by reducing the population
growth rate
d. artificial goods need not conflict with traditional eating habits
There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to know what is
reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to
avoid physical contact with anything strange. In the dark, the fear of an unexpected touch can
lead to panic. Even clothes give insufficient security: it is easy to tear them and pierce through
to the naked, smooth, defenceless flesh of the victim. All the distances which men create round
themselves are dictated by this fear. They shut themselves in houses which no one may enter,
and only there they feel some measure of security. The fear of burglars is not only the fear of
being robbed, but also the fear of something touching you in the darkness.
13. According to the passage, what frightens people most is ................
a. the thought of being robbed at night