C. one must keep the ends in mind when determining the means of education D. in educational policy the needs of young people have been given undue consideration
12. According to the passage, there has, in recent years, been .....
A. a noticeable return of traditional educational techniques
B. a growing discrepancy between educational policy and the requirements of the community
C. an unprecedented increase in the number of young people in need of education
D. a steady decrease in the theoretical approach to education E. among the young, a more active interest in educational matters
From the point of view of the control of diseases, World War
II represented a transitional period for industrialized combatant countries. As far as infectious
diseases are concerned, the five years of continual war and occupation had affected civilian
populations in Europe surprisingly less than did warfare in previous conflicts. The most notable
increases in disease levels were those of new case of tuberculosis, which rose steadily
throughout Western Europe, and of reported cases of typhoid fever. Most seriously affected
were displaced persons, encamped refugees and inmates of concentration camps. In marginally
nourished and starving patients, typhus, dysentery, scarlet fever, and diphtheria caused sporadic
outbreaks and many deaths.
13. It is emphasized in the passage that ....
A. many of the deaths could have been avoided through better health care
B. Western Europe was not exposed to any of the infectious diseases during the war
C. most of Western Europe was occupied for a large part of the war
D. such infectious diseases such as typhus and dysentery caused the loss of many lives among the undernourished. 14. The author explains that....
A. among the homeless, it was children who were most seriously affected
B. sanitary conditions in concentration camps were terrible
C. owing to malnutrition, there was an unprecedented outbreak of tuberculosis among the
fighting men
