Reading passages

7. It is argued that ................... .
A) various advances in technology have contributed to the increase in terrorism through the world.
B) governments have not taken adequate measures to protect diplomats and businessmen.
C) owing to technological innovations terrorism has been on the decline since the early 1970.
D) among the methods resorted to by terrorists, kidnapping and hijacking are the most common.
E) the manufacture of sophisticated technological equipment should be under strict governmental control.
8. Among the terrorist activities mentioned in the passage is ...................... .
A) drug-trafficking
B) smuggling
C) propaganda
D) infiltration
E) the taking of hostages
9. It is pointed out in the passage that ..... .
A) political crimes make up only a small part of terrorism
B) because of more lethal weapons terrorists find themselves in greater danger
C) today terrorism is no longer confined to one country alone
D) prior to the 1970s terrorism was unknown
E) improved communications have led to the capture of more terrorists
IV. From the point of view of the control of diseases, World War II represented a transitional period for industrialised 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.
10. It is emphasised in the passage that...... .
A) many of the deaths could have been avoided through better health care
B) such infectious diseases such as typhus and dysentery caused the loss of many lives among the undernourished.
C) Western Europe was not exposed to any of the infectious diseases during the war
D) most of Western Europe was occupied for a large part of the war
E) refugees and the homeless were adequately taken care of during the war