Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
The field of medicine forces a confrontation between scientific and everyday language. Outside the world of the research laboratory and clinic, there exists the daily routine of medical practice, a situation where a doctor tries to understand the problems of a patient, and the patient attempts to understand the doctor’s diagnosis. The initial statement of the symptoms of any disease is of critical importance as it guides the doctor’s search for the clinical signs of the condition. Similarly, the doctor’s explanation of a problem, and the recommendations for treatment, need to be clear and complete if the patient is to understand and follow the correct course of action. The need for careful listening and expression by both parties should be obvious in a field as sensitive and serious as health. Patients worried about their health are often uncertain and confused in their accounts. Busy doctors will not have the time to take up every point the patient has referred to. Moreover, the tradition of medical interviewing hinders the development of a genuine communication.
SOME IMPORTANT WORDS
(1) confrontation (N.) : a situation in which there is an angry disagreement between people/groups who have different opinions
(2) critical (Adj.) : serious
(3) obvious (Adj.) : clear

Direction: Read the following passage carefully and choose thebest answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
The world is becoming a dangerous place to live in, and this is despite our claims of being civilized, of having evolved from the primitive to the modern man and from the cave man to cultured being. Many reasons can be attributed to this. A man longs to be the king of all kingdoms, but is too extravagant and idle. He desires that his writ should run through the whole world. But then he is lazy and lethargic. Man is mean, far inferior to other species. We are more human than humane. We have negative qualities such as anger, ego, envy, greed, hatred, and jealousy, that we should consider overcoming. We have allowed these qualities to become our consuming passions. We think that we are mightier than most. We think we are capable of destroying anything by using our might. Today, we have acquired weapons of mass destruction, which are capable of obliterating all life from the face of this planet. As men we arm men. Then we destroy people without arms. Then why are we giving vent to this anger? We let our wrath take over our senses. We fight to satisfy our egos. The overpowering obsession of a man with himself motivates him to grab everything and to fulfil his greed.
SOME IMPORTANT WORDS
(1) despite (Prep.) : in spite of
(2) attributed (V.) : to regard as resulting from a specified cause
(3) run through (Phr.V.) : to be present in every part of something
(4) writ (N.) : authority
(5) lethargic (Adj.) : without any energy/enthusiasm for doing things
(6) mean (Adj.) : unkind, not willing to give/share things (money)
(7) humane (Adj.) : showing kindness, care, and sympathy towards others, especially those who are suffering
(8) obliterating (V.) : removing all signs of something, either by destroying/covering it completely
(9) giving vent to (Id.) : to express a strong feeling (anger)
(10) wrath (N.) : extreme anger
(11) obsession (N.) : passion