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Section B Directions: Read the following passage carefully and
then explain in your own English the exact meaning of the numbered and
underlined parts.
Medical consumerism-like all sorts of consumerism, only more
menadngly is designed to be unsatisfying. (51) The prolongation of life and
the search for perfect health (beauty, youth, happiness) are inherently
self-defeating. The law of diminishing returns necessarily applies. You can
make higher percentages of people survive into their eighties and nineties. But,
as any geriatric ward shows, that is not the same as to comer enduring mobility,
awareness and autonomy. (52) Extending life grows medically feasible, but it
is often a life deprived of everything, and one exposed to degrading neglect as
resources grow over-stretched and politics turn mean.
What
an ignominious destiny for medicine if its future turned into one of besowing
meager increments of unenjoyed life!
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{{I}}Directions:{{/I}} {{I}}this section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A) ,B) , C)and D)given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.{{/I}}
A. Because the sound effect was bad.
B. Because the words in the film were terrible.
C. Because the resting room was very bad.
D. Because the music was too loud.