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English Comprehension Reading Comprehension (C)

Read the following three passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only.
Environmental problems cause health problems. Substantial changes in lifestyle can reduce environmental or health problems, but this idea appears almost impossible to adopt. With environmental problems, individual efforts can be perceived as having a negligible effect and therefore lead to inertia. With health, on the other hand, individual choices can make the difference between life and death, literally. And yet, barring a few, there seems to be the same collective lethargy towards making their choices.

Question: 1

Which one of the following statements best implies the most rational assumption that can be made from the passage ?

We are likely to spend more money on cure than prevention.
It is the job of the government to solve our environmental and public health problems.
Health can environmental unattended. be protected even if problema go on unattended .
Loss of traditional lifestyle and the influence of western values led to some unhealthy ways of living.

Explanation

- Passage summary: The text discusses how environmental and health problems can be mitigated by lifestyle changes, but people show inertia in making these changes despite the evident benefits.

- Option 1: We are likely to spend more money on cure than prevention.

- This implies that people are more reactive than proactive, preferring to treat problems rather than prevent them.

- The passage reflects this idea by highlighting the lack of action towards preventative lifestyle changes for health.

- Option 2: It is the job of the government to solve our environmental and public health problems.

- This option shifts responsibility away from individual efforts, which is not discussed in the passage as a rational assumption.

- Option 3: Health can be protected even if environmental problems go on unattended.

- This option suggests that health is isolated from environmental issues, which contradicts the initial assertion that environmental problems cause health problems.

- Option 4: Loss of traditional lifestyle and the influence of western values led to some unhealthy ways of living.

- This option introduces an external cultural perspective not discussed in the passage.

- Correct Answer:

- We are likely to spend more money on cure than prevention.

- This is best aligned with the passage's implication about inertia in preventative actions.

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