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8 Amcat Reading Comprehension
8 Amcat Reading Comprehension
COMPREHENSION 1
In the world today we make health an end in itself. We have forgotten that health is really means to enable a
person to do his work and does it well. a lot of modern medicine and this includes many patients as well as
many physicians pays very little attention to health but very much attention to those who imagine that they are
ill. Our great concern with health is shown by the medical columns in newspapers. the health articles in popular
magazines and the popularity of television programmes and all those books on medicine. We talk about health
all the time. Yet for the most part the only result is more people with imaginary illness. The healthy man should
not be wasting time talking about health: he should be using health for work. The work does the work that good
health possible.
health is blessing B
COMPREHENSION 2
What needs to be set right is our approach to work. It is a common sight in our country of employees reporting
for duty on time and at the same time doing little work. If an assessment is made of time they spent in
gossiping, drinking tea, eating "pan" and smoking cigarettes, it will be shocking to know that the time devoted
to actual work is negligible. The problem is the standard which the leadership in administration sets for the
staff. Forgot the ministers because they mix politics and administration. What do top bureaucrats do? What do
the below down officials do? The administration set up remains week mainly because the employees do not
have the right example to follow and they are more concerned about being in the good books of the bosses than
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doing work.
enquiry A
report B
evaluation C
summary D
is composed of idealists C
COMPREHENSION 3
The strength of the electronics industry in Japan is the Japanese ability to organise production and
marketing rather than their achievements in original research. The British are generally recognised as a far
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The TSR Z hovercraft, high speed train, Sinclair scooter etc. are the symbols of 3
.
Japanese success A
British failure B
British success C
Japanese failure D
productivity A
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ANSWERS KEY
COMPREHENSION 1
1B
2C
3D
4B
5A
COMPREHENSION 2
1A
2D
3C
4D
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COMPREHENSION 3
1C
2D
3B
4C
5C