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 word 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 diseaseis of critical importance as it guides the doctors search for the clinical signs of the condition Similarly, the doctor's explanation of a problem, and the recommendations for treatment, is need to be clear and complete if the patient 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 accounis. 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 devetopment of a genuine communication.
Patients are offen unable to give a proper account of their ailment to the docior because
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the gven word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
Passage:
lf a country should have a message for its people, it should be a message of human dignity. The ideals of a nation should be of the freedom of ideas, speech, press, the tight to assemble and the right to worship. A country should boldly proclaim to a world dominated by tyrants that “all men are created equal and they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rignts’ and “among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’. This shoud be the source of the strength and power of a nation. If people have the freedom fo live their lives in dignity, they can work with a sound mind and physical health. The moral, political, and economic stature of a country lies in the strength of its people. A nation should strive to be a more perfect, not the perfect country where the people are given a promise and a hope in their minds to work and cherish liberty, justice, and opportunity. We do not always get what we want when we want it but it is always better to believe that someday somehow, someway, we will get what we want.
