B  Governments always stay close to the people.
       C  Everyone has direct contact to their member of parliament.
       D  protests about government actions do not occur.
  37  All of the following are the roles of pressure groups EXCEpT
       A  to fill the vacuum between government and parliament.
       B  to seek interest from the public.
       C  to influence people who have political power.
       D  to make sure that they have collected the right facts.
  38  Which of the following is a very important way in which pressure groups get support from the public?
       A  To tell members of parliament what to do.
       B  To hold public meetings.
       C  To make use of television, radio, magazines, and newspapers.
       D  To make their causes known to government.
  39  The educational work of Shelteris a good example of
       A  the parliaments activities of making its causes known to the public.
       B  the poor peoples fight for better housing conditions.
       C  the governments influence over the pressure groups.
       D  the pressure groups effort to inform and influence the public.
   40  The passage indicates that pressure groups
        A  are not important because they achieve very little.
        B  will sooner or latter become several independent political parties.
        C  play an important role in making governmental policies reflect public opinions.
        D  are more efficient when they are supported by political parties.
   µÚÈýƪ                   prolonging Human Life
        prolonging human life has increased the size of the human population. Many people alive today would have died of childhood diseases if they have been born 100 years ago. Because more people live longer, there are more people around at any given time. In fact, it is a decrease in death rates, not an increase in birth rates, that has led to the population explosion.
        prolonging human life has also increased the dependency(ÒÀÀµ)load. In all societies, people who are disabled or too young or too old to work are dependent on the rest of society to provide for them. In hunting and gathering cultures, old people who could not keep up might be left behind to A die. In times of famine(¼¢»Ä), infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved, whereas if the parents survived they could have another child. In most contemporary societies, people feel a moral obligation to keep people alive whether they can work or not. We have a great many people today who live past the age at which they want to work or are able to work;we also have rules which require people to retire at a certain age. Unless these people are able to save money for their retirement, somebody else must support them. In the United States people live on social security checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty. older people have more illnesses than young or middle-aged people; unless they have wealth or private of government insurance, they must often go on welfare if they have a serious illness.

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