1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
HAZARDS OF TOBACCO CONSUMPTION
The World Health Federation (WHF), which has 143 countries as members, has reported that
the
incidence of heart disease has gone up throughout the world. It was not difficult to identify
smoking as the single most important risk factor as far as heart and lung ailments are
concerned.
The World Health Organization has launched a cabinet project, the Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI)
in July 1998 as a result.
The idea is to reduce the current mortality rate of 3.5 million per year and to decrease he
prevalence of smoking by 1.1 billion people, which is nearly one-third of the global adult
population.
The TFI slogan for the current year, 'leave the pack behind, highlights the benefits of quitting
smoking. The cessation of smoking strengthens the individual's health vis-à-vis 25 medical
ailments. Some of the more important ones are lung cancer, bronchitis, emphysema, cardiac
disease and burergers disease, a kind of gangrene involving the lower limbs.
As far as heart disease is concerned, after the cessation of smoking there is rapid improvement
in
the coronary circulation and the chances of a heart attack recede with every passing day.
Beyond the public health issue, tobacco consumption is responsible for a major financial drain
which is not in the interest of nation's development. An estimate regarding the global loss due to
smoking related diseases puts it at $200 billion and half of this is in the developing countries. In
India tobacco is a major killer. There were 838,000 tobacco related deaths in 1998.
1) Smoking is considered to be the most important risk factor as
2) The Tobacco Free Initiative intends to
3) The cessation of smoking is responsible for
4) The two benefits of quitting smoking are...
5) Find a word in papa 4, which is likely to be closest in meaning to become less'.
Answers
The answers to the given questions are:
1) Smoking is considered to be the most important risk factor as it is the leading cause of lung and heart ailments and the death occurring from them.
2) The Tobacco Free Initiative intends to reduce the mortality rate by 3.5 per cent and to decrease the smoking population by 1.1 billion people which comprises one-third of the global adult population.
3) The cessation of smoking is responsible for strengthening an individual's health and makes recoveries for at least 25 medical ailments, some of them being lung cancer, bronchitis, cardiac disease, emphysema and burger's disease.
4) The two benefits of quitting smoking are
- it improves coronary circulation
- recedes the chances of having a heart attack.
5) Find a word in papa 4, which is likely to be closest in meaning to become less'.
A word that is closest in meaning to "become less" would be either
- decrease, which means to make smaller in amount or size, or
- reduce, which means to cut down on the amount of something to make it lesser.