96- Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the passage? - [1)] Women in the past did not smoke because it was considered a socially negative habit.
- [2)] The difference in life expectancy between men and women is very likely to become smaller.
- [3)] Women's health problems and those of men are similar in terms of both their causes and effects.
- [4)] If women realize their health problems are because of their new social roles, they would renew their past habits.
PASSAGE 2:The advantages or positive points of e-readers certainly seem to be more than the disadvantages. They are light and mobile devices that can be taken anywhere. Taking one gadget on holiday allows us to take hundreds of novels with us without having to pay for extra luggage on the plane.
The electronic nature of e-readers gives us so much more than a print copy of a book can do. It lets us read in the dark (handy in case of a power cut). We can look up unfamiliar words in the in-built dictionary with just one click, we can make notes, and we never forget what page we were on: the e-reader remembers
that for us. If our eyesight declines, we can make the letters bigger. We can re-read
Jane Eyre as often as we like and the book will never look any worse for it. And even if our taste in books is unusual, nobody need know: others can't see what we are reading. Not only that, most e-books are cheaper than their print versions, and many older books can be downloaded for free.
So why have only one in three of us read an e-book? The answer must be that there is something special about the look, the feel, and maybe even the smell of printed books. `Real' books are objects that have a past and their physical presence surrounds us with happy memories.