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Section D: Comprehension

Read the following two passages carefully and answer the questions 36 to 50. Fill in the most suitable answer in the brackets provided.

Passage A

Alzheimer’s disease is the fourth leading cause of death in American adults after heart disease, cancer and stroke. The disease is named after a German doctor named Alois Alzheimer who first described the disease in one of his patients in 1906. Alzheimer's disease primarily affects the elderly, although it may strike people in their 40s and 50s. Alzheimer's affects men and women equally and the average person dies within eight years of the onset of symptoms.

Alzheimer's affects the nerve cells in areas of the brain responsible for speech, thought, memory and reason. These cells die off and the victim eventually loses all ability to carry out routine everyday activities. Those afflicted with Alzheimer's experience not only memory loss and confusion, but may also suffer from hallucinations, delusions, depression and eventually total dementia. Autopsies of those who succumb to Alzheimer's typically reveal extensive lesions of the brain of a type quite particular to Alzheimer's sufferers.

In the last decade American's awareness of the disease has increased. Screen actress Rita Hayworth, who died in 1987, was a victim suffering from the early stages of the disease. Organizations such as the Alzheimer's Association (which works on behalf of those who suffer from Alzheimer's) have welcomed the greater openness that has occurred recently surrounding this devastating illness.

As the American population ages, it seems likely that the incidence of this disease, which currently afflicts 4 million Americans, will increase. This is tragic not only for the sufferers but also for their families. The disease places severe emotional and financial hardships on caregivers who frequently are family. Because Alzheimer's is a disease afflicting the mind which impacts on myriad daily tasks, sufferers often require constant supervision much as if they were small children. While research continues on the disease, at present

the causes of Alzheimer's are unknown and no known cure is available. Treatment consists largely in attempting to alleviate some of the symptoms.

36. The expression carry out in the passage is closest in meaning to ( )

A. move

B. do

C. stop

D. realize

37. The expression afflicted with in the passage is closest in meaning to: ( )

A. dead of

B. suffering from

C. hospitalized from

D. knowing about

38. The expression succumb to in the passage is closest in meaning to: ( )

A. acquire

B. die from

C. transmit

D. recover from

39. The word myriad in the passage is closest in meaning to: ( )

A. average

B. few

C. innumerable

D. nighttime

40. The word alleviate in the passage is closest in meaning to: ( )

A. cause

B. reduce

C. reat

D. increase