YDS READING PASSAGES / TEST 1

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1. 1 -9. THE DANGER OF HEIGHT Emma Christoffersen was twenty-eight years old when she collapsed moments after leaving a long flight from Australia. Her death highlighted the statistics concerning health-related problems during long flights. In fact, more people die from health-related incidents during flights than from air crashes. Studies show that poor air quality, low oxygen levels and cramped seating are triggering heart attacks, deep vein thrombosis and causing contagious diseases among an increasingly large number of passengers. Long periods of sitting in cramped quarters can cause blood clots to form, especially in the legs and lower abdomen, which can cause deep vein thrombosis, from which Emma died. Passengers have also contracted tuberculosis through recycled air. Despite these problems, the airlines are not addressing these issues and continue to reduce the space between seats. The Aviation Health Institute advises that cabins are ventilated every three minutes, but at present, the average Is every ten. To minimise the risk to their health, passengers are advised to exercise and drink plenty of water during a flight. According to the passage, air crashes account for.......... .
2. 2 The passage informs us that, despite his father's wishes, Frederick .......... .
3. 3 -What, in the opinion of the author, made Henry George well-known immediately was .......... .
4. 4 We can infer from the passage that judo produces self-confidence because in judo, ..........
5. 5 From the information given in the passage, we can conclude that lack of a certain type of nitrogen-containing compound in a diet .......... .
6. 6 We learn from the passage that, in order to emphasise the problems of his time, Defoe would .......... .

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