Reading Comprehension
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Every winter the capital records its worst air of the year, and every winter officials promise action. Filters are distributed, construction is briefly halted, and once the wind changes, the promises are quietly shelved. The cleanup that would matter — cutting crop-stubble burning, electrifying bus fleets, enforcing industrial norms — is announced each year with less conviction than the last.
Read the mini-passage and answer the question that follows.
"Every winter the capital records its worst air of the year, and every winter officials promise action. Filters are distributed, construction is briefly halted, and once the wind changes, the promises are quietly shelved. The cleanup that would matter — cutting crop-stubble burning, electrifying bus fleets, enforcing industrial norms — is announced each year with less conviction than the last."
The central idea of the passage is:
Hospitals report more admissions during hot nights even when the days seem tolerable. Sleep is when the body repairs itself, and a bedroom that never cools denies it that chance.
In the passage below, what does the word tolerable mean as used by the author?
"Hospitals report more admissions during hot nights even when the days seem tolerable. Sleep is when the body repairs itself, and a bedroom that never cools denies it that chance."
Small branches in poorer neighbourhoods — precisely those that need them most — are often the first to be marked for closure.
"Small branches in poorer neighbourhoods — precisely those that need them most — are often the first to be marked for closure." (from a passage on public libraries)
Which of the following can be inferred from this line?