Multiple choice

Directions: The sentences given below, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. The first and the last sentences are 1 and 6 and the four in between are labeled a, b, c and d. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph. (1) Doctors have long been aware that daily treatment with inhaled steroids is critical to saving the lives of patients with severe asthma - both children and adults. (A) Until now however, many physicians have hesitated to use inhaled steroids that outweigh the risks in children after all. (B) But two reports published recently conclude that the benefits of inhaled steroids outweigh the risks in children after all. (C) Although the drugs cannot stop the asthma attack that has started, inhaled steroids are very good at counteracting the chronic inflammation that predisposes the lungs to asthma attacks in the first place. (D) The drugs have side effects - most notably an apparent slowing of bone growth - that make them seem less than ideal for youngsters whose bones are still developing. (6) In the first study, which tracked more than a thousand North American kids aged 5 - 12, suffering from mild to moderate asthma, researchers found that boys and girls on inhaled steroids were much less likely to be rushed to the emergency room or to need treatment with even more powerful drugs.

  1. ABCD

  2. CDAB

  3. CADB

  4. BCDA

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C Correct answer
Explanation

  Although the drugs cannot stop the asthma attack that has started, inhaled steroids are very good at counteracting the chronic inflammation that predisposes the lungs to asthma attacks in the first place.Until now however, many physicians have hesitated to use inhaled steroids that outweigh the risks in children after all.The drugs have side effects - most notably an apparent slowing of bone growth - that make them seem less than ideal for youngsters whose bones are still developing.But two reports published recently conclude that the benefits of inhaled steroids outweigh the risks in children after all.C refers to 'the drugs' mentioned statement 1.