Read the following passage and answer the item that follows. Your answer should be based on the passage only…
Read the following passage and answer the item that follows. Your answer should be based on the passage only.
For two or three generations past, ever-increasing number of individuals have been living as workers merely, not as human beings. An excessive amount of labour is rule today in every circle of society, with the result that man's spiritual element cannot thrive. He finds it very difficult to spend his little leisure in serious activities. He does not want to think; or he cannot even if he wants to. He seeks not Self-improvement, but entertainment which would enable him to be mentally idle and to forget his usual activities. Therefore, the so-called culture of our age is dependent more on cinema than on theatre, more on newspapers, magazines and crime stories than on serious literature.
Man does not seek self-improvement because he
is not intellectually capable
has no time to do so
is distracted by materialism
loves amusement and is mentally idle
Solution
The passage states that man finds it very difficult to spend his little leisure in serious activities. The reason is the lack of time and energy due to excessive labour, so man has no time for self-improvement. Option B is correct.