(A) We think back with an element of nostalgia to that earlier dream of a world in which we were promised accurate prediction, control and endless progress.
(B) Add to this a host of other problems we encounter and things do seem to be in a mess.
(C) We feel today that we are living in a world that is constantly in crisis.
(D) In the face of all this we feel a burning need for corrective action, for major interventions, government legislation, aid programmes.
(E) All around us newspapers and television warn of global warming and environmental degradation, of terrorism and international conflicts, of Third World poverty and the implications of the recent economic slump.

CEDBA

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Solution

The correct option is B
CEBDA

B goes on to explain whatever is mentioned in E. EB is thus a link. Thus, the correct answer option is either (b), (c) or (d) . If we look at sentence A, it can be a concluding statement by saying we seek an escape from all the problems we are facing now by looking back to the earlier dream of an ideal world thus making CEBDA the correct sequence.
Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer choice.

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