8. [A] unreasonable
[B] permit [B] link [B] guided
[C] signal [C] another [C]plugged [C] notice [C] behind
IC]misadjusted
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the lurdings hold true for both those with children who work outside the home have better health.
more so for non-parents. This is why people
What the study doesn't measure is whether pgopli. are still doing work when they're at llome, whether it
attend
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[D] negotiation [D] passengers
[B] conversation [B] enrployees
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on
In our contemporary culture, the prospect of comnrunicating
rvith
or even looking
at r stranger is
virtually unbearable. Every,one around us seems to agree by the way they fiddle with their phones. even withor"rt a
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household lvork r.r,ork or work brought home from.rh3 from.,the office. offtce.-For For many men, the end of the rvorkday i.vorkday is a tirne to kick back. For women who stay honre, they never get to leave the office. And for wonlen who work outside the home,
our sccunty blankct,"Woltinann says CThey arc our happy gl•] •‡SOs•] ses ‡V that protect us from what we perceive is going 11•œ r to be mole I l " •¡ =•¡ •R ƒ~ ‚æ
they often are playing catch-up-with-housEhold'tasks. With the blurring of roles. and the fact that the home fi'ont lags r.vell behind the rvorl<place in making ad-iustments for u'orking women. it's not surprising that rvomen are
II
Reading Comprehension
terts Ansrver the questions belorv
each text by choosing
tA], tBl, fC] or [D]. Mark
your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)
Text I
trAno‚Ê cr sup–Ê sc‘ê Œ Œ
at work than at [rotne." writes one of the researchers. Sarah_ Dama5ke, In fact women even say they feel better at
3mcmanttwƒ¿ 'l‡V is
One answer is fear, according to Jon Wofirnann, executive rnental coach. We fear rejection, or that our
be 6 as "creepy." We fear we'll be 1 . We fear u,e'll be disluptive. Strangers are inherently 8 to us. so we are more likelv to feel 9 when communicating rvith them compared with our tiiends and acquaintances. To avoid this anxietl', ietl', w we l0 to our phones. "Phones becorle
I
under-eronnd.
It's a sad realit-v-our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings-because
gained frorn talking to the stranger standing by you. But you wouldn't knorv universal amor sends
But oncc wc np off•] thc balld–Ê d,tllck our smartplol„v :in‚à‡V •B 'pOCkets and look up,l docsn't 12 so bad In one 2011 experiment, behavioral scientists Ni and Juliana Schroeder asked commuters to do the
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delayed
[D]unfamiliar
[D]angry [D] tum
9. [A] comfortable
10.
[B] anxious
[B] point [B] mysterious [B] resist
[A] 1 l. [A] dangerous 12. [A]hurl 13. [A] lecture 14. [A] trainees
unthinkable: Start
a
l3
. They had
talk to their
fetlow 1,1
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and Ms Schrocdcr askcd othcr pcople in tho•u strallgcl•E ,tlle colalllluters thought lleir .16 1•]
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Section
Part A Directions:
Read the fbllorving four
1.
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there's 2
to
be
it.
3
into your phone. This
the .1
: "Please don't approach me."
What is it that makes us feel we need to
innocent social advances u,ill
hide 5
our screens?
more stressed at home.
But it's not just a gender thing. At work. peopie pretfy much know what they're supposed to be doing: working, making rrloney, doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income. The bargain is very pure: