LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICE Most people think women are more (1) ____ when a relationship hits a rocky patch. According
to a new study on over 1,000 break-ups, it is the (2) ____. Research from the Wake Forest
University in the USA suggests men have a much harder time dealing with the low points.
Researchers say women have a harder time (3) ____ with a break-up. Lead researcher Robin
Simon said: "Common wisdom says that women are more hurt (4) ____ problems in a
relationship, but we found that the…disadvantages of strain are exaggerated (5) ____ the men."
She added: "Men are more sensitive than we often think they are." Simon and her co-researchers
discovered that men often put a brave (6) ____ on problems they have with their partner but
inside, they feel more emotional pain than women.
The research also showed how (7) ____ men and women dealt with problems. Women show
their feelings more by crying and talking about how they feel. Men find this hard to do because
they need to be ‗masculine‘ and men don‘t cry. Instead, they (8) ____ to the bottle or look for
escape by (9) ____ drugs. Ms Simon said the more relationship problems a guy went through,
the more (10) ____ he was to become dependent on alcohol or drugs. They make the pain go
away through substance abuse (11) ____ than talking. Simon said things are changing and that
more and more men are opening up. She said guys these days are more likely to have divorced
parents "and this might make them more sensitive to the ups and downs of a relationship‖ and be
more (12) ____ aware.
Put the correct words from the table below in the above article. 1.
(a)
Affected
(b) Affects
(c) effects
(d)
Effected
2.
(a)
attracts
(b) Opposite
(c) opposed
(d)
Parallel
3.
(a)
copying
(b) Coped
(c) coping
(d)
Copied
4.
(a)
at
(b) With
(c) to
(d)
By
5.
(a)
at
(b) To
(c) on
(d)
For
6.
(a)
head
(b) Skull
(c) face
(d)
Look
7.
(a)
differently
(b) differences
(c) different
(d)
Difference
8.
(a)
spin
(b) Turn
(c) twist
(d)
Screw
9.
(a)
used
(b) Usage
(c) using
(d)
Uses
10.
(a)
likely
(b) Liked
(c) likelihood
(d)
Likes
11.
(a)
instead
(b) Opposite
(c) prefer
(d)
Rather
12.
(a)
emotions
(b) emotionally
(c) emotionless
(d)
Emotion