Questions 16--20
Why Men Explode
Although women get angry just as often as men, rage remains the prototypical male emotion. \kids still talk about my 'freak-outs,'\says Kim Garretson, 54, a corporate strategist in Minneapolis, who once erupted into volcanic fur5; in a restaurant when served a still-frozen entre2e. \
Why do so many men lose their tempers? \rage comes because there's so much frustration when you cut off something that is you. Yet that's what men do, because they're afraid that if you give emotions an inch, they'll take a mile,\Christian, PhD, author of Your Own Worst Enemy. \emotions, you're a shadow figure, a small incomplete version of yourself. It's only a matter of time until the house of cards that you are falls apart.\
For Kim Garretson, that day came four years ago when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. As often happens when illness strikes men, he realized he had nothing to lose, and everything to gain, by letting himself feel. \no longer afraid of expressing almost any emotion,\an outlet, I've reconnected with old friends. I talk about the big questions of life. 1 search for spiritual meaning.\
Guys, Try These
In his Dirty Harry days, Clint Eastwood never flinched. Now as a husband, father and Oscar-winning director of movies that explore the depths of men's souls, the tough guy has turned tender--but not talkative. \the most sensitive,\observes Christian. Yet men can become more emotionally expressive without tears or fears. Here are some ways to start:
?Develop a creative outlet. Hobbies like painting or playing a musical instrument can tap into a man's soul. Remember that much of the world's greatest art, music and literature was created by the allegedly emotionally challenged sex.
?Release stress and anger through exercise. \you just want to put your head through a wall, taking a ten-minute time-out isn't enough to calm down,\floor and do push-ups.
?Try' expressing \little\emotion. \with feelings you can control, find a sympathetic ear and use the term 'a little,'\\
?Lean into the discomfort. \handle, move toward it,\says psychologist Travis Bradbury, PhD, co-author of The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book. \because you need to retrain your brain, but it does get easier.\
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16. Kim Garretson, a 54-year-old corporate strategist, once got very angry when_______. (A) diagnosed with lung cancer (B) given a take musical instrument (C) dragged into a mountainous trip (D) served cold food in a restaurant
17. \(A) psychologists (B) cards (C) emotions (D) friends
18. If you fail to learn how to work with your emotions,_______. (A) you will sooner or later break down
(B) you will be an active figure in shadow boxing
(C) you will be afraid of expressing almost any emotion
(D) you will spend more time searching for spiritual meaning
19. Which of the following ways to control emotions is NOT recommended in the passage? (A) To talk as much as possible. (B) To lean into the discomfort. (C) To develop a creative outlet.
(D) To try expressing \
20. What main idea is discussed in the passage? (A) How to develop your emotions. (B) How to check your emotions. (C) How to handle your emotions. (D) How to express your emotions.
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Question 21—25
\off to the World Economic Forum?\asked the Oxford economist, enviously. \
Three days later, t queued in the snow outside the conference center in Davos, standing behind mink coals and cashmere overcoats, watched over by' Swiss policemen with machineguns. \come in here. Side entrance, please.\I stood in line again, this time behind Puffa jackets and Newsweek journalists, waiting to collect my orange badge. Once inside. I found that the seminar I wanted to go to was being held ill a half-empty room. '\can't sit here. All seats are reserved for white badges. Coloured badges have to stand.\
An acquaintance invited me to a dinner he was hosting: \meet.\The green-badged Forum employee stopped me at the door. \is a participants' dinner. Orange badges are not allowed.\can you turn your badge around? Diners may be upset if they see you're a colour.\
\does anyone put up with being treated like this?\t asked a Financial Times correspondent. \know what's reall3 going on.\
A leading British businessman was wearing a white badge, but it bore a small logo on the top left-hand corner: GLT. \
Ah, he said. \
\sounds very important,\I said. \He said, \thought so myself until I bumped into the man &o d sponsored me. on the way to my first meeting. I asked him if he was coming: and he said, 'Oh no, dear boy, I don't bother with that any, longer. I'm not a GLT any, more, I'm an IGWEL.' What's an IGWEL?' I asked him. ‘A member of tile Informal Group of World Economic Leaders of Today.\
The World Economic Forum has employed a simple psychological truth--that nothing is more desirable than that which excludes us--to brilliant effect. Year after Fear, its participants apply. to return, in the hope that this time they'll be a little closer to the real elite. Next year, they, too, might be invited to the private receptions for Bill Clinton, Kofi Annan or Bill Gates. instead of having to stand on the conference center's steps like teenage rock fans.
It's the sheer concentration of individuals in possession of power, wealth or knowledge that makes the privately run Forum so desirable to its participants. The thousand chief executives who attend its annual meeting control, between them, more than 70 percent of international trade. Every year, they are joined by a couple of dozen presidents and prime ministers, by senior journalists, a changing selection of leading thinkers, academics and diplomats, and by rising stars of the business world. Access to the meeting is by invitation only, costs several thousand pounds a time for business participants,and is ruthlessly controlled.
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2l. \ (A) colored badges
(B) impressive artificial hide (C) expensive thick fur
(D)jackets designed for GLT
22. We can learn from the passage that orange badges represent (A) forum employees
(B) conference correspondents (C) senior diplomats (D) leading thinkers
23. \refer to_______.
(A) former presidents (B) senior journalists (C) leading academics (D) chief executives
24. Which of the following does NOT suggest that the forum is ruthlessly controlled'? (A) Participants must hold letters of invitation. (B) Participants should queue in the snow outside. (C) Swiss policemen have to carry. machine-guns.
(D) Forum employees could check anybody if they wish.
25. According to the article, which of the following statements about badges is true? (A) The Forum employee wear green badges. (B) The participant wear colored badges. (C) The journalists wear white badges. (D) The executives wear orange badges.
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