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C. From his parents. D. From his relatives.

4. A. Because conflict is inevitable and they do not necessarily damage the marriage. B. Because conflict can be ignored. C. Because conflict is not important.

D. Because conflict can finally disappear from the marriage. 5. A. They mean that one of the couple is wrong. B. They indicate a lack of love between the couple. C. They mean that the couple are not alike in their thoughts. D. They are the signal of divorce. Answer: 3 1 2 1 3 SET 2

1. A. Job stress is failure in work.

B. Job stress is caused when the requirement of the job cannot be met. C. Job stress is a kind of harmful physical response to one's job. D. Job stress is a kind of harmful emotional response to one's job. 2. A. Challenges. B. Job.

C. Emotions. D. Moods.

3. A. Tired and exhausted. B. Relaxed and satisfied. C. A sense of pride. D. A sense of humor. 4. A. They test our will.

B. They provide us with the chance to be proud. C. They please themselves.

D. They motivate us to learn new skills and master given tasks. 5. A. Relaxed and satisfied. B. Exhausted and tensional. C. Failed but proud. D. Sick. Answer: 2 1 2 4 2

Listening Comprehension

Directions: Listen to the passage TWICE and fill the blanks with the missing words SET 1

A study published in the British Medical Journal claims that (1 stress can take a serious toll on a woman's physical and mental health. The study, which spanned the course of many years,

focused on more than 21,000 female nurses in (2 good health. Researchers discovered that when

women work in a high-pressure environment where they have little control over their work and no

social support system, their health-related quality of life can be (3 impaired. On the other hand,

women with lower-demand jobs and higher levels of control over their duties were shown to have

better health. The researchers also discovered that having someone to talk to about problems at

work is (4 , and that the health of all women in the study was (5 by having a social support

network in the workplace.

Being (6 with tasks or having minimal control over the amount of work you perform and the time frame in which it must be (7 , may cause you to experience feelings of frustration or

unhappiness. The result is that your body produces stress hormones. Stress hormones are (8

released when an individual experiences (9 distress, and they negatively affect the body and its

organs. Stress increases your susceptibility to heart disease, high blood pressure, depression and

bodily pain, and (10 a blow to the overall health of women everywhere. Answer: 1. job-induced 2. relatively 3. drastically 4. beneficial 5. improved 6. overloaded 7. completed 8.

typically 9. psychological 10. strikes SET 2

Stress evokes very powerful reactions, but researchers recently revealed that stress-coping

tactics are very different in men and women. A recent study by the University of California, Los

Angeles (UCLA, (1 in the July 2000 edition of US journal, Psychological Review, claims