Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 25 to 29. Why are there so many grandmothers and so few grandfathers? In other words, why do men die younger than women? Is this because men are afraid of getting old and helpless and so they prefer to die before that happens? Perhaps they fear to be left alone by their women and so decide to do the leaving first. Many explanations are given for the fact...
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 25 to 29.
Why are there so many grandmothers and so few grandfathers? In other words, why do men die younger than women? Is this because men are afraid of getting old and helpless and so they prefer to die before that happens? Perhaps they fear to be left alone by their women and so decide to do the leaving first.
Many explanations are given for the fact that men die earlier than women. Men are stronger physically, yet women can hang on longer to life. Both men and women are emotional creatures but women are not afraid or ashamed to cry while men refuse to do so. They are afraid of being thought "soft". Some men, when they are upset, play loud music or dig in the garden to relieve their feelings. Many men like an orderly life so that they bury themselves in their work or want a wife with some children or long to take part in wars where there is a definite chain of command. There is a leader to give orders and a known enemy to fight against and defeat. All these make men feel they live in a rational world.
So the majority of men like a rational world. Rationality is fine but it does not include everything that makes life joyful and fun or even messy and frustrating. When a man refuses to cry he is refusing to accept that his emotions are part of him. Of course some men do not follow this pattern. Bob Hawke is capable of crying in public whereas Margaret Thatcher is probably incapable of crying at any time.
We need to cry because that shows our ability to suffer. If we do not suffer we are not really alive at all. Suffering can be creative or destructive. If we can all learn to cry and laugh and shout and dance openly, we are living creatively and adding something to the human race. We often say men suffer more from stress and therefore they die earlier. Are we not saying in another way that they do not know how to suffer in the right way – with tears and laughter instead of silence – and so they are miserable and just give up? That is just my theory of course. Have you a better one?
What does the word "that" in the passage refer to?
A. The fact that men get old and helpless
B. The fact that they fear to be left alone
C. The fact that men die younger than women
D. The fact that they decide to do the leaving first
1, Hardly any rivers in the world are left unpolluted.
2, To our surprise, the man has a good command of Portuguese.
3, Had he been more patient, he could have beaten Raphael.
4. On account of his irresponsibility, he can't complete most of the assignments.
5. Frederick is so talented an artist that most critics look up to him.
6. I would rather you had paid your grandma a visit when you were in town.
1. They are very few river left unpolutted in the world
--> hardly.... any rivers in the world are left unpolluted ......
2. We are surprised that the man can demonstrate such a mastery of portuguese command
-->To.... take command of Portuguese of that man make us be suprised......
3. He could not beat raphael because he was not patient enough
---> Had he.... been patient enough, he would have beaten Jame.......
4. He is irresponsible so he cannot complete most of the assignments
---> On...account of his irresponsibility, he can't complete most of the assignments .....
5. Frederick is such a talented artist that most crites respect him. Look
---->frederick is so talented that most critics look up to him
6. You should have visited your grandma when you were in town. Paid
---> I would rather....paid a visit to your grandma when you in town.....