tailieunhanh - A resource for reading and words part 10

Tham khảo tài liệu 'a resource for reading and words part 10', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | r EXERCISE Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the words defined above. 1. I am to carry on with the exhausting task of caring for an old and . woman 2. This arrangement left her with the responsibility of her younger son s education which she decided . to a private tutor. 3. I believe the . of men s jobs to women s is 8 to 1. 4. Your course leader will be . to help you. 5. We can not accept the . housing conditions and will take whatever action is necessary READING COMPREHENSION 1. It is obvious in the passage that the writer criticizes. A the situation of the institutions which provide care to the old people B the mental hospitals where the aged are treated. C the boring and meaningless nursing homes. D people who have little to do but wait for their deaths. E the wide attention that nursing homes receive 2. The writer points out that noone. A shows unwillingness to concern for the institutions. B asks about the facilities for old people. C places a parent in an institution. D is happy about the therapy equipment available. E is interested in what is going on in the institutions. 3. The same lack of interest in the institutions for the old people A are not true for the mental hospitals. B is only the characteristic of people on the outside. C has nothing to do with the attitude of society. D is considered to be boring and meaningless. E can be seen in the relatives of those placed in these institutions. PASSAGE 68 Regression one of the defense mechanisms is withdrawal into the past. If the rejected fellow regressed in a childlike way he would behave as a child. He might burst into tears or pout suck his thumb throw things scream and have a tantrum. Regression calls for a return to earlier ways of handling problems. It is generally used when a person is deeply upset and cannot cope in a mature manner. Young children who have been toilet-trained and taught to drink from cups often regress and forget their training when a new baby arrives in their home. .