..CONTRACT, AND APOLOGIZE IF HANDS TOUCH BY A MISTAK...

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contract, and apologize if hands touch by a mistake. People use

newspapers as a barrier between themselves and other people, and

if they do not have one, they stare into the distance, making sure

they are not looking into anyone’s eyes.

PART III. READING

I. Complete the following passage by choosing A, B, C or D to fill in each blank. (1,0 point)

In recent years, there has been a remarkable increase into happiness. The researchers have

come up a number of factors which contribute to a definition of happiness.

First of all, there is, in some people, a moderate genetic predisposition to be happy, in other

words, happiness (1)_______ in families. And happiness seems to correlate quite strongly with the

main dimensions of personalities: extroverts are generally happier, neurotics are less so.

Second, people often report good social relations as a reason for their happiness. In

particular, friends are a great (2)______ of joy, partly because of the agreeable things they do

together, partly because of the way friends use positive non-verbal (3)______ such as caressing and

touching, to affirm their friendship. Marriage and similar (4)______ relationships can also form the

basis of lasting happiness.

Third, job satisfaction undoubtedly (5)______ overall satisfaction, and vice versa - perhaps

this is why some people are happy in boring jobs: it (6)______ both ways. Job satisfaction is caused

not only by the essential nature of the work, but (7)_____ by social interactions with co-workers.

Unemployment, on the contrary, can be a serious cause of unhappiness.

Fourth, leisure is important because it is more under individual (8)______ than most other

causes of happiness. Activities (9)_____ sport and music, and participation in voluntary work and

social clubs of various kinds, can give great joy. This is partly because of the (10)______ themselves,

but also because of the social support of other group members – it is very strong in the case of

religious groups.