C: Reading Comprehension
read the passage. The passage is followed by four questions, Answer the questions by choosing the best choice (1), (2), (3), or (4).
متن زیر را بخوانید و به سوالات1تا 4 پاسخ دهید متن سوالات و جواب در پایین متن نوشته شده اما جواب سوالات را در سوالات 1 تا 4 که بعد از متن آورده شده علامت بزنید.
The cultural context can also influence life expectancy for men and women. (Life expectaney is the expected length of a person's life.) For example, women generally smoke cigarettes less than men, which has been proven to cause many health problems and to shorten lives. Another factor that has influenced the lives of women is the lack of stress. Stress is well known to shorten lives. Until recently, women who worked were usually in less responsible, less stressful positions. At home, housework tends to keep women in better physical condition than men. This generally better physical condition is yet another factor in women's longer lives.
These cultural factors have played an important part for the women who are now getting old. But the social habits of women are changing. Young women are smoking more than women used to. More women are working now and holding more responsible positions. These changes may mean that the cultural context will no longer help women live healthier lives. However, women will continue to live longer than men because of certain other factors.
01. The passage would most probably continue with a discussion of .......... .
1) why women are no longer willing to stay home and do housework
2) the reasons behind the change in different countries' culture around the world
3) factors other than cultural factors in relation to women's living longer than men 4) how a healthy lifestyle is important for both men and women in today's ever-changing world
02. It can be understood from the passage that the author considers cigarette smoking to............... .
1) become more common among women than it is now among men
2) have a relationship with the amount of stress in people's lives
3) be more harmful to women than to men 4) be a culture-related habit
03. It can be understood from the passage that men can improve their physical condition by............... .
1) doing housework
2) giving their jobs to women
3) working jobs with more responsibility
4) taking better care of their health problems
04. Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the passage?
1) Women in the past did not smoke because it was considered a socially negative habit.
2) The difference in life expectancy between men and women is very likely to become smaller.
3) Women's health problems and those of men are similar in terms of both their causes and effects.
4) If women realize their health problems are because of their new social roles, they would renew their past habits.