—-. His principal equipment is a leather couch for patients to lie on and a cabinet of mysterious drugs of one kind of another to send them off to sleep. He is particularly interested in the dreams of his clients and may use some form of hypnosis to study their repressed thoughts and secret emotions. A) More and more large firms are realizing the advantages offered by psychiatry. B) No one may prescribe drugs or surgery in treating mentally sick individuals unless he is medically qualified. C) It is important to realize that psychologists are first and foremost trained as scientists rather than as medical experts. D) Psychologists are primarily concerned with behavior and its abnormalities. E) The popular image of a psychiatrist is a fairly well-defined one.
At the beginning of this century, a group of writers from scattered mid western towns came together in bustling commercial Chicago. From the rough immediacy of the city, they forged a style that was distinctively and unsparingly realistic —-. In fact the critics were soon to describe Chicago as the literary capital of the US. A) Most of them, however, eventually moved away from Chicago. B) The “Chicago Renaissance” fuelled by these writers, soon captured the attention of the rest of the nation. C) It is now a commonplace of literary criticism that there is a close relationship between cities and their writers. D) Chicago is indeed a city of absorbing contrast, and not least in the field of architecture. E) American realism differs in many obvious ways from European realism.
Italy is the great country of fountains, and the fountains of Rome are world famous—- . It was built in the time of Pope Clement XII about the middle of the eighteenth century. The fountain and the palace behind it are a good example of the baroque style of architecture, which gives a feeling of magnificence, movement and excitement. A) The Fountain of Trevi, in Rome, is one of the most magnificent in the city. B) This style is especially effective for fountains because of the moving water. C) The water is brought underground from a spring many miles outside the city. D) A statue of Neptune in the fountain is surrounded by numerous other figures. E) The city of Rome has been the capital of Italy ever since it was founded thousands of years ago.
The style of our lives is often based on the type of work we do. Some jobs allow for flexible schedules which enable us to take time off to deal with personal or family needs. —-. Other jobs are quite inflexible. With these we only have evenings and weekends to deal with family needs. But when we do go home, work stays at the job site. A) Thus the type of work we do tends to turn us all into stereotypes. B) Naturally, most of us work not only for money but also for status. C) There is an important disadvantage with this type of work; we often have to take our work home with us. D) Actually, the average person doesn’t even hope for job satisfaction. E) Changes in traditional family roles are slowly having an effect – usually adverse – on the work place.
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