Normally, a crèche is where children are looked after while their parents work, but recently a shopping center opened a ‘crèche’ which (1)…….. men to play computer games while their partners go shopping. The aim is to (2)…….. men to feel that shopping is fun. You only have to (3)……… at men’s faces in a shopping center in the UK to realize that they find shopping less (4)………. than women. Whether they are well off or (5)……….. up, the effect is the same: they are so anxious before they go shopping that their stress levels increase to a truly (6)……… extent, comparable to those felt by (7)……. fighter pilots or riot police. According to one psychologist, women are much more (8)……… in the shops and men get so impatient because men are less used to shopping than women. She adds that, quite (9)……. over the years, women have developed a laid-back (10)………. to shopping, but that men’s negative feelings (11)………. when they are buying things for people other than themselves. It’s understandable, then, that women (12)……….. men for not (13)…….. an effort when it comes to buying things for the family. She notes that, in the UK, many men (14)………… to go shopping at all, or claim to feel (15)……… out after only five minutes. Let’s hope the crèche makes a difference!
A. enables B. opens C. makes D. removes A. support B. encourage C. convince D. let A. catch B. spot C. watch D. glance A. funny B. silly C. enjoyable D. capable A. short B. hard C. week D. poor A. astonished B. influential C. easy D. amazing A. taught B. experienced C. tested D. prepared A. comfortable B. convenient C. relaxing D. restful A. biologically B. physically C. naturally D. environmentally A. acceptance B. appeal C. agreement D. approach A. exaggerate B. lengthen C. increase D. add A. complain B. criticize C. object D. argue A. making B. taking C. doing D. giving A. cancel B. refuse C. reject D. deny A. broken B. fed C. paid D. tired
Normally, a nursery school is where children are looked after while their parents work, but recently a shopping center opened a ‘nursery school’ which (1)…….. men to play computer games while their partners go shopping. The aim is to (2)…….. men to feel that shopping is fun. You only have to (3)……… at men’s faces in a shopping center in the UK to realize that they find shopping less (4)………. than women. Whether they are well off or (5)……….. up, the effect is the same: they are so anxious before they go shopping that their stress levels increase to a truly (6)……… extent, comparable to those felt by (7)……. fighter pilots or riot police. According to one psychologist, women are much more (8)……… in the shops and men get so impatient because men are less used to shopping than women. She adds that, quite (9)……. over the years, women have developed a laid-back (10)………. to shopping, but that men’s negative feelings (11)………. when they are buying things for people other than themselves. It’s understandable, then, that women (12)……….. men for not (13)…….. an effort when it comes to buying things for the family. She notes that, in the UK, many men (14)………… to go shopping at all, or claim to feel (15)……… out after only five minutes. Let’s hope the crèche makes a difference!
A. enables B. opens C. makes D. removes A. support B. encourage C. convince D. let A. catch B. spot C. watch D. glance A. funny B. silly C. enjoyable D. capable A. short B. hard C. week D. poor A. astonished B. influential C. easy D. amazing A. taught B. experienced C. tested D. prepared A. comfortable B. convenient C. relaxing D. restful A. biologically B. physically C. naturally D. environmentally A. acceptance B. appeal C. agreement D. approach A. exaggerate B. lengthen C. increase D. add A. complain B. criticize C. object D. argue A. making B. taking C. doing D. giving A. cancel B. refuse C. reject D. deny A. broken B. fed C. paid D. tired
