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The most extensive attempt to modify Type A behavioral patterns has been carded out in the San Francisco Bay area, where 600 men who have suffered heart attacks are participating in an ongoing study. The treatment consists of a variety of approaches which are intended to modify both the perception of stress and the reaction to stress.
Subjects have been taught to observe their own behavior. to change and manage their thinking a bout once-stressful occurrences, making them neutral by interpreting them in ways that do not evoke stress. Thus instead of fuming about the time they are wasting in a traffic jam, Type A's ought to think about the opportunity to think over their day's activities. They also have been told to adopt new, relaxing hobbies that are entirely separate from their careers, and they are learning procedures that will al low them to modify their physiological reactions through such techniques as deep muscle relaxation and learning to slow down physical activity.
Still, there is no definitive evidence to date showing that reductions in Type A characteristics result invariably in a decrease in heart disease risk. Moreover, it is unclear just which aspect of Type A behavior. is the crucial one, or whether it is a complex of several behaviors, all part of the Type A pat tern ,that is associated with the increased risk. In other words ,we still do not know specifically what it is about Type A behaviors that leads to heart problems, and until we do, programs that attempt to de crease the risk must use relatively expensive and time-consuming procedures, modifying essentially all manifestations of the Type A pattern. Moreover, programs which emphasize the importance of work and achievement. For these reasons, treatment programs that are designed to alter Type A behaviors may be facing an uphill battle.
Despite the difficulty in implementing treatment programs to reduce the Type A behavior. pattern, such attempts illustrate quite clearly the role that social psychologists can play in the treatment of health problems.
What is the attitude of the author towards the Type A behavior?

A. Optimistic.
B. Worried.
C. Unrealistic.
D. Indifferent.

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What methods have been taken by the developing countries to encourage trained personnel to

A. To fine those who do not come back.
B. To set up special "return" programs.
C. To ask for help from the International Organization for Migration.
D. To require the developed countries not to offer jobs to those who do not return.

Part A
Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D . Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
In the second half of the twentieth century, many countries of the South began to send students to the industrialized countries for further education. They urgently needed supplies of highly trained personnel to implement a concept of development based on modernization.
But, unfortunately, many of these students decided to stay on in the developed countries when they had finished their training. At the same time, many professionals who did return home but no longer felt at ease there also decided to go back to the countries where they had studied. This migration was encouraged by developed countries which offered attractive conditions to keep the services of those they had trained--people whose training had often been paid for by their home country.
In the 1960s, some Latin American countries tried to solve this problem by setting up special" re turn" programs to encourage their professionals to come back home. These programs received support from international bodies such as the International Organization for Migration, which in 1947 enabled over 1600 qualified scientists and technicians to return to Latin America.
In the t980s and 1990s, "temporary return programs were set up in order to make the best use of trained personnel occupying strategic positions in the developed countries. This gave rise to the United Nations Development Program's Transfer of Knowledge through Expatriate Nationals, which encourages technicians and scientists to work in their own countries for short periods. But the brain drain from these countries increases in response to the new laws of the international market in knowledge. The rich countries are far better placed than the developing countries to attract and/or to keep trained personnel.
Recent studies forecast that the most developed countries are going to need more and more highly qualified professionals--around twice as many as their educational systems will be able to produce, or so it is thought. As a result there is an urgent need for developing countries which send students a broad to give preference to fields where they need competent people to give muscle to their own institutions, in stead of encouraging the training of people who may not come back because there are no professional outlets for them. The countries of the South must not be content with institutional structures that simply take back professionals sent abroad, and they must introduce flexible administrative procedures to encourage them to return. If they do not do this, the brain drain is bound to continue.
Why did many countries of the South send students to the developed countries?

A. Because these countries need trained personnel to develop their countries.
Because the developed countries need more qualified professionals.
C. Because these students can stay on in the developed countries after the training.
D. Because these countries want to establish friendly relationship with the developed countries.

What was the reaction of the sea animals in the sound tests?

A. They were frightened and distressed.
B. They swam away when the speaker was turned on.
C. They swam closer to" examine" the speaker when it was turned off.
D. They didn't seem to be frightened and kept swimming near the speaker.

What was the reason that made the experiment nearly cancel?

A. The loudness of the sound waves.
B. The fear of sea animals.
C. The fear of the confusion and harm caused by sound waves.
D. The noise of the experiment.

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