SECTION A
In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to cheek your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap. filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.
Now listen to the mini-lecture.
Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word (s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes.
Jealousy’s Purpose
Good morning, everyone. Today’s lecture will focus on a common
psychological problem—jealousy. Evolutionary psychology holds that human
impulses and behaviors are best understood as the (1)______ of 1. ______
natural selection.
According to Buss, a professor of psychology, jealousy did not arise
from capitalism, particularly, culture, socialization, media, character
defects of neurosis, but it is an adaptive (2)______, forged over millions 2. ______
of years, which is connected with long-term love.
To chart the boundaries of jealousy, Buss surveyed hundreds of men
and women in the different countries, and found that most men chose
(3)______infidelity, and most women chose emotional infidelity. 3. ______
A woman can be (4)______that a child she bears carries her 4. ______
genes. But, for a man, it is always possible that the partner is having
someone else’s baby. So he is particularly (5)______about matters of 5. ______
sex. In surveys, three-quarters of men say they would have sex with an
attractive member of the (6)______sex who propositioned them on 6. ______
the street.
Women’s jealousy, by contrast, tends to revolve around emotional
issues. Women are almost always involved in raising children, and they
want to (7)______that the male will provide resources sufficient for 7.______
the children to thrive. Hence, females are particularly attuned to
emotional infidelity, which may ultimately (8)______the well-being of 8.______
their offspring.
In Buss’ view, jealousy remains a (9)______force in the modern 9.______
age. If it is properly used, jealousy can (10) ______ relationship, 10.______
spark passion, and amplify commitment .... So jealousy should not be
recognized as a "negative emotion" that invariably portends a relationship
in distress.