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 check 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.
Why Women Are Less Likely Than Men to Commit Suicide
It is generally held that women would seem to Be at higher risk for
suicide Because they suffer from depression at a much higher risk rate
than men. But actually women commit suicide about (1)______as often 1. ______
as men.
According the research of George E. Murphy, a professor of psychiatry
at Washington University, women may be protected because of the
way they think about (2)______ and interact with others. 2. ______
Women like to discuss their feelings, seek feedback and take advice.
They are much more likely to tell a physician or a psychiatrist how
they feel and cooperate in the prescribed (3)______. As a result, 3. ______
women get better treatment for their depression.
There are roughly (4)______ suicides in the United States each 4. ______
year, and most of them are men. Although suicide rates are lower among
women, at least 200,000 women are (5)______in suicide attempts 5. ______
annually. But Murphy points out that attempted suicide most often is not
an attempt to actually end one’s life. It is most often an effort to bring
someone’s (6)______, dramatically, to a problem that the individual 6. ______
feels needs to be solved.
Women are less inclined to commit suicide because their thinking is
more (7)______While a man might tend to (8)______ aside 7. ______
seemingly less important issues to get to the core of a problem, a woman 8. ______
might take more things into account. She’ll consider not just her feelings
but also the feelings of others—her (9)______, the children, even 9. ______
acquaintances, and how those people will be affected by a decision like
suicide, etc.
In general, men believe they are supposed to be (10)______in 10. ______
all areas. Because they are not, they are at risk. Women, on the other
hand, are much more likely to seek advice and take it.