Reading Practice Test # 4.10 Passage 2

Questions 14-18

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 14-18
Psychologists have traditionally believed that a personality 14  was impossible and 

that by a 15 , a person’s character tends to be fixed. This is not true according to positive psychologists, who say that our personal qualities can be seen as habitual behaviour. 

One of the easiest qualities to acquire is 16

However,  regardless of the quality, it is necessary to learn a wide variety of different 17 in order for a new quality to develop; 

for example, a person must understand and feel some 18 in order to increase their happiness.

Questions 19-22

Match each statement with the correct person, A-G.

19. People must accept that they do not know much when first trying something new. 

20. It is important for people to actively notice when good things happen. 

21. Courage can be learned once its origins in a sense of responsibility are understood. 

22. It is possible to overcome shyness when faced with the need to speak in public. 

List of People

A. Christopher Peterson
B.
David Fajgenbaum
C.
Suzanne Segerstrom
D.
Tanya Streeter
E.
Todd Kashdan
F.
Kenneth Pedeleose
G.
Cynthia Pury

Questions 23-26

Reading Passage 11 has eight sections, A-H. Which section contains the following information?

23. a mention of how rational thinking enabled someone to achieve physical goals

24. an account of how someone overcame a sad experience

25. a description of how someone decided to rethink their academic career path

26.an example of how someone risked his career out of a sense of duty

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