These are multiple choice tests, choose the correct answer for each gap. The key is below the tests.
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Liking vs. Loving
While most of us regard
liking as a less intense form of loving, Zick Rubin maintains that the two
concepts are qualitatively different.
According to Rubin romantic
love is made up (1)
…………….............. three elements: attachment, caring, and intimacy.
Attachment means not just the (2)
…………….............. -pervasive desire to be with another person but also a
strong need to be cared for and approved of by them. Intimacy is characterized
by the willingness to (3)
…………….............. the other person know your thoughts, desires, and feelings
. Caring involves (4)
…………….............. the same importance to another person’s needs and happiness
as to your own.
Liking on the other hand
refers to the (5)
…………….............. to which one person admires, respects and trusts another
one. While Rubin believes that liking is
a pre-requisite for loving for most people, he recognizes that this is not always
the case. This may (6)
…………….............. for the existence of love-hate relationships!
1 A
by B of
C with
D from
2 A
in B through C
everything D all
3 A
get B make C let D allow
4 A
detaching B providing C attaching D
adjoining
5 A
amount B extent C grade D
length
6 A
account B explain C stand D
contribute
Compassionate vs. Passionate Love
Elaine Hatfield divides love
into two basic categories: compassionate love and passionate love. Passionate
love refers to a mixture of intense emotions, sexual attraction, anxiety, and
affection and, (7)
…………….............. a few exceptions, tends to be transitory rather than (8)
……………, Hatfield claims it usually lasts between 6 and 30 months. After
this period, passionate love generally (9)
…………….............. way to its longer-lasting counterpart, compassionate love.
Compassionate love usually (10)
…………….............. from mutual understanding and shared respect and leads to
attachment, affection and trust.
7 A
however B notwithstanding C over D regardless
8 A
during B endurable C
endured D enduring
9 A
makes B has C leads D gives
10 A
stems B steams C crops D harvests
The Colour Wheel Model of Love
John Lee uses the colour wheel as a (11)
…………….............. of understanding the concept of love. (12) …………….............. as there are three primary colours, Lee
claims that there are three primary styles of love-Eros-love for an ideal
person Ludos-love as a game and Storge-love as a friendship. These basic
categories can be combined, just like colours, to create secondary or complementary
types. For example, if Eros and Ludos are present and Storge is (13) …………….............. this will
produce Mania, or obsessive love.
11 A mean B road C means D middle
12 A
same B just C exactly D while
13 A
lacked B missed C lacking D away
Sternberg’s Theory
Sternberg
proposes a theory of love in which the three main components-intimacy, passion
and commitment -can be combined to create 8 further subtypes. One common
subtype is companionate love which (14)
…………….............. from a combination of intimacy and commitment. Many
long-term relationships (15)
…………….............. this category as passion has inevitably been eroded by
time. Fatuous love on the other
hand is based exclusively on commitment and passion. If intimacy does not
develop over time, relationships which start off as fatuous love are (16)
……………..............to failure.
14 A arises B rises C raises D produces
14 A arises B rises C raises D produces
15 A fall B
come C fit D correspond
16 A sent B
fallen C primed D doomed
ANSWER KEY
1 B
2 D
5 B
7 B
8 D
9 D
12 B
16 D
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