Section 2
Example 1:
Bob’s wife, Mary, has been in hospital recovering from a heart attack. The doctor
informs Bob that she is now well enough to return home, although she will need to ‘take
things easy for a while’.
Bob
: I’m glad she can come home now Doctor, but I’m not sure I can look after Mary by
myself. We live on our own, you
know.
Doctor
: Bob, it’s natural to feel a little anxious, but the best thing for Mary will be to be
back in her own environment.
1. In his response, the doctor has
A
not realised that Bob is concerned.
B
not really dealt with Bob’s concerns.
C
responded to Bob’s concerns effectively.
D
made Bob feel bad about being concerned.
2. Following the doctor’s reply, Bob is likely to feel
A
relieved.
B
empowered.
C
embarrassed.
D
apprehensive.
Example 2:
In the following passage, an adolescent boy talks about living with a physical disability.
As I have been physically disabled all my life, I have managed
to cope with the purely practical problems arising with a minimum of fuss. I felt no loss,
because I had no feelings of ‘normality’ to compare with. One of my physical problems is
that I am short, about 127 centimetres tall. I was constantly mistaken by strangers for a
little kid. It’s a real pain for a 16-year-old boy to be handed a kid’s menu every time he
enters a restaurant. It is even worse when mere coherent speech is greeted with awe.