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Readthefollowingfourtexts.Answerthequestionsbeloweachtextby

choosingA,B,CorD.Markyouranswerson.(40points)

Whilestillcatchinguptomeninsomespheresofmodernlife,womenappear

tobewayaheadinatleastoneundesirablecategory.“Womenareparticularly

susceptibletodevelopingdepressionandanxietydisordersinresponsetostress

comparedtomen,”accordingtoDr.Yehuda,chiefpsychiatristatNewYork’s

Veteran’sAdministrationHospital.

Studiesofbothanimalsandhumanshaveshownthatsexhormonessomehow

affectthestressresponse,causingfemalesunderstresstoproducemoreofthe

triggerchemicalsthandomalesunderthesameconditions.Inseveralofthe

studies,whenstressed-outfemaleratshadtheirovaries(thefemalereproductive

organs)removed,theirchemicalresponsesbecameequaltothoseofthemales.

Addingtoawoman’sincreaseddoseofstresschemicals,areherincreased

“opportunities”forstress.“It’snotnecessarilythatwomendon’tcopeas

well.It’sjustthattheyhavesomuchmoretocopewith,”saysDr.Yehuda.

“Theircapacityfortoleratingstressmayevenbegreaterthanmen’s,”she

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observes,“it’sjustthatthey’redealingwithsomanymorethingsthatthey

becomewornoutfromitmorevisiblyandsooner.”

Dr.Yehudanotesanotherdifferencebetweenthesexes.“Ithinkthatthekinds

ofthingsthatwomena