Reading 2 Take abt›ut twu minutes to skim the article to get a general idea ‹if what it is about

Example.”

Look at question 1. The type of information and the topic of

the information which you have to find has been underlined.

The answer is A. See the underlined words, where the writer talks about his shopping trip to buy a pair of )eans. Note that in this type of task the questions are not in the same order as the relevant information in the passage.

1. 
   an account of a personal experience
   
2. 
   why some advice may be rejected
   
3. 
   a finding that confuses experts
   
4. 
   the emotional effect of the result of making a choice
   
5. 
   information about how Schwartz’s research was
   

undertaken

6. 
   how a lack of choice affects decision making
   
7. 
   a definition of two types of personality
   

Questions 8 and 9

Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D.

8. 
   Which phrase best describes Barry Schwartz’s reaction to buying jeans?
   
   1. 
      annoyance at having spent more money than he
      

intended to

2. 
   delight at being able to find exactly what he was
   

looking for

3. 
   acceptance of the amount of time he needed to
   

spend shopping

1. 
   irritation at the end of his shopping trip
   
1. 
   A suitable title for this article would be A When to make that decision
   

2. 
   Too much choice
   
3. 
   Decision making for the indecisive D A psychologist’s choice