Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. How could people deal with old things at home?
17. What’s the toughest part of sorting out old things in your living space?
18. What’s the speaker’s advice on how to treat coupons?
16. A 17. A 18. C
Passage Two
Whether you’re a fitness newbie or a longtime gym-goer, finding the energy and willingness to work out can be a huge mental barrier—especially during the colder, darker months for people who don’t live with year-round sunny weather. People have different ways to motivate themselves to go to the gym, from enjoying the results to working out their frustrations. Let’s look at some of them.
Firstly, seeing the results can be encouraging. Slowly seeing your hard work pay off has to be the biggest motivation. However, while going to the gym every day might lead to some fairly fast, visible changes to your body, whether it be losing weight or building muscle, that rapid progress won’t continue. This is unsustainable for 99% of people. You should be prepared for this disappointment.
Secondly, exercise is a great way to work through frustrations. After a long day at work or school, hitting the gym can be handy and healthy to have a way of releasing all of the things that have annoyed or angered you.
Thirdly, building exercise into your routine helps much in keeping you stay motivated. Sometimes there is no key magical motivating factor that pushes people into the gym; the key is just building the habit, day in, day out. In other words, maybe motivation is about working out even when you don’t want to. It’s discipline that keeps people coming to the gym every day. You can take progress pictures every now and again, and reflect fondly on that progress.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. What would be a huge mental barrier for a gym-goer?
20. What does the speaker warn people against?
21. What would help to keep people coming to the gym every day?
19. A 20. C 21. A