17. [A] development origin [C] consequence [D] instrument 18. [A] linked integrated [c] woven [D] combined 19. [A] limited subjected [c] converted [D] directed 20. [A] paradoxical incompatible [c] inevitable [D] continuous Section II Reading Comprehension Part a Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 oints) Text 1 While still catching-up to men in some spheres of modern life, women appear to be way ahead in at least one undesirable category. Women are particularly susceptible to developing depression and anxiety disorders in response to stress compared to men, "according to Dr. yehuda, chief psychiatrist at New yorks Veterans Administration Hospital studies of both animals and humans have shown that *xs hormones somehow affect the stress response, causing females under stress to produce more of the trigger chemicals than do males under the same conditions. In several of the studies when stressed-out female rats had their ovaries(the female reproductive organs)removed, their chemical responses became equal to those of the males17. [A] development origin [C] consequence [D] instrument 18. [A] linked integrated [C] woven [D] combined 19. [A] limited subjected [C] converted [D] directed 20. [A] paradoxical incompatible [C] inevitable [D] continuous Section II Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points) Text 1 While still catching-up to men in some spheres of modern life, women appear to be way ahead in at least one undesirable category. “Women are particularly susceptible to developing depression and anxiety disorders in response to stress compared to men,” according to Dr. Yehuda, chief psychiatrist at New York’s Veteran’s Administration Hospital. Studies of both animals and humans have shown that *** hormones somehow affect the stress response, causing females under stress to produce more of the trigger chemicals than do males under the same conditions. In several of the studies, when stressed-out female rats had their ovaries (the female reproductive organs) removed, their chemical responses became equal to those of the males