When was the last time you went out on a date? Where did you go? What did you do? Was it a good date? How knowledgeable about dating and sex do you think you are? How often do your friends ask you for advice about either? What advice have you offered?

ancestor : a person, plant, animal or object that is related to one existing at a later point in time  • artifact : an object that is made by a person, such as a tool or a decoration, especially one that is of historical interest  • cave : a large hole in the side of a hill, cliff or mountain, or one that is underground  • cheat on : If you cheat on your husband, wife or usual sexual partner, you secretly have a sexual relationship with someone else  • commit : to promise or give your loyalty, time or money to a particular principle, person or plan of action  • contraceptive : any of various devices or drugs intended to prevent pregnancy  • crocodile : a large hard-skinned reptile that lives in and near rivers and lakes in the hot wet parts of the world. It is like an alligator, but it usually has a longer and narrower nose  • drag : to move something by pulling it along a surface, usually the ground  • feces : the solid waste excreted from the body of a human or animal through the bowels  • foreplay : the sexual activity such as kissing and touching that people do before they have sex  • gender : the physical and/or social condition of being male or female  • mate : an animal’s sexual partner  • mixture : a substance made from a combination of different substances, or any combination of different things  • mud : earth that has become wet and sticky  • monogamy : when someone has a sexual relationship or marriage with only one other person at a time  • offspring : the young of an animal  • paternity : the fact of being a father or connected with being a father  • percentage : an amount of something, often expressed as a number out of 100  • physical : connected with the body  • plug : a small piece of rubber, plastic, wood, etc. that fits into a hole in order to close it  • polygamy : the fact or custom of being married to more than one person at the same time  • prehistoric : describing the period before there were written records  • promiscuous : (of a person) having a lot of different sexual partners or sexual relationships, or (of sexual habits) involving a lot of different partners  • rank : to have a position higher or lower than others, or to be considered to have such a position  • session : a period of time or meeting arranged for a particular activity  • sexual intercourse : the act of having sex  • spouse : a person’s husband or wife  • submissive : describes someone who allows themselves to be controlled by other people  • typical : showing all the characteristics that you would usually expect from a particular group of things  • vary : If things of the same type vary, they are different from each other, and if you vary them, you cause them to be different from each other

01 According to research, which gender has the more romantic view of male-female relationships?

A Men.

B Women.

C The two genders are about the same.

Do you think you are a very romantic person? Why or why not? In your current or past relationships, have you been the more romantic partner? What would you say is the most romantic thing you have ever done? What do you think is the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you?

02 Which of the following do the most men say is most important for them in a romantic partner?

A Face.

B Body.

C Personality.

How do you think most women would rank the three things? Which of these things are most important to you in a romantic partner? How important are the other two things to you? Which of the three things—face, body, personality—do you think is your strongest point? Which do you think is your weakest point?

03 What type of man do most women prefer?

A A man who is about as physically attractive as themselves.

B A man who is more physically attractive than themselves.

C A man who is less physically attractive than themselves.

Do you think men prefer someone more physically attractive than themselves, less physically attractive than themselves, or just as physically attractive as themselves? Which type of partner do you prefer? How would you compare yourself and your current or last romantic partner (or someone you are or were attracted to)? 

04 Which of the following do the most women say would hurt them most?

A A partner being in love with another woman, even though there was no sexual contact.

B A partner having a relationship with another woman purely for sex, with no emotion involved.

C A partner having a close friendship with a former lover.

Why did you choose the answer that you did? Do you think most men would answer the same way that most women do? Which would you be most hurt by? Can you explain why? Do you think you could forgive your partner if he or she had an emotional affair? How about a purely sexual affair?

05 According to studies done in several different Western countries, what percentage of children are not actually the offspring of the man who believes he is the father (usually the husband of the mother)?

A Between 1 and 2 percent.

B About 10 percent.

C It varies widely depending on the country, from almost none to nearly 20 percent.

What do you think the percentage would be in Taiwan? Do you think it would be a good idea to test the paternity of every child born? Do you think either men or women cheat on their partners much more often? Do you think the reasons that men and women cheat are usually different or similar?

06 Based on artifacts and cave paintings, which of the following best describes prehistoric women?

A They were submissive to men and dragged around by the hair.

B They had sex only to make babies.

C They enjoyed sex as much as their male mates.

07 What were the sex lives of our prehistoric ancestors most probably like?

A Monogamous, with one man and woman maintaining long-term stable relationships.

B Promiscuous, with both men and women having many different sexual partners.

C Polygamous, with a few men having sexual relationships with many different women and many men having no or little sex.

Do you think men are naturally promiscuous? Do you think if promiscuous women were not viewed negatively by society that most women would be promiscuous? Do you think women enjoy sex as much as men do? If so, why do you think men usually have to do the persuading? Do you think of yourself as more monogamous or promiscuous?

08 In 2000 BC, what did Egyptians use as a contraceptive?

A Plugs made of crocodile feces.

B Mud.

C A mixture of lemon, milk, and flowers.

If you were an ancient Egyptian, would you rather use one these things for contraception, or just take your chances? According to studies, Taiwanese use contraception less often than the citizens of any other advanced country—why do you think this might be? Do you think children should be taught about contraception in school? If so, at what age should they be taught? Where did you learn about contraception?

09 At what age does the average American girl first have sexual intercourse?

A 14.

B 17.

C 20.

What do you think is probably the average age at which Taiwanese girls first have sexual intercourse? Do you think parents should try to control when their children have their first sexual experience? If so, how should they do this?

10 What percentage of women say they would rather have chocolate than sex?

A 8.

B 26.

C 70.

What do you think the percentage would be for men? If you are willing to answer, which would you prefer? How much chocolate do you eat? Do you have a favorite kind of chocolate?

11 How long does the typical lovemaking session last?

A About 15 minutes: about 10 to 12 minutes of foreplay and around 3 to 5 minutes of intercourse.

B About 15 minutes: about 3 to 5 minutes of foreplay and around 10 to 12 minutes of intercourse.

C About 5 minutes of foreplay and 20 to 30 minutes of intercourse.

Do you talk about sex with your friends? If you do, how much detail do you go into about your personal experiences? According to studies, women talk with their friends about sexual experiences in much more detail than men do with their friends—why do you think this might be? Would you mind if your partner were talking about your sex life with his or her friends?

12 Of the men who die while having sex, what percentage are having sex with someone who is not their spouse? 

A 10.

B 50.

C 85.

Do you think dying while having sex is a good way to go? Can you think of a better way to go?

ANSWERS : 01 A : Research has found that men fall in love earlier in a relationship and cling longer to a dying love affair. Men also commit suicide three times as often as women over disastrous love affairs.  • 02 C  • 03 A  • 04 A  • 05 B  • 06 C  • 07 B  • 08 A  • 09 B  • 10 C  • 11 A  • 12 C

UPDATE: I forgot to make corrections before making the original post. This version contains the corrections.

admire : to respect and approve of someone or their behavior, or to find someone or something attractive and pleasant to look at  • affect : to have an influence on someone or something, or to cause them to change • approach : to deal with something  • capable : able to do things effectively and skillfully, and to achieve results  • celebrity : someone who is famous, especially in the entertainment business  • competitive : wanting very much to win or be more successful than other people  • confide : to tell something secret or personal to someone whom you trust not to tell anyone else  • deliberately : in a intentional or planned way  • eager : wanting very much to do or have something, especially something interesting or enjoyable  • emcee : to serve as a person who makes certain that official events happen correctly, for example by introducing performers at the right time  • encourage : to make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen  • executive : someone in a high position, especially in business, who makes decisions and puts them into action • expert : a person with a high level of knowledge or skill; a specialist  • flirt : to behave as if sexually attracted to someone, although not seriously • helpless : unable to do anything to help yourself or anyone else  • hold your own : to be as successful as other people or things in a situation  • host : a person who introduces guests and performers, especially on television or radio • human interest story : report in the media that focuses on details about people’s experiences and feelings rather than just a newsworthy event • idol : someone who is admired and respected very much • incompetent : lacking the ability or skill to do something successfully or as it should be done • indirect : avoiding clearly mentioning or saying something  • interact : to communicate with or react to  • intimidate : to frighten someone or make them nervous by causing them to lose confidence  • involved with : being in a close relationship with someone  • make a move : to start a romantic or sexual relationship with someone • manly : having the qualities which people think a man should have  • misfortune : bad luck, or an unlucky event  • natural disaster : an event such as an earthquake not caused by humans that results in great harm, damage or death • obsessed : unable to stop thinking about something; too interested in or worried about something  • outgrow : to lose interest in an idea or activity as you get older and change  • passive : not acting to influence or change a situation; allowing other people to be in control  • regret : a feeling of sadness about something sad or wrong or about a mistake that you have made, and a wish that it could have been different and better  • stake out : to watch a place continuously in order to catch criminals or to see a famous person  • strategy : a detailed plan for achieving success in situations such as war, politics, business, industry or sport, or the skill of planning for such situations  • stubborn : describes someone who is determined to do what they want and refuses to do anything else  • sympathize : to understand and care about someone’s problems  • take a dump : to excrete the contents of the bowels  • upper hand : If you have the upper hand, you have more power than anyone else and so have control  • win somebody’s affections : to succeed in persuading someone to love you  • wreak havoc : to cause confusion and lack of order in a violent and often uncontrolled way

♀1 How many male friends do you have?

A Not many. I don’t interact much with men.

B Many.

C Not many. But I am quite close to the ones I do have.

Who is your best male friend? What for you are the biggest differences between a same-sex and opposite-sex friend? Which do you think is easier—becoming friends with someone you were once romantically involved with, or becoming romantically involved with a friend? Have you had either of these experiences?

♂1 How many female friends do you have?

A Not many. I don’t interact much with women.

B Many.

C Not many. But I am quite close to the ones I do have.

Who is your best female friend? As friends, how do you think men and women are most different? Which do you think is easier—becoming friends with someone you were once romantically involved with, or becoming romantically involved with a friend? Have you had either of these experiences?

♀2 When somebody flirts with you and expresses an interest in getting to know you better, what is your most likely response?

A Why not?

B Stop and try to figure out what he’s really thinking.

C I don’t pay any attention to him, because I have enough friends and don’t need to find new friends that way.

How often do strangers approach you and flirt? Is there anyone that you especially enjoy flirting with? How did your current or most recent partner first approach you? Have you ever been caught by your partner, or caught your partner, flirting with someone else? What happened? Do you think flirting is acceptable if the person is married?

♂2 Which of these describes how you usually take a dump?

A I just do it as quickly as possible.

B I relax and enjoy it.

C I take it slow, and read a book or do something else meanwhile.

How long do you usually spend on the toilet? What kinds of materials do you read when you are in the bathroom? What other things do you do while you are taking a dump, besides reading?

♀3 When you’re upset about something, do you talk it over with your girlfriends?

A No. I don’t like to let others know about personal matters.

B Only if I really need to confide in someone. Otherwise, I won’t bring it up.

C Of course. That’s what friends are for, after all.

Who do you most often confide in? Do many of your friends often confide in you when they are upset about something? When was the last time you were upset enough about something that you wanted to talk it over with friends? Do you think women friends are better to talk to about problems than men friends are?

♂3 What would your reaction probably be if you were about to go do some shopping and it started raining?

A Forget it. I can buy the stuff another day.

B If it wasn’t raining too hard, I would go ahead and go.

C I would go ahead with my plans whatever the weather.

How much does the weather affect what you do in your free time? How much does the weather affect your mood? What type of shopping do you enjoy? Where do you most enjoy going to do your shopping?

♀4 Which of these bad habits that men often have do you most dislike?

A Smoking and drinking, or other similar habits.

B Liking to flirt with women, and going around showing off his manliness.

C Having a bad temper, and being stubborn and difficult to communicate with.

What men in your life have each of these types of bad habits? Which of these bad habits do you have? What do you consider to be your worst habits? Have you ever tried to change a bad habit? Why did you want to change, and what happened?

♂4 A typhoon has struck, and the news is reporting that many people have lost their homes. How would you probably be feeling?

A I would be frustrated with the government’s incompetence, thinking it can’t deal well with natural disasters.

B I would be thinking that there are reasons for their misfortune, and that they should think hard about how to avoid losing their homes.

C I would pay extra attention to human interest stories about victims, and maybe consider doing something to help them.

In general, how easily do you sympathize with other people? In what situations do you find it easiest to sympathize with others—for example, if you’ve experience the same misfortune before, or if the person is similar to you in some way? What natural disaster affected you most? What do you usually do during severe typhoons?

♀5 If you had to actively pursue a man, which approach would you take?

A Deliberately appear wherever he is, and then wait for him to make a move.

B Send him messages, such as by e-mail, and indirectly show that you like him.

C Just go ahead and make friends with him.

How many times have you actively pursued a man? If you were attracted to a man, but didn’t want to actively pursue him, what would you do to encourage him to pursue you? Has a man ever used any interesting or unusual methods in pursuing you? How well did they work? Do you think there is a secret to winning your affections?

♂5 What do you think about actively pursuing a woman you’re attracted to?

A I’m pretty passive, and hope that women will come after me instead.

B I’ve done that many times.

C I just let any feelings develop naturally, and if they do, then we might start dating.

How would you go about trying to win the affections of a woman you were attracted to? Would you ever pursue a woman whom you knew already had a boyfriend? What about a husband? How would your approach to pursuing her be different? How does your approach to pursuing different women differ? Have you ever been pursued by a woman? How did she or they do it?

♀6 Do you feel that you are a “helpless woman”?

A Sure. Not having any particular skills or knowledge is a good thing in a woman.

B I’m not quite that bad. I can hold my own.

C Absolutely not. I hate letting men have the upper hand.

What do you consider to be your strongest skills and areas of knowledge? Have you ever pretended to be less intelligent or capable than you really are? If so, why did you do this? If not, are there any situations where you might? Have ever intimidated a man with your skills or knowledge? How competitive do you think you are? Do you tend to be more competitive with men or women?

♂6 Do you spend much time on things that interest you?

A Of course. Not only do I get so obsessed that I may forget about eating and sleeping, but I would be willing to spend a lot of money on them if necessary.

B There was a time when I was obsessive about certain things, but I outgrew them.

C I think I manage my time quite well, and won’t let my interests wreak havoc with a normal lifestyle.

What are some of your personal interests? What personal interest do you spend the most time on? Do you think that you have either too many, or too few, interests? Have you ever had an interest that resulted in a situation like the one described by answer choice A? Do you prefer that your partner have strong personal interests? Do you prefer that her interests be the same as yours, or different? Why?

♀7 What would you do if you suddenly saw your idol not far away from you?

A I would hide out of shyness, and then probably later regret not having gone over to talk with him or her.

B I would just go right over and say hi.

C I might be very happy, but I probably wouldn’t do much, because talking to him or her is not really anything important.

Who are some of your idols—or if you don’t have any idols, which celebrities do you most admire? Have you ever met a celebrity in person? Do you think anyone has ever idolized you?

♂7 If you knew exactly where someone world-famous like Tiger Woods lived, and it was not far away from your home, what would you do?

A I would stake out his home every day, hoping to meet them, or at least see them going in or out.

B I wouldn’t care at all.

C If I had nothing better to do, I might go over and take a look.

What celebrity are you most interested in? Have you ever met a celebrity in person? If you could choose one celebrity to know personally, whom would you choose? How much do you think you would enjoy being a celebrity?

♀8 What do you think of reading articles written by experts on love relationships?

A Everybody’s experience of love and romance is different, so that stuff is useless as far as I’m concerned.

B I read articles like that eagerly, especially when I’m having relationship problems of my own, because they can give me some help.

C It’s better to pay no attention to that stuff than believe it completely, but I might read that stuff from time to time.

What people—famous or not—do you consider to give good advice about love relationships? How much of an expert on love relationships do you think you are? Do you think there are any strategies for having a successful love relationship? What about for marriage?

♂8 Which of these people would you most like to be?

A A very popular TV show host.

B A wealthy doctor or lawyer.

C A respected business executive.

Why did you make the choice that you did? Who is your favorite TV show host? How good a TV show host do you think you would make? Have you ever emceed an event like a competition or company party? What business executive do you admire most? Why? How good a business executive do you think you’d make?

SCORING : A = 1  |  B = 2  |  C = 3

RESULTS.WOMEN

8 to 12 : 好老婆機率好老婆機率 30%

不是說你不是好老婆，而是你愛自己更愛你老公。可能是認識的人少，又或者生活圈單純，所以你緊緊地繫著另一半，不願意他有太多無法預測的事情發生。我建議你可以多和姊妹淘聊聊心事交換心得。學會信任與包容，愛情才會如你想像般地甜美持久。

13 to 16 : 好老婆機率好老婆機率 50%

其實你真的很愛你的老公。只是有時候，包括你自己 也討厭的壞脾氣，使得你常常口是心非，甚至做出一 些自己都很莫名其妙的事，損人又不利己，也間接傷害彼此感情。下次發作前就試著退一步吧。別太堅持無謂的正義，吃點虧也許你會發現真愛就在眼前。 

17 to 20 : 好老婆機率好老婆機率 70%

撇開吃醋不說，你可以說是個最完美的好老婆。因為 愛他，所以你可以無限制地包容他，唯獨不能允許他逾矩，就連稍微聊個天都不允許。雖然你也會默默忍受，可是累積的能量爆發也是會很嚇人的。有問題就溝通，找出彼此可以接受的模式，愛情也可以很簡單。

21 to 24 : 好老婆機率好老婆機率 80%

其實如果不是真的事實擺在眼前，否則你對老公的好，可以說是讓他如沐春風，甚至常常拿來和人吹噓炫耀。只是有時太放縱也可能讓他太墮落，請他自己定個生活公約，可以輕鬆且達成的。不管他的行蹤雖然是展現大方與對他的信任，可是你還是可以用愛來綁住他的心。 

RESULTS.MEN

8 to 12 : 好老公機率好老公機率 30%

你強迫另一半接受自己的價值觀，愛情按照你寫好的劇本在走，當對方提出要求時，你總是不放在心上，認為對方又在無理取鬧！其實女孩子要的，不見得是你做了多少，而是你有沒有真的重視、在意她。想當好男人、好老公之前，就得先學會傾聽。

13 to 16 : 好老公機率好老公機率 50%

你的脾氣古怪暴躁，情緒失控時，除了言語暴力之外，你也可能施以暴力、動手動腳。雖然事後也會懊悔，但傷害造成後，卻難以彌補。懂得控制脾氣，也盡量不要鑽牛角尖。女孩要的是穩定，而不是像地雷般隨時可能引爆的老公。

17 to 20 : 好老公機率好老公機率 70%

你對女孩子很好，總是盡量溫柔體貼。只是另一半卻往往得寸進尺，冀求你付出更多的愛，因而 開始無理取鬧，讓你頗難忍受，讓婚姻或感情進而產生危機。為了雙方好，你不能忍受的事就別悶心底，免得埋下日後爭吵的導火線，自己又成 了爛好人。

21 to 24 : 好老公機率好老公機率 80%

你對女人的要求簡直到了有求必應的地步。你寧 願自己穿地攤貨，也要另一半名牌加身；寧願自己挨餓受凍，也要另一半過著少奶奶般的貴族生活。在女孩的心中，你當然是個好老公，但你忽略兩人相處，貴在心靈交流而非物質享受。

What food have you eaten today? Which was the best thing you’ve eaten? How important is it to you to eat delicious food? What are some of your favorite foods or dishes? Can you recommend any place to eat these foods or dishes? 

alert : quick to see, understand and act in a particular situation  • allergy : a condition that makes a person become ill or develop skin or breathing problems because they have eaten certain foods or come in contact with certain substances  • amino acid : a chemical substance found in plants and animals and that proteins are composed of  • bitter : with an unpleasantly sharp taste  • broccoli : a vegetable with a thick green stem and a tree-like dark green top  • broth : a thin soup, often with vegetables or rice in it  • caffeine : a chemical, found for example in tea and coffee, which is a stimulant (= something which makes people more active)  • celery : a vegetable with long thin whitish or pale green stems which can be eaten raw or cooked  • cereal : a food that is made from grain and eaten with milk, especially in the morning  • cholesterol : a fatty substance that is found in the body tissue and blood of all animals, and which is thought to be part of the cause of heart disease if there is too much of it  • cilantro : the leaves of the coriander plant, used to add flavor to food (香菜)  • cinnamon : the bark (= hard outer covering) of a tropical tree, or a brown powder made from this, used as a spice to give a particular taste to food, especially sweet food  • counteract : to reduce or remove the effect of something unwanted by producing an opposite effect  • cuisine : a style of cooking  • cumin : (a plant with) seeds that smell pleasant and are used as a spice, especially in Indian and Middle Eastern cooking (小茴香)   • diuretic : a substance which causes an increase in the production of urine  • drowsy : being in a state between sleeping and being awake  • egg yolk : the yellow part of an egg  • glutinous rice : a type of rice that especially sticky  • ingredient : a food that is used with other foods in the preparation of a particular dish  • MSG (monosodium glutamate) : a chemical which is sometimes added to food, especially food sold in containers, to improve the taste  • nausea : when you feel as if you are going to vomit  • peanut butter : a soft pale brown substance made from crushed peanuts which is often eaten spread on bread  • pepper : a vegetable that is usually green, red or yellow, has a rounded shape and is hollow with seeds in the middle  • protein : one of the many substances found in food such as meat, cheese, fish or eggs, that is necessary for the body to grow and be strong  • raw : (of food) not cooked  • rosemary : a bush whose leaves are used as flavoring in cooking and are used in some perfumes, or the leaves themselves (迷迭香)   • sausage : a thin tube-like case containing meat which has been cut into very small pieces and mixed with spices  • seasoning : a substance that is added to savoury food to improve its flavour  • sensitive : easily influenced, changed or damaged, especially by a physical activity or effect  • soybean : a small edible bean grown especially in Asia and the US, which is used as a food for people and animals  • spinach : a vegetable which has wide dark green leaves which are eaten cooked or raw (菠菜)  • stimulant : a substance, such as a drug, which makes the mind or body more active  • sugar cane :   a tropical plant from whose tall thick stems sugar can be obtained

01 Where were forks first introduced?

A Egypt.

B Greece.

C Italy.

D Thailand.

Do you prefer using forks and knives or chopsticks for eating? Why? How often do you eat Western food? What is your favorite type of Western cuisine? Have you tried Greek food? What is your favorite Italian dish?

02 Where is most of the world’s tea grown?

A China.

B England.

C India.

D Japan.

How much tea do you drink? What type of tea do you prefer? Can you recommend a good place for afternoon tea? Do you drink more tea, or coffee? Where do you like to go to drink tea or coffee?

03 Where were noodles first produced commercially?

A China.

B Italy.

C Japan.

D The United States.

How often do you eat noodles? Do you prefer noodles to rice? Do you prefer Chinese-style noodles or Italian-style pasta? What is your favorite types of Chinese and Italian noodles? Can you recommend a good place for each?

04 Where are most of the world’s grapes grown?

A France.

B Italy.

C South Africa.

D The United States.

How often do you eat grapes? Do you drink grape juice or wine often? What are some of your favorite fruits? What fruits do you dislike? 

05 Which of the following basic tastes are humans most sensitive to? 

A Sweet.

B Salty.

C Bitter. 

D Sour.

Which of these tastes do you feel you are most sensitive to? Do you like any bitter foods? How about sour ones?  Do you often eat sweet foods? If so, what are some of your favorite sweets?

06 Which of the following foods has the lowest water content? 

A Fresh carrots.

B Fresh tomatoes.

C Fresh celery.

D Whole milk.

Do you like all of the vegetables mentioned? What vegetable is your favorite? Are there any vegetables that you dislike? How much milk do you consume? What form of milk do you most enjoy–for example, cheese, ice cream, or butter?

07 Which of the following statements about caffeine is not true?

A It is a central nervous system stimulant and a diuretic.

B It is found naturally in over 60 different plants (tea leaves, coffee and cocoa beans, kola nuts) 

C A sudden stop of caffeine intake can cause symptoms such as headaches, nausea, and drowsiness. 

D It can partially counteract the effects of alcohol.

Do you like to drink beverages with much caffeine, such as coffee or tea? Where do you like to enjoy coffee or tea? How important is the caffeine to you? Besides drinking coffee or tea, have you found any other ways to make yourself more alert when you are feeling sleepy?

08 What is bok choy?

A A very hot pepper used in Szechwan cuisine.

B A type of green often eaten in Chinese stir-fried dishes.

C A glutinous rice dessert eaten in Japan.

D A sweet tea served in India.

Do you enjoy Szechwan cuisine? Which is your favorite Chinese regional cuisine? Can you recommend a restaurant that serves delicious versions of this kind of food? Do you like spicy food in general? What is the spiciest dish or cuisine that you have ever eaten?

09 In the USA, how are most of the peanuts consumed?

A As peanut oil.

B As whole peanuts.

C As peanut candy.

D As peanut butter. 

What form of peanuts do you most enjoy eating? Have you ever tried peanut butter? What is your favorite kind of nut?

10 Which of the following combinations of incomplete protein foods cannot provide you with complete proteins (all the essential amino acids) in your diet?

A Rice and beans.

B Cereal and milk.

C Broccoli and cheese.

D Corn and beans.

Have you ever tried cereal and milk? If you have, what kind of cereal is your favorite? Are there any other foods that you think go very well with milk? What about broccoli and cheese—have you tried this combination? If so, what did you think? Do you like cheese in general? What is your favorite type of cheese?

11 Which of the following foods has no cholesterol?

A Boiled eggs.

B Steamed seafood.

C Coconut milk.

D Yoghurt.

Do you try to control the amount of cholesterol in your diet? If so, how? How healthy do you think your diet is overall? Are there any types of foods that you think you should eat less of? Are there any that you should eat more of?

12 According to researchers, what percentage of American men is on a diet on any given day?

A 10

B 25

C 40

D 55

What percentage of Taiwanese men do you think are on a diet? What percentage of Taiwanese women? Are you on a diet right now? Have you ever been on a diet in the past? If so, what diets have you tried? If you had to lose weight, would you rather do it by going on a diet, or exercising more? If you had to go on a diet, would you rather eat less of the foods you like, or eat as much as you wanted but only of low-calorie foods? Why?

13 Which of these foods is used to produce MSG?

A Beef.

B Sugar cane.

C Fish skin.

D Soybeans.

Do you have an allergy to monosodium glutamate? If you do, do you ever request that a restaurant not add MSG to your food? Are there any seasonings or spices that you dislike?

14 Which of the following spices is not commonly used to prepare Indian food?

A Cilantro.

B Cinnamon.

C Cumin.

D Rosemary.

Have you ever tried Indian cuisine? Have you tried all the spices mentioned? What do you think of the way they taste? Are there any spices that you especially love? How about spices that you hate? What do you consider the most exotic cuisine you have ever tried? Are there any Chinese or Taiwanese dishes that are too unusual for you to try?

15 A dish cooked in the Florentine style includes which of the following ingredients?

A Egg yolk.

B Spinach.

C Swiss cheese.

D Italian sausage.

If you had a choice of the same dish prepared in four different styles–each using one of the ingredients given in the answer choices–which would you choose? How often do you eat Italian food? What are your favorite Italian dishes?

16 The national dish of Brazil is called feijoada. What are the main ingredients?

A Chili peppers and rice.

B Chicken and potatoes.

C Seafood and black beans.

D Black beans and meat.

Which of the combinations given in the answer choices sounds most delicious to you? What would you consider to be the “national dish” of Taiwan? How would you describe it to a foreigner who had never eaten it?

ANSWERS : 01C  • 02C  • 03B  • 04A  • 05C  • 06D  • 07D  • 08B  • 09D  • 10C  • 11C  • 12B  • 13B  • 14D  • 15B  • 16D

How often are you asked for advice? How good do you think your advice usually is? What kind of advice are you most comfortable giving—for example, about relationships or about work? What kind of advice do you most often need?

advise : to tell someone your opinion about what he should do or how he should act in a particular situation  • analyze : to study or examine something in detail, in order to discover more about it  • appreciate : to recognize or understand that something is valuable or important  • bill : a request for payment of money owed, or the piece of paper on which it is written  • child abuse : when adults intentionally treat children in a cruel or violent way  • claim : to say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it  • complain : to say that something is wrong or not satisfactory  • crash : to have an accident, especially one which damages a vehicle  • cruel : extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain intentionally  • damage : to harm or spoil something  • demand : to ask for something forcefully, in a way that shows that a refusal is not expected  • deserve : to have earned or to be given something because of the way you have behaved or the qualities you have  • effective : successful or achieving the results that you want  • engaged : having formally agreed to marry  • equally : to the same degree or level, or into amounts or parts that are the same  • expenses : something which causes you to spend money  • fair : treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating a group of people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment  • fire : to remove someone from their job, either because they have done something wrong or badly, or as a way of saving the cost of employing them  • full-time : done for the whole of a working week  • gold digger : someone, usually a woman, who tries to sexually attract a rich person, usually a man, in order to obtain presents or money  • headquarters : the main offices of an organization such as the army, police or a business company  • hood : the metal cover over the part of a car where the engine is  • jealous : unhappy and angry because someone has something or someone you want, or because you think they might take something or someone that you love away from you  • love triangle : a situation where two people both love a third person  • method : a particular way of doing something  • observe : to watch carefully the way something happens or the way someone does something, especially in order to learn more about it  • persuade : to make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to them and making them believe it  • present : something which you are given, without asking for it, on a special occasion, especially to show friendship, or to say thank you  • pressure : when someone tries to make someone else do something by arguing, persuading, etc  • pretend : to behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, especially in order to deceive people or as a game  • qualified : having suitable experience or formal qualifications  • refuse : to say that you will not do or accept something  • repair : to put something that is damaged, broken or not working correctly, back into good condition or make it work again  • replace : If you replace something broken, damaged or lost, you provide a new one  • responsible for : to be the person who caused something to happen, especially something bad  • ruined : destroyed or spoilt  • sold out : when all of the supply that you have of something has been bought  • split : divide into two or more parts, especially along a particular line  • spoiled : describes a child who has been allowed to behave exactly as it wants to, usually so that it becomes selfish and lacking in care and respect for other people  • treat : to behave towards someone or deal with something in a particular way  • wrap : to cover or enclose something with paper, cloth or other material  • wreck : to destroy or badly damage something

Situation 1: Neighbor giving fruit

I am a foreigner living in Taiwan. When I started living in my new apartment, my neighbor was very friendly and helped me quite a bit. Recently, he has been bringing me fruit. At first, I thought it was very nice of him, but now it has started bothering me. That’s because every time he gives the fruit to me, he’ll invite me to visit his home for a chat and to teach some English to his children (“來我們家玩，順便教小朋友一點英文”). I really appreciate his gifts of fruit, but I am beginning to feel pressure to teach English to his children, which is not something I’m interested in doing.

Do you think the neighbor is really trying to pressure the writer into teaching English to his children? Did the writer do anything wrong? Do you think it’s all right to use gifts to pressure someone to do something for you? Have you ever done this? If you had a foreigner as a neighbor, how would you treat him differently from your other neighbors?What should the writer do? What should the neighbor do?

Situation 2: Problem student

I am an American who arrived in Taiwan about six months ago. I teach English to adults at a language school and was really enjoying it until recently. That’s when a student in one of my conversation classes started complaining about me. First, she spoke to the secretaries, telling them that she didn’t think I was qualified to teach English. Then, she talked to my boss, telling him that my teaching methods were not effective. She persuaded him to come observe my class. After he did and told her everything seemed fine, she went to the school’s headquarters to demand that they change teachers for the class. Now people from the office are asking what I did to make a student dislike me so much. I really don’t know, and the strangest thing is that when this student is in class, she talks a lot and seems to enjoy herself. I’m worried that I will lose the class, or even get fired if she doesn’t stop complaining.

Why did the student seem to be enjoying class even while complaining about it? Have you ever complained about a teacher? If you had a teacher whose teaching methods you didn’t agree with, what would you do? Has someone ever complained about how you did something? How did you feel and what did you do? What should the writer do?

Situation 3: Wrecked car

I recently bought a BMW and let Maggie, the Taiwanese girl I had just started dating, drive it. Unfortunately, we were both drunk and she crashed my car into a wall. The hood of the car was ruined, and when I took it to the car repair shop, they told me it would cost NT$30,000 to replace. Since Maggie was responsible for the damage, I asked her to pay for the repairs. She got angry, because she didn’t think I should ask a girlfriend to pay when it was an accident. She also said I shouldn’t have let her drive when she was drunk. A few days later, she gave me NT$15,000, and when I asked her when she could give me the rest, she said that the six times she had let me have sex with her should be enough to pay for the rest—she said that NT$3000 for each time made a total of NT$18,000.

What is a car owner supposed to do in a situation like this? What about the person who wrecked the car? What did the writer and Maggie do wrong? Have you ever damaged something that belonged to a friend or someone in your family? What did you do? Has a friend or someone in your family damaged something that belonged to you? If you were Maggie, what would you do? What if you were the writer? What should the writer do now? What about Maggie?

Situation 4: Christmas gift for spoiled kid

I’m British, but am married to a Taiwanese woman. My problem is that my wife spoils our son terribly. He knows that all he has to do is cry and scream and she’ll give him whatever he wants. It’s worst at Christmas time, when he’ll demand some very expensive present that he doesn’t deserve at all. This year I decided to teach him a lesson. He wanted a Nintendo Wii, so I pretended that I was going to give him one. I bought a Wii, but took it out of the box and gave it a friend’s kids. Then I filled the box with some rocks and wrapped it up like a real Christmas present. On Christmas morning, my son was so excited because he thought he was really going to get a Wii. When he unwrapped it and found only rocks inside the box, he started crying…and I started laughing. He cried and screamed all day, especially when my wife tried to go out and buy him one but found out they were all sold out. Now my son refuses to speak to me. My wife is angry at me too, saying that I am cruel and that what I did was a kind of child abuse.

Was there a better way for the writer to treat his son? How spoiled were you as a child? How did you behave when you didn’t get what you wanted from your parents? How much do you, or do you think you will, spoil your own children? If a child is already spoiled, what should be done? What should the writer do now?

Situation 5: Couple splitting expenses

I am a Taiwanese woman who lives with her Canadian boyfriend. We’re engaged to get married next year. I’m still going to school but work part-time and make about NT$20,000 per month. My boyfriend works full-time and makes around NT$50,000 per month. Even though he earns more money than I do, we split our expenses equally, because he claims that he has more bills of his own to pay than I do. This is true, but his bills include things like a new car, new notebook computer, and his trips back home that he takes twice a year (he always travels to other countries as well on these trips). My mother has never worked, and neither does my married older sister. When I mentioned this to my boyfriend, he got angry and said, “What are you, a gold digger?” I’m not a gold digger, but to be honest, I’ve always wanted to be a full-time mother and housewife after I got married. What should I do now?

What would have been a fair way to split the expenses? How would you want to split expenses if you lived together with a boyfriend or girlfriend? What about on a date? Do you, or do you plan to, work after marriage? Could you accept being (or your spouse being) a househusband? What should the writer do now?

Situation 6: Girlfriend with boyfriend

I met a girl named Nancy whom I was really attracted to. Even though she had a boyfriend who was studying abroad, she seemed open to going out with me so that’s what we did. To make a long story short, I fell in love with Nancy and I thought she loved me too. Recently, her boyfriend came back to Taiwan. I hoped that when he did, he and Nancy would break up, but that’s not what happened. She’s still with her boyfriend, but secretly meets me when she can. When I ask her what’s she going to do, she just says, “I don’t know”. I feel very jealous because she’s still with her boyfriend, and don’t want to be part of a love triangle. Still, I don’t want to give up on being with her. 

What is Nancy probably thinking? What would you do if you were in Nancy’s situation? How about the writer’s? Could you accept being the lover of someone who already had a boyfriend or girlfriend? What about of someone who was married? What should the writer do?

Who in this class do you think might make a good couple? Do you think there is anyone in class who would be a good match for you? How good a match are you with your current or last lover? 

annoy : to make someone angry  • appeal : to interest or attract someone  • arrogant : unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, other people  • bookworm : a person who reads a lot  • careless : not taking or showing enough care and attention  • cheer up : If someone cheers up, or something cheers them up, they start to feel happier  • demand : to ask for something forcefully, in a way that shows that a refusal is not expected  • distract : to make someone stop giving their attention to something • encourage : to talk or behave in a way that gives someone confidence to do something  • feminist : a person who believes that women should be allowed the same rights, power and opportunities as men and be treated in the same way, or the set of activities intended to achieve this state  • gender : the physical and/or social condition of being male or female  • habitual : usual or repeated  • hint : something that you say or do that shows in an indirect way what you think or want  • in awe : feeling great respect sometimes mixed with fear or surprise  • indulge : to give someone anything they want and not to mind if they behave badly  • intuition : (knowledge obtained from) an ability to understand or know something immediately without needing to think about it, learn it or discover it by using reason  • irrational : not using reason or clear thinking  • lascivious : expressing a strong desire for sexual activity  • mistress : a woman who is having a sexual relationship with a married man  • mysterious : strange or unknown because it has not yet been explained or understood  • naked : not covered by clothes  • obey : to act according to what you have been asked or ordered to do by someone in authority or to behave according to a rule, law or instruction  • panic : a sudden strong feeling of anxiety or fear that prevents reasonable thought and action  • passion : a very powerful feeling, for example of sexual attraction, love, hate, anger or other emotion  • patient : having the ability to wait, or to continue doing something despite difficulties, or to suffer without complaining or becoming annoyed  • philosopher : someone who studies or writes about the meaning of life  • prostitute : a person who has sex with someone for money  • pursue : to try very hard to persuade someone to have a relationship with you  • react : to act in a particular way as a direct result of something else  • respect : to treat something or someone with kindness and care  • role : the position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organization, society or relationship  • sensitive : easily upset by the things people say or do, or causing people to be upset, embarrassed or angry  • smooth talker : a man who is very polite, confident and persuasive in a way that is not sincere  • stare : to look for a long time with the eyes wide open, especially when surprised, frightened or thinking  • tolerate : to bear something unpleasant or annoying, or to continue existing despite disadvantageous conditions  • uniform : a particular set of clothes which has to be worn by the members of the same organization or group of people  • vain : too interested in your own appearance or achievements  • volcano : a mountain with a large circular hole at the top through which lava (= hot liquid rock), gases, steam and dust are or have been forced out  • vulgar : not suitable, simple, graceful or beautiful; common or not in the style preferred by the upper classes of society  • wary : not completely trusting or certain about something or someone

matchmaker quiz results

♀0 Which of these would you find most distracting?

A A very handsome stranger staring at you.

B A man in uniform.

C A completely naked handsome man.

D Having a secret admirer.

Would any of these men not distract you at all? How often do people stare at you in public? Why do you think they do this? Have you ever had a secret admirer? How would you feel if you knew that you had one, but didn’t know who it was? How do you think most men react when they see you?

♂0 How do you generally react when you see a beautiful woman?

A You are in awe.

B You feel excited.

C You feel wary.

D You feel a mixture of fear and desire.

What famous woman do you think is very beautiful? What qualities make you feel a woman is beautiful? How did you think most women react when they see you?

♀1 Which of these is your dream lover most like?

A A god.

B A big tree.

C A lion.

D A lamb.

Why did you make this choice? Have you ever had a lover who was close to your ideal? Which is your current or last lover most like? Looking at the choices in the question for males, which of the choices best describes you? Why do you think so?

♂1 Which of these is your dream lover most like?

A A queen.

B A volcano.

C A kitten.

D An angel.

Why did you make this choice? Have you ever had a lover who was close to your ideal? Which is your current or last lover most like? Looking at the choices in the question for females, which of the choices best describes you? Why do you think so?

♀2 Which of these types of men do you feel most comfortable with?

A Someone mysterious.

B A patient man.

C A smooth talker.

D The strong and silent type.

Why did you answer the way you did? Which types of men make you feel uncomfortable? Which of the choices best describes your current, or last, lover? Do any of the choices in the men’s question describe you well? How would you answer the men’s question, if the genders were changed?

♂2 Which you of these types of women would you be least likely to fall in love with?

A An overly emotional woman.

B A lascivious woman.

C A bookworm.

D A rich but vulgar woman.

Why did you answer the way you did? Do any of the choices describe your current, or last, lover? Do any of the choices in the women’s question describe you well? How would you answer the women’s question, if the genders were changed?

♀3 Which of these men would most appeal to you as a lover?

A A philosopher.

B A psychologist.

C A musician.

D A powerful leader.

Why did you answer the way you did? Which of the above men do you think would be least suitable for you? Why? Have you ever had a lover who had any of the above jobs, or similar ones? Do any of the types listed in the men’s question describe you?

♂3 Which of these women would most appeal to you as a lover?

A A proud and intelligent woman who was desired by many men.

B A very sexual woman.

C An extremely romantic woman.

D A woman who would do anything for her lover.

Why did you answer the way you did? Have you ever had a lover who fit one of the descriptions? Which of the jobs listed as choices in the women’s question do you think is most suitable for you? Why?

♀4 Which of these things do you pay the most attention to?

A Your man’s social life.

B Your man’s health.

C Your man’s lifestyle and personal habits.

D Your man’s career.

Why did you answer the way you did? Which of the above do you pay the least attention to? Why? How would you answer the men’s question, if the genders were changed?

♂4 To cheer your woman up, which of these things are you most likely to do?

A Joke with her.

B Indulge her.

C Hug or kiss her.

D Demand that she change her mood.

If you were in a bad mood, how would you prefer that your lover cheer you up? Why? How would you answer the women’s question, if the genders were changed?

♀5 Which of these men sounds like the worst lover?

A A vain man in love with himself.

B An arrogant man who didn’t respect your opinions.

C A habitual liar.

D A guy who tells you, “Don’t think about it so much! Let’s have sex!”

Have you ever had a lover who fit any of the descriptions? Which of the above would you be most likely to tolerate? Are you guilty of any of the things listed in the men’s question?

♂5 Which of these do you find most annoying in a woman?

A Endless talking.

B Careless lies.

C Being overly sensitive.

D Irrational behavior.

Have you ever had a lover who fit any of the descriptions? Have you ever been interested in a woman at first, but then lost interest when you found out that she did any of the things listed as an answer choice? Do any of the answer choices listed in the women’s question describe you?

♀6 How would you react if you had a lover, but knew that there was another man pursuing you?

A Feel proud of yourself.

B Be very happy.

C Not have any particular reaction.

D Actively encourage him.

Is there anyone pursuing you now? How is he or they pursuing you? Have you ever pursued a man? Would you ever pursue a man in the future? How would you feel if a woman were pursuing your lover?

♂6 If another man were pursuing your lover, how would you respond?

A Feel proud that your lover was so attractive.

B Feel panicked.

C Not really care.

D Feel very angry.

Have you ever had this experience? Are you pursuing anyone now? Have you ever pursued a woman who already had a lover? How would you answer the women’s question if the genders were changed?

♀7 When you’re with your man, which of these roles do you most enjoy playing?

A Mother.

B Child.

C Prostitute.

D Man.

Does your lover enjoy it when you play this role? Which of the roles would you least enjoy playing? Why? Are there any roles that you would dislike playing, or would never play at all? What roles would you like your lover to at least sometimes play—for example, father?

♂7 Which of these roles do you think that a woman should most often play when she is with her man?

A Mother.

B Sister.

C Mistress.

D Feminist.

Have you ever had a lover who often played any of the above roles? Are there any roles that you would dislike your lover playing?

♀8 What do you demand of your lover?

A Everything.

B Nothing.

C That he understand what you’re thinking and feeling without your needing to tell him.

D That he make you feel like a woman.

Why did you answer the way you did? If you have had a lover before, which of the above qualities did he have? Would you demand any of the things listed in the men’s question? Which of the things listed in the men’s question could you give to your lover?

♂8 What do you demand of your lover?

A That she be kind and thoughtful.

B That she not ask too many questions.

C That she be beautiful, obey you, and enjoy sex very much.

D That she do whatever you want, when you want it!

Why did you answer the way you did? If you have had a lover before, which of the above qualities did she have? Overall, do you think you are a very demanding person?

♀9 If you were about to begin a great love affair, how would you probably be feeling?

A Like you were going crazy.

B Just happy.

C Already burning with passion.

D Nothing special.

Do you think you have had a “great love affair”? Would you like to have one in the future? Why or why not? How would you answer the men’s question, if the genders were changed?

♂9 How would you judge if a relationship with a woman were ready to become sexual?

A Use my intuition.

B After you have kissed.

C If she gives you some kind of hint.

D Only after it already happened.

Do you think you can understand women very well? How well do you think you can “read” your current, or last, lover? How would you answer the women’s question, if the genders were changed?

[update] I forgot to mention that I also need the correct answer (it’s added to the list of requirements below, as number 5). When I could remember the correct answer for the example questions, I have marked it by enclosing the letter for that answer in parentheses.

How good a good speaker or writer do you think you are? Who are your favorite speakers or writers? About what subjects do you often have interesting things to say? Do you have any favorite proverbs or famous quotes? 

amount : a collection or mass especially of something which cannot be counted  • average : the result obtained by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number of amounts  • bigamy : the crime of marrying a person while already legally married to someone else  • camel : a large animal with a long neck, that lives in the desert and has one or two humps (= large raised areas of flesh) on its back  • celebrity : someone who is famous, especially in the entertainment business  • committee : a small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and either make decisions or gather information for it  • design : to make or draw plans for something, for example clothes or buildings  • imply : to communicate an idea or feeling without saying it directly  • independent : not influenced or controlled in any way by other people, events or things  • invent : to design and/or create something which has never been made before  • lyrics : the words of a song, especially a pop song  • monogamy : when someone has a sexual relationship or marriage with only one other person at a time  • philosophy : the use of reason in understanding such things as the nature of reality and existence, the use and limits of knowledge and the principles that govern and influence moral judgment  • polygamy : the fact or custom of being married to more than one person at the same time  • power : ability to control people and events  • quote : a phrase or short piece of writing taken from a longer work of literature, poetry, etc. or what someone else has said  • seek : to try to find or get something, especially something which is not a physical object  • sincere : not pretending or lying; honest  • spouse : a person’s husband or wife  • version : a particular form of something which varies slightly from other forms of the same thing

1 Happiness is good health and a bad memory. (Ingrid Bergman, actress)

Do you agree with this quote? How true do you think it is for you? A famous psychologist said that three things are needed for people to be happy: love, play, and work. What do you think of this idea? How happy would you say you are now? Have you ever been much happier, or much less happy, than you are now? What would you say are the things, besides good health, that you need to be happy?

2 A camel is a horse designed by committee. (Alec Issigonis, car designer)

Do you agree with this quote? If so, can you think of any other examples where a committee produced much worse results than one smart person could have produced? Have you ever served on a committee? If so, could you describe your experience? In general, do you prefer working in a group to working independently? Why or why not?

3 If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning. (Aristotle Onassis, businessman)

Do you agree with this quote? If, as the quote implies, men seek money as way to get women, why do women seek money? How important to you is making much money? How satisfied are you with the amount of money you have now? If you’re not satisfied, what would you do if you had enough money to be satisfied?

4 Anything too stupid to be spoken is sung. (Voltaire, writer)

Do you agree with this quote? Can you think of a song whose lyrics you think are especially stupid? How much attention do you pay to the lyrics of a song? Do you have a favorite song lyric? When you are singing a song at a KTV in front of other people, do you care what they lyrics are?

5 It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. (Niccolo Machiavelli, political philosopher)

Do you agree with this quote? How many people are you feared by? Why are you feared? If you had to choose between being feared and loved, which would you choose? Why? Machiavelli wrote the words in the quote as advice to people who want to have power. Do you think being feared is more important than being loved for such people? If so, why?

6 Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. (Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin Roosevelt)

Do you agree with this quote? If the quote is true, what kind of mind do you have? Are there any ideas that you enjoy discussing? What is a recent event that has caught your interest? What people do you end up talking most about—for example, someone in your family, a friend, or a celebrity?

7 Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. (Oscar Wilde, writer)

Do you agree with this quote? What do you think of the system of polygamy? If you could have more than one spouse, would you? Why or why not? Are most of the married couples you know satisfied? Do all the married people you know recommend marriage? Do any of them recommend not getting married?

8 There is no sincerer love than the love of food. (George Bernard Shaw, writer)

Do you agree with that the love of food is at least as “sincere” as the love between lovers? Would you say that you “love” food? What are some of your favorite foods? Besides people, what are some of the things that you would say that you “love”?

9 Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. (Gandhi, political and religious leader)

Do you agree with this quote? How closely do you follow Gandhi’s advice? When you choose things to learn, is your goal usually just to increase your knowledge or to improve some skill? Why are you taking this English course? What other things are you learning? What other subjects do you hope to learn more about in the future?

Which person outside of your family or friends do you think has ad the strongest influence on you? How would you describe this person’s influence on you? How much influence do you believe that you have on others? On whom and in what way have you had the most influence? 

accessory : something added to a machine or to clothing, which has a useful or decorative purpose  • addict : a person who cannot stop doing or using something, especially something harmful  • afford : If you can afford something you are able to buy or do it because you have enough money or time  • convey : to express a thought, feeling or idea so that it is understood by other people  • enduring : existing for a long time  • envy : to wish that you had something that another person has  • flawless : perfect or without mistakes  • function : to work or operate  • furnish : to provide with furniture; to put furniture in  • high-tech device : an object or machine that uses advanced technology and which has been invented to fulfill a particular purpose  • hit it off : get along well with someone, especially when first meeting them  • humiliating : making you feel ashamed or stupid  • inferiority complex : a feeling that you are not as good, as intelligent, as attractive, etc. as other people  • janitor : a person employed to take care of a large building, such as a school, and who deals with the cleaning, repairs, etc.  • loyal : firm and not changing in your friendship with or support for a person or an organization, or in your belief in your principles  • manifest : to show something clearly, through signs or actions  • material : a physical substance which things can be made from  • mortgage : an agreement which allows you to borrow money from a bank or similar organization, especially in order to buy a house or apartment, or the amount of money itself  • odd : strange or unexpected  • owe : to need to pay or give something to someone because they have lent money to you, or in exchange for something they have done for you  • pace : the speed at which someone or something moves, or with which something happens or changes  • peer : a person who is the same age or has the same social position or the same abilities as other people in a group  • plague : to cause worry, pain or difficulty to someone or something over a period of time  • postpone : to delay an event and plan or decide that it should happen at a later date or time  • prestigious : greatly respected and admired, usually because of being important  • progress : to improve or develop in skills, knowledge, etc  • rewarding : giving a reward, especially by making you feel satisfied that you have done something important or useful, or done something well  • social class : a group of people within society who have the same economic and social position  • socialize : to spend the time, when you are not working, with friends or with other people in order to enjoy yourself  • status : the amount of respect, admiration or importance given to a person, organization or object  • stimulating : If something is stimulating, it encourages new ideas  • struggle : to experience difficulty and make a very great effort in order to do something  • substantial : large in size, value or importance  • tendency : a likelihood to behave in a particular way or to like a particular thing  • tire of : to be annoyed by something  • top-of-the-line : best in a group of similar products  • ultimate : most extreme or important because either the original or final, or the best or worst  • upgrade : to improve the quality or usefulness of something, such as a machine or a computer program, or give a person a more important job or state that their job is more important than it was in the past  • well-off : rich

01 As a child, did you feel that most of your peers were better off materially (in terms of their homes, toys, clothing, and so forth) than you were?

A Yes, I felt that way almost always.

B Quite often.

C Sometimes.

D Rarely.

E Never.

How well off was your family when you were growing up? When you were a child, did you envy any of your friends or classmates? If so, for what did you envy them? Do you sometimes envy others now? If so, for what do you envy them?

02 Do you tend to buy a new mobile phone even while your old one is still functioning flawlessly?

A Yes.

B No.

What mobile phone do you currently use? Why did you choose this model? What are your main considerations in selecting a mobile phone—brand, price, styling, functionality, or something else? Are there any other high-tech devices besides a mobile phone that play an important role in your life? If so, can you describe the influence that they have on your lifestyle?

03 How much does it bother you when you cannot afford something that you really want?

A Very much.

B Quite a bit.

C That depends on what it is.

D Not much. I don’t mind waiting until I have the money.

E Not at all.

How often do you find yourself in the situation described? What sort of material things do you tend to want to buy? Why do you think this is the case? Do you currently owe money because of a purchase you made of something you did not truly need? What is something you don’t have now that you hope to buy in the future?

04 Do you think that it’s important to upgrade your lifestyle whenever you can afford to?

A Yes.

B No.

When was the last major improvement in your quality of life? How was your life improved? How satisfied are you with the material conditions of your current life? In what areas do you most hope to “upgrade” your lifestyle? 

05 Do you buy top-of-the-line products (such as wines or personal accessories) when you really can’t distinguish what makes them better than less expensive products?

A Yes, at least sometimes.

B No, never.

Do you tend to believe that famous brands are in general truly better than unknown ones? Whichever way you answer, can you give some examples of products that illustrate why you have this position? What are some of your favorite brands? What attracted you to them? What about them has won your loyalty?

06 How do you generally react when you meet someone for the first time?

A I feel comfortable and in control of the situation. 

B I feel uneasy and am likely to be plagued by feelings of inferiority.

C Sometimes I feel one way, sometimes the other. It depends on whom I’m meeting and what the circumstances are.

What sort of impression do you generally aim to give people the first time you meet them—for example, warm, energetic, or sincere? Do you consciously use any tactics to convey this impression? Do you think people’s first impression of you is substantially different from how you really are? If so, in what ways? Have you ever hit it off with someone you met for the first time, but later found that you really disliked this person? Or, has the contrary occurred—you gradually came to like someone who made a bad initial impression on you?

07 Do you feel that close social contact with a person of a lower social class than your own would be boring and unrewarding for both of you?

A Yes.

B No.

Do you have any friends whom most people would consider to be “of a lower social class” than you? Are there any types of people that you refuse to associate with—for example, homosexuals or drug addicts? If so, why? If you were to become very rich or famous, do you think your circle of friends would change substantially? Why or why not?

08 Do you think many of the people you work or socialize with are smarter than you are?

A Yes.

B No.

Besides yourself, who is the smartest or most capable person at your workplace? What, if anything, have you learned from this person? How do you think people at work see you? Do you think their view of you is accurate? When you meet people who are smarter or more able than you, do you easily develop an inferiority complex? If not, why not? If so, how does this inferiority complex manifest itself, if at all?

09 Which of the following statements better reflects your true feelings?

A I’d like to have a job with an important title (such as “executive vice president”) even if the work were dull, routine, and unimportant.

B If the work were stimulating, you could call me a janitor and I wouldn’t mind.

How prestigious do you consider your current job to be? What job in another field would you consider to be about equally prestigious? Which, if any jobs, would you find it most humiliating to have? Why? If you were a janitor, how would you feel about it? What about being a janitor would probably trouble you most—low pay, low prestige, or the nature of the work itself?

10 Would you take a pay cut of more than 20 percent to get a job that you really liked?

A Yes.

B No.

Would you describe your current job as one that you “really like”? What other jobs have you held? Which do you consider your favorite? Why? What would be your ideal job?

11 Do you tend to agree or disagree with this statement: “To progress in life, one must spend a little more than one can afford”?

A Agree.

B Disagree.

How satisfied are you with the pace that you are progressing in life? What is your ultimate aim in life, if any? If you were to spend money to “progress in life”, what would you most likely spend it on? Why?

12 Do you find that after you’ve bought something, no matter how much you like it at first, you tire of it quickly?

A Yes.

B No.

If your answer was yes, can you give some examples? Does this tendency of yours apply to other things—for example, food, love affairs, or clothes? What do you consider to be your favorite belonging? How did you obtain it? Why is it your favorite? Can you think of anything that you liked as a child, but dislike now? How did you come to dislike it?

13 Look back over the last five years and think of the new sports, hobbies, and interests you’ve taken up. Have you dropped more than half of them within two years of your first interest in them?

A Yes.

B No.

What are some examples of new sports, hobbies, and interests that you’ve taken up only to give them up after a short time? Why did you give them up or lose interest? What sports are you most involved in now? What are your main hobbies? What subjects are you most interested in? What is your most enduring interest? When did you first develop this interest?

14 If you had a limited amount of money and had to choose one of the following options, which would you select?

A Buying the best house in the best neighborhood you could possibly afford, even if you had to struggle to meet the mortgage payments and postpone buying furniture for the place.

B Buying a modest house in a less expensive area with enough money left over so that you could furnish it comfortably and meet the mortgage payments without worry.

Can you explain why you chose the answer that you did? In what neighborhood do you currently live? How satisfied are you with this neighborhood? Can you describe the home you live in—for example, how many rooms it has, how it’s decorated, and so forth? Do you own it? In which neighborhood would you most like to live? Why?

15 In which neighborhood would you rather live?

A One where most people are like you.

B One where people of different, and sometimes odd, backgrounds live.

Why did you choose the answer that you did? Would your answer be the same if you were living in a foreign country? Would you describe the neighborhood where you currently live as more similar to A or to B? Have you ever lived in a neighborhood that was more like the other type?

18 to 33 : You are definitely your own person, with little interest in status. You likely have an inquiring, unorthodox mind, and might do innovative work in science or the creative arts. However, you may run into trouble in the real world, where people are intimidated by your maverick approach to life. Oddly enough, you may go through periods of being extremely conformist and status-oriented. People like you often feel isolated, and use such periods to prove to themselves that they could fit into the larger world if they wanted to.

34 to 51 : Like most people, you are not immune to the charms of status, nor are you a slave to them. You’ll never be the first person on your block to acquire the trendiest product, but you won’t be the last either. You probably conform to the norms of mainstream society, and want the things that most people want without resenting others for doing better. You feel free to develop your own interests as well, and are likely to be quite happy. Your reluctance to try new things however may lead to a sense of boredom or the feeling of often falling into a “rut.”

52 to 66 : There’s a strong chance that you’re heavily influenced by status and that you rarely act without calculating how others will view your actions. You judge yourself mostly by external rather than internal standards, and may be afraid to act on your own unless you know that you will win favor with those whom you respect. You have the comfort of knowing that you are an integral part of a larger group, and since you are attuned to status, you often pick up on trends before they burst out into the larger world. However, people in this category often feel troubled, feeling that they’ve sold out or crushed the distinctive parts of themselves to conform to the status norms of their group.

How often do you play card games? What are some of your favorite card games? What other games do you like?

abuse : rude and offensive words said to another person  • acquainted : knowing or being familiar with a person  • affect : to have an influence on someone or something, or to cause them to change  • aphrodisiac : something, usually a drug or food, which is believed to cause sexual desire in people  • appetizing : describes food or smells that make you want to eat  • ashamed : feeling guilty or embarrassed about something you have done or a quality in your character  • asparagus : a plant with pale green juicy stems that are cooked and eaten as a vegetable  • combination : a mixture obtained when two or more things are combined  • communicate : to share information with others by speaking, writing, moving your body or using other signals  • conception : the process of a sperm and an egg joining and causing a baby to start to form  • crave : to have a strong or uncontrollable desire  • depression : a feeling of unhappiness and lack of hope for the future  • deprive : to take something, especially something necessary or pleasant, away from someone  • descent : the state or fact of being related to a particular person or group of people who lived in the past  • dork : a stupid awkward person  • excessive : too much  • function : the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of a person)  • genuinely : really  • guaranteed : If something is guaranteed to happen or have a particular result, it is certain that it will happen or have that result  • idiot : a stupid person or someone who is behaving in a stupid way  • impression : an idea or opinion of what something is like  • injection : when someone puts a liquid, especially a drug, into a person’s body using a needle and a syringe (= small tube)  • instant messaging : a type of service available on the Internet that allows you to exchange written messages with someone else who is using the service at the same time  • ketchup : a thick cold red sauce made from tomatoes  • link : to make a connection between two or more people, things or ideas  • necessary : needed in order to achieve a particular result  • odor : a smell, often one that is unpleasant  • overweight : fat  • peanut butter : a soft pale brown substance made from crushed peanuts which is often eaten spread on bread  • pickle : a cucumber which has been preserved in vinegar or salty water, or slices of this  • pregnant : (of a woman and some female animals) having young developing inside the womb  • proportion : the number or amount of a group or part of something when compared to the whole  • risk : the possibility of something bad happening  • side effect : an unpleasant effect of a drug that happens in addition to the main effect  • tease : to laugh at someone or say unkind things about them, either because you are joking or because you want to upset them  • term : a word or expression used in relation to a particular subject, often to describe something official or technical  • tuna : a large fish which lives in warm seas, or its flesh eaten as food  • verbal : spoken rather than written  • vulnerable : able to be easily physically, emotionally, or mentally hurt, influenced or attacked  • worship : to have or show a strong feeling of respect and admiration for God or a god

01 Which of these things was once worshipped as a god in Japan?

A Rice.

B Tuna.

C Hello Kitty.

How many times have you been to Japan? What is your general impression of Japan and its culture? What do you find most appealing about Japan or Japanese culture? What do you find least appealing? Are you, or have you ever been, a Hello Kitty fan? What other unusual things about Japan do you know?

02 In the African country of Ivory Coast, what type of injection has become popular?

A One that is supposed to change your body odor to make you more attractive to the opposite sex.

B One that is supposed to improve your memory.

C One that is supposed to make your butt bigger.

If it was guaranteed to be effective without causing any side effects, which of the injections would you get? Which of the injections do you think would probably be most popular in Taiwan? Have you ever gotten any injections or taken any drugs that were not medically necessary?

03 Which country outside of Africa has the most people of African descent?

A America.

B Brazil.

C India.

Have you ever been personally acquainted with someone of African descent? What is your impression of blacks? Which of the countries listed as answer choices have you visited? What did you think of them? Which country would you most like to visit (again, if you’ve already been there)?

04 How many e-mails are sent every day in the UK?

A About 10 million (10,000,000).

B Almost 3 billion (3,000,000,000).

C More than half a trillion (500,000,000,000).

About how many e-mails do you send per day on average? What proportion of your e-mail is for work, and what proportion is personal? Which is probably the most important form of communication for you—e-mail, instant messaging, or phone calls? How do their functions differ for you?

05 What country’s people eats the most fast food?

A America.

B Japan.

C The United Kingdom.

Which fast food restaurant do you like most? What do you usually order there? When you eat fast food, is it usually for convenience or because you really like the food? When you need to have a quick meal, where do you usually go and what do you eat there?

06 Which of these statements about asparagus is true?

A It is an aphrodisiac.

B It is actually a baby tree.

C Men tend to like it more than women do.

How often do you eat asparagus? How much do you like it? What are your favorite vegetables? What about your least favorite? If asparagus is an aphrodisiac, will you eat more of it? Do you think there are any foods are truly aphrodisiacs? What foods have you found that women tend to like more than men do? What reasons can you think of that this might be true?

07 Which of these unusual combinations of food is most commonly craved by pregnant women?

A Chocolate and fish.

B Ice cream and ketchup.

C Pickles and peanut butter.

Which of the foods listed do you like most? Which combination sounds the most appetizing to you? Which sounds least appetizing? Do you ever crave unusual combinations of foods? If you’ve been pregnant, or lived closely with someone who was, what did you find most surprising or interesting about pregnancy?

08 What did a recent study find to be linked to high-calorie diets in women at the time of conception?

A A greater chance of having a boy.

B A greater chance of having a child with a low IQ.

C A greater chance of having an overweight child.

How many children do you plan to have? Do you genuinely like children? What reasons do you have for wanting (or not wanting) children? Would you prefer having a boy or girl? Why? If your child had a low IQ, would you feel ashamed? If you were child were overweight, would you force him or her to lose weight?

09 Which of these things increases the risk of sleepwalking?

A Excessive sexual desire. 

B Sleep deprivation.

C Too much sugar in the diet.

Have you ever walked in your sleep? Have you ever suffered from excessive sexual desire? What did you do about it? Have you ever been sleep deprived for an extended period of time? How did it affect you? How much sugar do you eat? What are your favorite sweets? Do you think you eat too much?

10 Which of these groups was found to most easily become jealous?

A Overweight women.

B Poor people.

C Short men.

How easily do you get jealous? What kind of people make you feel jealous? Would you be most likely to feel jealous about someone who was thinner than you, richer than you, or taller than you? Would you rather be physically attractive but poor, or physically unattractive but rich? How often do you think you make other people jealous? What do you think makes them jealous about you?

11 When are people most vulnerable to depression?

A In their 20s.

B In their 40s.

C In their 60s.

How vulnerable do you think you are to depression? Do you often get depressed for no reason? When you are depressed, can people around you easily know it? When you are depressed, how likely are you to share what you’re feelings with somebody else? Who are you most likely to talk to about your depression?

12 In the UK, which of these words is the most frequently used term of abuse among schoolchildren?

A Dork.

B Gay.

C Idiot.

What term of abuse in English do you use most often? Which of the terms of abuse would you probably find most upsetting if it was used against you? When you dislike someone, or someone makes you very angry, how likely are you to abuse them verbally? When you were growing up, were you often teased? How often did you tease other children?

ANSWERS :  01.A  • 02.C  • 03.B  • 04.B  • 05.C  • 06.C  • 07.C  • 08.A  • 09.B  • 10.C  • 11.B  • 12.B

What do you think is the biggest difference in the way that men and women think? Can you remember when and how you discovered this difference? Do you think this difference is natural, or caused by social factors?

awkward : embarrassed or nervous  • collect : to get and keep things of one type such as stamps or coins as a hobby  • conceal : to prevent something from being seen or known about; to hide something  • device : an object or machine which has been invented to fulfill a particular purpose  • empathy : the ability to share someone else’s feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in their situation  • fiction : the type of book or story which is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people and facts  • fix : to repair something  • hands-on : Someone who has hands-on experience of something has done or used it rather than just read or learned about it  • hard-wired  • instructions : advice and information about how to do or use something, often written in a small book or on the side of a container  • manual : a book which gives you practical instructions on how to do something or how to use something, such as a machine  • meticulous : very careful and with great attention to every detail  • organized : arranged according to a particular system  • predominantly : mostly or mainly  • principle : an idea which influences you greatly when making a decision or considering a matter  • recipe : a set of instructions telling you how to prepare and cook food, including a list of what food is needed for this  • regret : a feeling of sadness about something sad or wrong or about a mistake that you have made, and a wish that it could have been different and better  • self-interest : when you consider the advantage to yourself when making decisions, and act for your own benefit  • signal : to show that you intend or are ready to do something  • specification : a detailed description of how something should be done, made, etc  • spot : to see or notice someone or something, usually because you are looking hard  • subtle : not loud, bright, noticeable or obvious in any way  • system : a set of connected items or devices which operate together  • table : an arrangement of facts and numbers in rows or blocks, especially in printed material  • technical : relating to the knowledge, machines or methods used in science and industry  • tendency : a likelihood to behave in a particular way or to like a particular thing  • theory : a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas which are suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion or explanation  • trial and error : a way of achieving an aim or solving a problem by trying a number of different methods and learning from the mistakes that you make  • typical : showing all the characteristics that you would usually expect from a particular group of things

01 I can easily tell if someone wants to start a conversation with me.

How often do you start up conversations with total strangers? When you do, what usually makes you want to do so? Have you ever made a good friend this way? Would you be more likely to start up a conversation with a stranger who was a Chinese speaker or an English speaker? How about a man or a woman? How often do strangers strike up a conversation with you? Are the people who do so similar in any way?

02 I can easily tell if someone is interested in or bored with what I am saying.

Besides the obvious signs that someone is interested or bored, do you use any other more subtle signals to determine whether someone is interested or bored in what you are saying? Do you know how you signal when you are interested or bored in what someone is saying to you?

03 I can easily work out what another person might want to talk about.

What are some of your favorite conversation topics? Do you have any friends who share your interests? Do you have any friends who do not? If you are interested in a topic, but sense that your conversation partner is not, will you still try to continue with that topic?

04 When I talk to people, I tend to talk more about their experiences rather than my own.

Do you think there is any special reason for your tendency? Do you have any special principles you try to follow when you are having a conversation with someone?

05 I prefer reading non-fiction to reading fiction.

Can you explain your preference? What sort of material do you tend to read most—for example, books, magazines, websites, or something else? Do you do most of your reading for pleasure, for information, or for some other purpose?

06 When I read the newspaper, I am drawn to tables of data, such as sports scores or stock prices.

What part of the newspaper do you read first? Which part is your favorite? Are there any sections in the newspaper that you never read? Which newspaper do you read most often? Why did you choose this newspaper? 

07 When I read something, I notice whether it is grammatically correct.

Do you think you notice grammatical errors more often when you are reading Chinese or English? How accurate do you think your grammar is when you write in English? How about when you write in Chinese?

08 I am interested in the grammatical rules of foreign languages.

Do you have any particular impressions or feelings about English grammar? What about Chinese grammar? How much attention to pay to your grammar when you are speaking English? Have you learned any other foreign language besides English, and if so, how was its grammar different from English’s?

09 It doesn’t bother me too much if I am late meeting a friend.

Do you tend to be late more, or less, often than the people you make an appointment to meet? What do you do and how do you feel when you are made to wait for someone who is late for an appointment?

10 I tend to get emotionally involved with a friend’s problems.

Are any of your friends having problems these days that he or she has told to you about? What has your response been? When you yourself are having problems, are you likely to tell anyone? To whom are you most likely to talk about your problems? Why?

11 I can tell if someone is concealing their true emotions.

Do you think it’s usually easier to tell if a man, or a woman, is hiding what they really feel? Who is easier to “read”? Do you tend to conceal your true emotions often? What type of feelings do you most often conceal, and why?

12 If someone asked me if I liked their haircut, I would reply truthfully, even if I didn’t like it.

What do you think of the teacher’s current hairstyle? What would you tell him if he asked you what you thought? Do you have any suggestions on what kind of hairstyle might better suit him? How long have you had your current hairstyle? Where did you get your hair done? Do you have any plans to change your hairstyle in the near future? If so, what kind of hairstyle are you thinking of getting?

13 I am good at fixing things.

What things do you fix on your own? When you have trouble with a computer, do you generally try to fix it yourself? If not, whom do you usually ask for help?

14 I am not very meticulous when I carry out personal projects.

What are some personal projects that you have recently completed? What are some that you are currently working on? Are you more meticulous about tasks that you carry out for yourself, or those you carry out for others?

15 When I collect items related to a personal interest, I keep them highly organized.

What are some of the things that you collect? How do you organize them? What would you say are currently your three biggest interests? How long have you had these interests?

16 If I were to cook a dish that I had eaten before but had never made myself, I would follow the recipe as closely as possible.

How often do you cook? What dishes do you make best? Who is the best cook you know? Why do you think this person is such a good cook?

17 I am quick to spot when someone in a group is feeling awkward or uncomfortable.

When you do spot such a person, what if anything do you do to put them more at ease? Do you feel comfortable in groups of people with whom you are not very familiar?

18 I am good at predicting what someone will do.

Do you know anybody so well that you can predict accurately what he or she will do in any situation? Does anyone understand you this well? How predictable a person are you? Do you think this is a good thing?

19 I find it difficult to explain things to other people if they can’t understand it the first time.

Have you ever had the experience of saying something in English to a foreigner and not being understood? If so, what did you do? How much explaining do you have to do in your job or studies? How good at explaining complicated things do you think you are?

20 I am able to make decisions without being influenced by people’s feelings.

Do you always or almost always put your own self-interest first when making a decision? In general, are you able to make decisions easily? If not, why not?  Have you ever made a bad decision that you still regret today? What do you think have probably been the most important good decision that you have made?

21 I find it difficult to learn my way around a new city.

In what cities have you lived? Which would you say is your favorite, and why? Do you think the city where you live now is an easy city to find your way around? Why or why not? What parts of the city are you most familiar with? Which are you least familiar with? When you are trying to find your way around an unfamiliar place, would you rather ask people for directions or use on a map? Why?

22 I find it difficult to understand instruction manuals.

When you need to learn how to operate a device with which you are unfamiliar, do you generally read the instruction manual, or use a hands-on trial-and-error approach? Why?

23 If I were buying a computer, I would want to know its exact technical specifications.

Do you own your own computer? In how much detail do you know its technical specifications? What machine that you own do you consider the most important? Why?

24 I rarely read about new technology.

If not new technology, in what field do you most like to keep up with what’s new? If you are interested in technology, what sort do you find most interesting—for example, computer technology or biotechnology?

The female brain is predominantly hard-wired for empathy. The male brain is predominantly hard-wired for understanding and building systems.

Do you agree with the psychologist’s theory? Why or why not? Do you think that you have a “typical” brain for someone of your gender, according to the psychologist’s theory?

Empathizing Quotient (gray)

 0 to 10 Low. Most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score about 5 or 6. You are not very sensitive to the way others feel, and thus probably often hurt or anger even people whom you care deeply about—without realizing that you are doing so.

10 to 16 Average. Most women score about at the high end of this range, while most men score in the low end of this range. 

16 to 19 Above average. You are quite sensitive to others’ feelings. If you are a male, you are especially likely to be considered a very kind and considerate person.

19 to 24 Very high. You are extremely sensitive to other people’s feelings, and may even make yourself suffer on account of this tendency.

Systemizing Quotient (white)

 0 to 6 Low. You lack a basic interest in systemizing, and are therefore likely to dislike subjects such as mathematics and computers. In daily life, your weakness in systemizing may make you dependent on others in such areas as organizing information or solving complex problems.

6 to 12 Average. Most women score in the lower end of this range, and most men score in the upper end.

12 to 15 Above average. Most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score in this range. You are likely to both be interested in and skillful at tasks that require a moderate systemizing, such as organizing information and creating structured plans.

15 to 24 Very high. Three times as many people with Asperger Syndrome score in this range, compared with typical men, and almost no women score in this range. You are likely be quite gifted at the tasks described in the results for people scoring between 12 and 15—for example, computer programming.