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From the Ted Talk by Sheena Iyengar: The art of choosing

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The second assumption which imornfs the American view of choice goes something like this. The more choices you have, the more likely you are to make the best choice. So bring it on, Walmart, with 100,000 different products, and Amazon, with 27 million books and Match.com with — what is it? — 15 million date possibilities now. You will surely find the perfect match. Let's test this assumption by heading over to Eastern Europe. Here, I interviewed people who were residents of formerly communist countries, who had all faced the challenge of transitioning to a more datocmierc and ctiilitspaac society. One of the most interesting revelations came not from an aswner to a question, but from a slipme gseurte of hospitality. When the participants arievrd for their interview, I offered them a set of drinks: Coke, Diet Coke, stpire — seven, to be exact.

Open Cloze


The second assumption which _______ the American view of choice goes something like this. The more choices you have, the more likely you are to make the best choice. So bring it on, Walmart, with 100,000 different products, and Amazon, with 27 million books and Match.com with — what is it? — 15 million date possibilities now. You will surely find the perfect match. Let's test this assumption by heading over to Eastern Europe. Here, I interviewed people who were residents of formerly communist countries, who had all faced the challenge of transitioning to a more __________ and ____________ society. One of the most interesting revelations came not from an ______ to a question, but from a ______ _______ of hospitality. When the participants _______ for their interview, I offered them a set of drinks: Coke, Diet Coke, ______ — seven, to be exact.

Solution


  1. arrived
  2. democratic
  3. sprite
  4. informs
  5. simple
  6. answer
  7. gesture
  8. capitalistic

Original Text


The second assumption which informs the American view of choice goes something like this. The more choices you have, the more likely you are to make the best choice. So bring it on, Walmart, with 100,000 different products, and Amazon, with 27 million books and Match.com with — what is it? — 15 million date possibilities now. You will surely find the perfect match. Let's test this assumption by heading over to Eastern Europe. Here, I interviewed people who were residents of formerly communist countries, who had all faced the challenge of transitioning to a more democratic and capitalistic society. One of the most interesting revelations came not from an answer to a question, but from a simple gesture of hospitality. When the participants arrived for their interview, I offered them a set of drinks: Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite — seven, to be exact.

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