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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #35140 Short Isolation

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Psychiatrists say the covid pandemic and the focus on social distancing has made us all a bit more lonely and a bit more awkward around other people. I would like to emphasize the consequences of isolation and loneliness the most, because it is no doubt an extremely important factor that affects both physical and mental health. People who spend a long time in isolation, like prisons or hospitals or Antarctica if you will, definitely lose certain social skills. And the longer they stay, the more they lose. Marchian Prohasko spent almost two months in Antarctica. He went there in early 2019 to write a book about the experience of being at a polar station. Later during quarantine, Marchionne often drew parallels with his time at the South Pole.

What is the similarity between staying at Antarctica and being in quarantine according to the passage?

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They force people to stay at home for a long time. People tend to become less sociable. They both make people feel less lonely and less awkward. Both of them are expensive and compulsory.

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What is the similarity between staying at Antarctica and being in quarantine according to the passage?

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Option 1: "They force people to stay at home for a long time."

Option 2: "People tend to become less sociable."

Option 3: "They both make people feel less lonely and less awkward."

Option 4: "Both of them are expensive and compulsory."