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RESTATEMENT THEME 7

53. Social media improves communication but 55. Charitable organisations are able to deliver vital
may also cause loneliness as individuals services to needy people thanks to the devotion
compare their lives to those of others. of numerous volunteers.
A) Communication is facilitated by social media; A) The dedication of a large number of volunteers
however, people compare their lives with enables charities to provide essential services
those of others, which leads to loneliness. to those in need.
B) People can talk to each other better on social B) Charities struggle to supply vital services
media but can feel lonely when they compare to needy people, especially when certain
their lives with those of others. volunteers do not show devotion to them.
C) While social media fosters interaction, people C) Without the dedication of volunteers, charity
comparing their lives to others’ might feel organisations are not capable of supplying
lonely as a result. necessary services to people in need.
D) Since people compare their lives to others’, D) Charities can still provide essential services
social media can make them feel alone, to needy people even when volunteers do not
though it can also enhance relationships. show devotion to them.
E) Though it facilitates contact, social media also E) Many dedicated volunteers can help charity
makes people feel alone if they compare their organisations provide people with the
lives to those of others. necessary services.

54. Individuals are more reluctant to help a 56. The ability to recognise and manage one’s own
victim when other people are present, often and others’ emotions is essential for fostering
assuming someone else will get involved. healthy societal interactions.

A) The likelihood of an individual helping a victim A) One significant part of having societal
decreases when others are around, with the interactions is the recognition of one’s own
belief that someone else will help. emotions without projecting them onto others.
B) In a crowd, individuals are generally more B) Managing interactions in a society is necessary
eager to help a person in need, expecting that to be able to recognise and control the
someone else will appreciate it. emotions of oneself and others.
C) When others are around, people are less C) Besides one’s own emotions, the capacity to
eager to help a victim, as they wonder if control and recognise other people’s emotions
someone else will step in or not. determines positive social interactions.
D) When they are alone, individuals typically D) To develop positive interactions within society,
hesitate to help a person in need and expect being able to understand and control emotions,
someone else to do it. both personal and others’, is necessary.
E) In the company of others, individuals often E) For healthy societal interactions, people must
prefer helping someone in need, assuming have the ability to take control of others’
others will also support them. emotions and recognise their own.

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