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Directions (15–21) : In the given passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each blank, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Please select the word which fits the blank appropriately in each case and mark that word as your answer.
The idea that ambitious young people should push themselves hard to advance their careers, particularly before they start families, is (15)in our culture. Young people who score jobs are at elite banks and law firms commit themselves to (16) long hours, to the point that leading firms pat themselves on the back for sending summer interns out of the office between midnight and 7 am. Meanwhile, the idolization of the entrepreneurial spirit in the tech and start up world means that many people in their twenties and early thirties have (17) themselves that if they’re lucky enough to do what they love, there’s no need to stop working to eat regular meals or even leave the office at all. “Hustle Culture” has led many young people to think of work as the (18) thing that gives their lives meaning. Tech Workers have internalized the idea that work is not something you do to get what you want; the work itself is all. Once you’ve grown (19) to the idea that the only way to succeed is to worknonstop, it can be hard to step off the treadmill even as your career advances. But parenthood (20) a lot of people to reassess they work, leading them to at least attempt drawing firmer (21) to protect their time with their families.
The idea that ambitious young people should push themselves hard to advance their careers, particularly before they start families, is (15)in our culture. Young people who score jobs are at elite banks and law firms commit themselves to (16) long hours, to the point that leading firms pat themselves on the back for sending summer interns out of the office between midnight and 7 am. Meanwhile, the idolization of the entrepreneurial spirit in the tech and start up world means that many people in their twenties and early thirties have (17) themselves that if they’re lucky enough to do what they love, there’s no need to stop working to eat regular meals or even leave the office at all. “Hustle Culture” has led many young people to think of work as the (18) thing that gives their lives meaning. Tech Workers have internalized the idea that work is not something you do to get what you want; the work itself is all. Once you’ve grown (19) to the idea that the only way to succeed is to worknonstop, it can be hard to step off the treadmill even as your career advances. But parenthood (20) a lot of people to reassess they work, leading them to at least attempt drawing firmer (21) to protect their time with their families.
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