Exercise 2 Answer the questions to the article

According to the article, what do family therapists try to do?
1. they try to help different families get along with each other
2. they try to understand all the different kinds of families
3. they try to understand how family members relate to each other
4. they try to understand how individuals deal with their problems
The word 'way' in paragraph 2 could be replaced by:
1. facility
2. manner
3. passage
4. condition
The word 'they' in paragraph 2 refers to:
1. patients
2. thoughts
3. emotions
4. psychologists
According to the article, what does family therapy focus on?
1. thoughts
2. emotions
3. organisms
4. relationships
The word 'works' in paragraph 3 could be replaced by:
1. functions
2. produces
3. creates
4. labors
According to the article, how do family therapists try to understand how families communicate?
1. by leaving
2. by playing
3. by observing
4. by thinking
The phrase 'give them a hand' in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to:
1. assist them
2. offer them
3. warn them
4. deny them
The word 'excessively' in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to:
1. slightly
2. extremely
3. remotely
4. essentially