Answer A
Explain:
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. People who live in an urgent society tend to multitask
B. Advertising has led to a larger number of people who choose to give up their spare time
C. There is a strong positive correlation between time and status
D. Manual workers are required to do a race against time
Based on the following information:
Symptoms include jabbing the ‘door close’ button on lift doors to save the two to four seconds required for the door to do it on its own, and an inability to do one thing at a time, so that every journey is a phone call opportunity .
(Symptoms include pressing the ‘close’ button on the elevator door to save the 2-4 seconds it takes for the door to do it’s own thing, and not being able to do 1 thing at a time …………”
→ That is, people cannot do 1 thing at a time, but have to do many things at once to save time → multitask.
B is wrong because in the article it only says “Adverts for energy-boosting drinks read: ‘Having trouble keeping up with yourself?’” – Energy drink advertisements with the tagline “Can’t keep up with yourself?” → It is not possible to conclude that advertising makes people give up their free time.
C is wrong because it only says “Similarly, being late is moving from a sign of rudeness to a sign of status.” -Similarly, being late gradually changes from impolite to a sign of someone with status
D is wrong for “The rich are working longer and longer hours in order to compete with each other. At the same time, they are employing others – cleaners, childminders, fast-food restaurant workers – in order to allow themselves to work all the time.” – “The rich now do more to want to compete with each other. At the same time, they hire cleaners, nannies, employees at fast food joints, to allow themselves to work all the time” → It is the rich who work against time, not the time. referred to as manual workers.