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              Whether it is"women and children first"or"every man for himself"in a shipwreck may depend on how long it takes the ship to sink,researchers said recently.
              When the Lusitania was torpedoed (用鱼雷袭击) by a German ship in 1915,it sank in 18 minutes and the majority of the survivors were young men and women who responded immediately to their powerful survival instincts.
              But when the Titanic struck an iceberg in 1912,it took three hours to go down,allowing time for more civilized behavior to take control--and the majority of the survivors were women,children and people with young children.
              Economist Benno Torgler of the Queensland University of Technology in Australia and his colleagues studied the two sinkings in order to explore the economic theory that people generally behave in a"rational"and selfish manner.The two tragedies provided a"natural experiment"for testing the idea,because the passengers on the two ships were quite similar in terms of gender and wealth.
              The major difference was how long it took the ships to sink.They suggested that when people have little time to react,instincts may rule.When more time is available,social influences play a bigger role.But psychologists noted that many factors other than following social norms (社会规范)could come into play in a disaster,including an evolutionary urge to save the species,attachments that are formed between individuals during the event and the leadership of authority figures.
              The extent of altruism(利他主义)and how it occurs"is a very controversial issue,"said Anthony R.Mawson,a professor of preventive medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.He thinks the dominant response was attachment behavior.
              Psychologist Daniel Kruger of the University of Michigan,US thinks that the answer lies less in social norms and more in our evolutionary heritage.Human beings have a deep instinct to preserve our kind,he said,and that means"people are more likely to save those who have higher reproductive value,namely the young and women in child-bearing years".
              Kruger also stressed the importance of leadership during a disaster,noting that the Titanic's captain appeared to have greater control than the Lusitania's.
              (Note:Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 12WORDS)

              (1) According to Benno Torgler,what led to the different results between the two shipwrecks?
              ______
              (2) Besides social norms and leadership,what other factors play a part in disaster behavior?
              ______
              (3) According to Daniel Kruger,Why do the young and women of child-bearing age take the priority to survive?
              ______
              (4) What does the passage mainly tell us?
              ______ .
            • 2.
              Want to attract and keep top talent?Here's a suggestion:Make a flexible work schedule part of the deal.
              A survey this summer of 1,215 U.S.managers and employees across a variety of industries,by EY (formerly Ernst & Young),found those aged 18to 32rank flexibility among the perks (特殊待遇) they want most,with 33% saying they wouldn't work anywhere that didn't offer it.But it seems those aged 33to 48value flextime even more:38% of them consider it non-negotiable,with men who said so,at 40%,slightly outnumbering women (37%).
              "Companies first started offering flexible schedules,in the late 80s and the 90s,as a way to recruit (招募) and keep talented women,but it's gone way beyond that now,"observes Karyn Twaronite,an EY partner who came up through the tax side of the business.
              Noting that both men and women,in all age groups,ranked flextime (弹性工作制) tops among non-cash perks,Twaronite adds,"That result mirrors exactly what we're seeing here at EY."The accounting and consulting giant,No.57on Fortune's Best Companies to Work For,has had thousands of employees working flexible schedules for years-including,since 2004,six weeks'of paid leave for new dads.
              "Flextime may have started out as a women's issue,but it's changed into something that people of both sexes have come to expect,"he adds."I think it's partly because of the large number of two-career households now,where people have to adapt to two demanding professional schedules instead of just one."
              The EY survey suggests that,in the next decade or so,the opportunity for a life outside the office will become an even bigger draw than it already is.Most of those surveyed still work a set schedule,the report notes,but"respondents expect a shift in the coming years to more flexible hours,as 62% currently work standard office hours and only 50% expect to do so in five to ten years."
              That doesn't surprise Twaronite."Work is changing,"she observes."The technology to connect anywhere and anytime means that people are expected to be on call 24hours a day,especially in global companies that operate across different time zones.The other side of that is that employers are adapting to people's lives outside of work-because they have to be."

              (Note:Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)
              (1) What is the main finding of the survey? ______
              (2) Flextime was originally aimed at ______ .
              (3) The result of the survey is caused by the fact that ______ .
              (4) What makes flextime possible according to Twaronite? ______ .
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