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For questions 1-8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
It seems strange that people should choose to listen to music that makes them feel sad, yet arguably 1. other kind of song has been more popular over the years. One explanation is that sadness experienced through art has little 2. common with sadness in real life. When we listen to a sad song, we know that nothing bad is actually happening to us, so we can enjoy the emotion 3. suffering any of its usual consequences. Some researchers believe that sad music also triggers the release of hormones that help us cope 4. loss, which would explain the sense of comfort many listeners describe. 5. is more, a sad song can make us feel understood. Hearing someone describe exactly what we are going through makes our own experience seem a little 6. lonely. Not everyone responds to such music in the same way, 7.. People who score highly on tests of empathy tend to find sad songs especially moving, while those who score low are 8. likely to find them simply depressing.