The death of her father came as a trance,____ Mary seemed never to have recovered.

Since the death of her husband, she got into the habit of ___________ (让门一直关着).

eal and deep.

A．grieved

B．sustained

C．oppressed

D．suppressed

t had been real and deep.

A) grieved

B) suppressed

C) oppressed

D) sustained

In 1998, Nikolic-Jaric failed her thesis project because of ______

A．her husband's death

B．her own haste

C．her discouragement

D．her new approach

hing her son and safeguarding her husband's works.

A．due

B．lone

C．sole

D．keen

After the death of her father, friends of Jess Hinds tried to help her out of ______.

A．working pressure

B．emotional trouble

C．economic pressure

D．marriage problem

One thing that Faity Tuttle does each morning is______.

A．having food rich in fat

B．phoning with her family

C．taking some physical activity

D．doing some grocery shopping

Being fit is more important than being thin. Research shows that overweight or even obese(肥胖 )men who【C1】______have a lower death rate than "normal" weight men who do not exercise. Fat【C2】______begins in childhood. One study showed that as early as nursery school children【C3】______images of disfigured or disabled peers to images of fat kids. A【C4】______of college students said they'd【C5】______marry a cocaine user, a shoplifter or a blind person than someone who was fat. The prejudice creates【C6】______that affects fat people in every part of their lives including finances. Fat white women usually earn less than slim white women--24 percent less,【C7】______to one study.

People often【C8】______their judgements about fat people by saying they【C9】______to be fat. Choose？ Who would choose life as a fat person in this weight-obsessed culture？ There are many【C10】______about fat people. That all fat people have eating disorders or unresolved emotional or mental issues. That【C11】______they really wanted to lose weight they could(implying laziness). This is completely illogical【C12】______body weight is determined by many factors such as genetics, metabolism and dieting history.

Some people are【C13】______fat. Genetics are simply science, not character【C14】______. The Center for Disease Control reports that 78 percent of American women are actively trying to【C15】______weight, and at an amazing failure rat9---95 percent of dieters【C16】______what they lost within two to five years. Alter dieting, the body often gains【C17】______the lost weight and more. Determined to survive, the body【C18】______for the next starvation period.

The diet industry is extremely【C19】______, earning $ 33 billion each year. But if diets【C20】______wouldn't we all be thin by now？ Recent estimates say 55 percent of Americans are overweight.

【C1】

A．work

B．exercise

C．eat

D．relax

_.

A．people who are overweight or obese tend to be very lazy

B．negative attitude about fat people may soon become the norm

C．culture has strong influence on people's perceptions of obesity

D．the public start to treat people with bigger bodies in a positive way

ives,【C1】______a bout the future. These reminiscences(回忆)are not simply random or trivial memories,【C2】______is their purpose merely to make conversation. The old person's recollections of the past help to【C3】______an identity that is becoming increasingly fragile(脆弱的):【C4】______any role that brings respect or any goal that might provide【C5】______to the future, the individual mentions their past as a reminder to listeners, that here was a life【C6】______living.【C7】______, the memories form. part of a continuing life【C8】______, in which the old person【C9】______the events and experiences of the years gone by and【C10】______on the overall meaning of his or her own almost completed life.

As the life cycle【C11】______to its close, the aged must also learn to accept the reality of their own impending(即将发生的)death.【C12】______this task is made difficult by the fact that death is almost a【C13】______subject in the United States. The mere discussion of death is often regarded as【C14】______. As adults many of us find the topic frightening and are【C15】______to think about it—and certainly not to talk about it【C16】______the presence of someone who is dying. Death has achieved this taboo【C17】______only in the modern industrial societies. There seems to be an important reason for our reluctance to【C18】______the idea of death. It is the very fact that death remains【C19】______our control; it is almost the only one of the natural processes【C20】______is so.

【C1】

A．better than

B．rather than

C．less than

D．other than

ays. It could be because poets are tortured and【C1】______ to self-destruction, or it could be that poets become famous young, so their early deaths are【C2】______ , said James Kaufman of the Learning Research Institute at California State University. For the report,【C3】______ in the Journal of Death Studies, Kaufman studied 1987 dead writers from【C4】______ centuries from the United States, China, Turkey and Eastern Europe. He【C5】______ the writers as fiction writers, poets, playwrights, and non-fiction writers. He did not study the causes of death. "Among American, Chinese and Turkish writers, poets died【C6】______ younger than nonfiction writers," Kaufman wrote in the report. "Among the【C7】______ sample, poets die younger than both fiction writers and non-fiction writers." Because Kaufman studied some writers who lived hundreds of years ago, it is【C8】______ to compare their average age of death【C9】______ that of the general population." 【C10】______ , poets lived 62 years, playwrights 63 years, novelists 66 years and non-fiction writers lived 68 years," Kaufman said.

Kaufman has also studied poets and mental illness. "What I found was pretty【C11】______ with the actual death findings. Female poets were much more【C12】______ to suffer from mental illness (e.g.【C13】______ suicide) than any other kind of writers and other【C14】______ women," he said. "I've dubbed this the 'Sylvia Plath Effect'."

There could also be a more benign【C15】______ for poets' early death, "Poets produce twice as much of their lifetime【C16】______ in their twenties as novelists do," he said. So when a【C17】______ novelist dies young, few people may notice. "A great novelist or non-fiction writer who dies at 28 may not have yet produced her or his masterpiece." Kaufman said poets should not worry, but should perhaps 【C18】______ health. "The fact that a Sylvia Plath may die young does not【C19】______ mean an Introduction to Poetry class should carry a warning that poems may be【C20】______ to one's health," he said.

【C1】

A．likely

B．prone

C．preferable

D．favorable