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  3. It is often observed that the aged spend much time thinking and talking about their past lives, (1)_____ about the future. These

It is often observed that the aged spend much time thinking and talking about their past lives, (1)_____ about the future. These

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问题     It is often observed that the aged spend much time thinking and talking about their past lives, (1)_____ about the future. These reminiscences are not simply random or trivial memories, (2)_____ is their purpose merely to make conversation. The old person’s recollections of the past help to (3)_____ an identity that is becoming increasingly fragile: (4)_____ any role that brings respect or any goal that might provide (5)_____ to the future, the individual mentions their past as a reminder to listeners, that here was a life (6)_____ living. (7)_____, the memories form part of a continuing life (8)_____, in which the old person (9)_____ the events and experiences of the years gone by and (10)_____ on the overall meaning of his or her own almost completed life.
    As the life cycle (11)_____ to its close, the aged must also learn to accept the reality of their own impending death. (12)_____ this task is made difficult by the fact that death is almost a (13)_____ subject in the United States. The mere discussion of death is often regarded as (14)_____ As adults many of us find the topic frightening and are (15)_____ to think about it—and certainly not to talk about it (16)_____ the presence of someone who is dying. Death has achieved this taboo (17)_____ only in the modern industrial societies. There seems to be an important reason for our reluctance to (18)_____ the idea of death. It is the very fact that death remains (19)_____ our control; it is almost the only one of the natural processes (20)_____ is so.

选项 A、at
B、on
C、with
D、in
答案D
解析 此题属于词语搭配题。in the presence of表示"当…的面，在…在场的情况下"，例如：She ordered the car in the presence of the sales manager．又如：He is usually quite polite in my presence(when I am there)．选项at，on和选项with均无此意，with great presence意指"气度轩昂"。全句可译为：作为成年人，我们当中许多人觉得死亡这个话题令人感到恐怖，并且不愿意去想它—当然更不要在垂死的人面前谈论它。
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