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Kevin Hines, a manic-depressive, was 19 and in one of his weekly downswings on an overcast Monday morning in 2000. He went to th
Kevin Hines, a manic-depressive, was 19 and in one of his weekly downswings on an overcast Monday morning in 2000. He went to th
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问题
Kevin Hines, a manic-depressive, was 19 and in one of his weekly downswings on an overcast Monday morning in 2000. He went to the nearby Golden Gate Bridge to kill himself mostly because, with only a four-foot (1.2-metre) railing to leap, "I figured it was the easiest way". He dived over, but flipped and hit the water at 75mph with his feet first. His legs were crushed, but he somehow stayed conscious and started paddling with his upper body until the Coast Guard fished him out.
Mr. Hines is one of 26 people who have survived suicide attempts at the bridge, but 1,223 are known to have succeeded (i.e., were seen jumping or found floating). People are throwing themselves off the bridge at the rate of two a month, which makes it the most popular place in the world for suicides. One book on the subject says that the Golden Gate is "to suicide what Niagara Falls is to honeymooners".
Many San Franciscans think that the solution is to emulate the Empire State Building, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Eiffel Tower, St. Peter’s basilica and other such places and put up a simple barrier. This, however, is a decision for the 19 board members of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, an entity that oversees the bridge itself and the buses and ferries that operate in the area. Most of its revenues’ come from tolls and fares, and the district loses money. A barrier would cost between $15 million and $25 million.
So the Psychiatric Foundation of Northern California, which has adopted the barrier as its cause, considers it a success that the board has merely allowed a feasibility study, for which various private and public donors have raised $2 million. Mel Blaustein, a director at the foundation, has heard several arguments against a barrier over the years—too ugly, too expensive, and so forth—but the most persistent has been that people would simply kill themselves somewhere else, so why bother? This is nonsense, he says, "Most suicides are impulsive and preventable". A bridge without a barrier, adds Pat Hines, Kevin’s father, is "like leaving a loaded gun in the psychiatric ward".
选项
A、he suffered a disease which caused him gloomy and crazy.
B、he found an easiest way to end up his life.
C、he was in his periodical decline and out of his senses.
D、he found the Golden Gate Bridge a suitable place to do so.
答案
C
解析
第一段开头:Kevin Hines, a manic-depressive, was 19 and in one of his weekly down swings on an overcast Monday morning in 2000...because,with only a four-foot (1.2-metre) railing to leap,"I figured it was the easiest way".本题是针对文章第一段提到的凯文.海因斯自杀的现象提出问题的。文章提到在2000年一个天气阴沉的周一早晨,凯文.海因斯到金门大桥翻过栏杆选择轻生,他之所以这么做是因为他是一个躁狂抑郁症患者,而且是在其每周一次的低落期,他自己阐述的原因是"这样自杀最简单",说明那时他在精神上是病态的,而且选择自杀是非理智的(out of his senses)。因此C正确。凯文.海因斯患了一种使人郁闷和疯狂的疾病,但这不足以让他自杀,真正迫使他走出轻生这一步的是他失去了理智;A选项只是造成他自杀的一个原因,但不是全部的原因,我们不能以偏概全。因此A选项不正确。B是凯文.海因斯自己给轻生找的理由,我们虽然要从原文中找到意思对应的句子,但是B选项只是片面地选取了当事者的主观想法;而且找到了方法不意味着一定要自杀。因此B也犯了A同样性质的错误。谨记:千万不能以偏概全。D选项的难点在于对"four-foot (1.2-metre) railing to leap"这句话的理解。此句的意思为"只有四英尺高的栏杆似乎很适合翻过去投水自杀"。这样以来很多同学的主观印象中就认为金门大桥是最适合自杀的地方而且还能自圆其说,殊不知这样正好中了出题者的圈套。我们要熟知这样的缺少因果桥梁的错误逻辑:无论大桥的结构和位置多么适合自杀,也不一定就能激起人们想自杀的念头。因此在逻辑分析基础上,这个选项是可以排除的。
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