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When three Florida boys were diagnosed as having AIDS, their barber refused to cut their hair and their house was burned down by
When three Florida boys were diagnosed as having AIDS, their barber refused to cut their hair and their house was burned down by
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2013-06-10
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When three Florida boys were diagnosed as having AIDS, their barber refused to cut their hair and their house was burned down by neighbors. These reactions may be (1)_____, but other AIDS sufferers have experienced job loss, (2)_____ of insurance, and even (3)_____ by their families and friends. Social scientists use the term stigma to describe the discredit and shame that public hostility can (4)_____ a group of people. (5)_____, AIDS sufferers are often stigmatized.
Where do these stigmatizing attitudes come from? AIDS forces us to confront our own (6)_____ in a particularly (7)_____ way, because most of its victims are young. Some people (8)_____ feelings of vulnerability by convincing themselves that AIDS victims are not like them and (9)_____ their fate. They define AIDS (10)_____ something that can happen only to members of certain groups. Because homosexuals are already a target of (11)_____, people’s intolerance becomes (12)_____ to victims of the disease.
The stigma of AIDS has created a (13)_____ for people who think they may be (14)_____ risk. Should they (15)_____ themselves tested for HIV—and risk discrimination if their test results are positive? (16)_____ should they avoid being tested? Many people take the (17)_____ course. Even when HIV testing is required by law, many people (18)_____ great lengths to avoid it. The tragic result is that many people who have the virus do not (19)_____ out about it, do not receive treatment, and remain (20)_____ to spread the virus to others.
选项
A、rejection
B、abolition
C、injection
D、condemnation
答案
A
解析
根据常识和逻辑,艾滋病患者被他们的朋友遗弃或拒绝,因此排除其他选项。abolition意为"废除",如:the abolition of slavery"废除奴隶制";injection意为"注射",不合文意;condemnation意为"谴责",在此处不符合文意。
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考研英语一
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