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  3. Humans are unique in the extent to which they can reflect on themselves and others. Humans are able to (21) , to think in abstra

Humans are unique in the extent to which they can reflect on themselves and others. Humans are able to (21) , to think in abstra

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问题     Humans are unique in the extent to which they can reflect on themselves and others. Humans are able to (21) , to think in abstract terms, to reflect on the future. A meaningless, (22) world is an insecure world. We do not like extensive insecurity. When it (23) to human behavior we infer meaning and (24) to make the behavior understandable.
(25) all this means is that people develop "quasi theories" of human behavior, that is, theories that are not developed in a (an)  (26) , scientific manner. When doing so, people believe they know (27) humans do the things they do.
    Let’s consider an example. In the United States people have been (28) with the increasing amount of crime for several years. The extent of crime bothers us; we ourselves could be victims. But it (29) bothers us that people behave in such ways. Why can such things happen? We develop quasi theories. We (30) concerned about the high crime rate, but we now believe we (31) it: our criminal justice system is (32) ; people have grown selfish and inconsiderate as our moral values weaken (33) the influence of liberal ideas; too many people are (34) drugs. These explanations suggest possible solutions. (35) the courts; put more people in jail as examples to other lawbreaker. There is now hope that the problem of crime can be solved if only we (36) these solutions. Again, the world is no longer meaningless nor (37) so threatening. These quasi theories (38) serve a very important function for us. But how accurate are they? How (39) will the suggested solutions be? These questions must be answered with (40) to how people normally go about developing or attaining their quasi theories of human behavior.

选项 A、retain
B、remain
C、maintain
D、refrain
答案B
解析 本题测试词义搭配。retain意为“保持，保留”，表示继续拥有，不失去；remain意为“保留，保持”，表示一直保持某种状态，后面可以接形容词、过去分词；maintain意为“维持，主张”，表示保持存在的状态，坚持认为；refrain意为“节制，避免”，表示忍住、戒绝、不做某事。所填之词的宾语是concerned about the high crime rate，所以应该选B。
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