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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、reckons
B、counts
C、reflects
D、conceives
答案C
解析 此题属于语意搭配题。reflect on/upon表示"反省，反思"，例如：The old man reflected on the changes that had taken place since his youth．此处需要一个动词与下文的meaning搭配，因此只有"思考生命的意义"符合逻辑，故选项reflects正确。选项reckons(on)表示"指望，盼望"，例如：I’m reckoning on your continued support．另外，reckon in(把…计算在内)；reckon up(结算，估计)；reckon with (处理，考虑到)，如：reckon with the possibility；选项counts(on)表示"指望"；选项conceives表示"构想出，认为"，相当于imagine或invent，例如：He conceives of society as a jungle where only the fittest survive．本句的宾语是"老年人快结束的一生的意义"，因此不可能是"想象"的，故不符合题意。全句可译为：除此之外，这些记忆形成了持续不断的人生回顾的一部分。在回忆中，老年人把过去韵事件及经历结合在一起，并且反思他(她)即将结束的一生的全部意义。
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