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Terry Bradshaw had a lot to feel good about during the early 1990s. He had won four Super Bowls. He gained a spot in pro-footbal

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问题     Terry Bradshaw had a lot to feel good about during the early 1990s. He had won four Super Bowls. He gained a spot in pro-football’s Hall of Fame the first year he was eligible. And when he retired from football as a player in 1984, he made the jump to the broadcast side. His cheerful and direct style earned him popularity among viewers and a collection of Emmy Awards. Yet the excess of success left Bradshaw oddly joyless. Each Super Bowl victory left him dreading the prospect that he would fall short the next season. And as he amassed more cars, land and horses, he took less and less pleasure in them. And through it all, Bradshaw now recalls, " I didn’t consider remotely that 1 might be depressed.
    Life is, of course full of pain, sadness and frustration and toughness is often an appropriate response. But there’s a difference between being tough and settling for a life of what Thoreau described as "quiet desperation". Getting help with depression is as consistent with masculine ambitions as an exercise program or a solid financial plan. Talk therapy can help you with problem solving and teach you to manage painful feelings constructively, and there are now more than a dozen effective antidepressants. Don’t assume that taking one of these drugs is somehow a failure. Life events may help push us into depression , but the condition itself has a biological basis, and targeting the physiological causes is often the surest way to alleviate it. Changing your biology through sheer courage is like running a marathon with a broken leg. In fact, most people who respond to antidepressants feel more like themselves not less.
    When Bradshaw’s third marriage dissolved five years ago, he took the leap and got enormous relief from an antidepressant. " It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done, " he says. " but my whole life has changed. I like my life now. "He runs a horse business, spends time with his two teenagers and remains both a popular sports analyst and a sought-after motivational speaker.
    Not every man can win a Super Bowl, but most can beat depression if they’re brave enough to seek help. The stigma remains, and can’t be wished away. But stigma causes much less harm than depression does, and treatment can make life much more worth living. The National Institute of Mental Health has launched a campaign to counter the negative typecasting of depressed men. NIMH experts make clear confronting depression is not about admitting weakness or defeat. More often, it’s about restoring your mood and reclaiming simple pleasures. Bradshaw, when asked what he enjoys now that his depression is treated, told me. " Eating peanuts. "Now that’s manhood.  
The author’s purpose of writing the text is to ______.
选项 A、tell readers that life is full of pain and needs tough actions
B、persuade males to get help if they feel depressed
C、show that courage is the best remedy for depression
D、convince people of the inevitability of feeling depressed
答案B
解析 主旨题。第一段介绍了布罗德索尔的抑郁问题，第二段提到，在抑郁时寻求帮助同男子汉的抱负并不矛盾，实际上，大多数吃了抗抑郁药物的人是感觉越来越好，而不是越来越糟，第三段提到了布罗德索尔从抑郁中恢复的情况。最后一段指出，如果人们有足够的勇气去寻求帮助的话，大多数人是可以战胜抑郁的。这说明，作者主要是想呼吁抑郁的人们寻求帮助。B可以表达作者写本文的主要目的，故为正确选项。C和D与此意相反；A属于not given类型。
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