2. 外语
  3. It is often observed that the aged spend much time thinking and talking about their past lives, 【21】______ about the future. Th

It is often observed that the aged spend much time thinking and talking about their past lives, 【21】______ about the future. Th

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问题      It is often observed that the aged spend much time thinking and talking about their past lives, 【21】______  about the future. These reminiscences are not simply random or trivial memories, 【22】______  is their purpose merely to make conversation. The old person’s recollections of the past help to 【23】______  an identity that is becoming increasingly fragile: 【24】______  any role that brings respect or any goal that might provide 【25】______  to the future, the individual mentions their past as a reminder to listeners, that here was a life 【26】______  living. 【27】______ , the memories form part of a continuing life 【28】______ , in which the old person 【29】______  the events and experiences of the years gone by and 【30】______  on the overall meaning of his or her own almost completed life.
      As the life cycle 【31】______  to its close, the aged must also learn to accept the reality of their own impending (即将发生的) death. 【32】______  this task is made difficult by the fact that death is almost a 【33】______  subject in the United States. The mere discussion of death is often regarded as 【34】______ . As adults many of us find the topic frightening and are 【35】______  to think about it—and certainly not to talk about it 【36】______  the presence of someone who is dying. Death has achieved this taboo 【37】______  only in the modern industrial societies. There seems to be an important reason for our reluctance to 【38】______  the idea of death. It is the very fact that death remains 【39】______  our control; it is almost the only one of the natural processes 【40】______  is so.
【22】
选项 A、so
B、even
C、nor
D、hardly
答案C
解析 此题属于语法题。本句中前半部分为否定句，选项C nor引导否定句且句子倒装。选项 A so引导肯定句，例如：“I’ve got an enormous amount of work to do．”“So have I”；选项 B even副词，表示“即使，甚至可以说”，例如；He looked content，even happy．选项D  hardly表示“几乎不”，例如：He could hardly(Hardly could he)wait to hear the news．
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