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At some time in your life you may have a strong desire to do something strange or terrible. However, chances are that you don’t

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问题     At some time in your life you may have a strong desire to do something strange or terrible. However, chances are that you don’t act on your impulse, but let it pass instead. You know that to commit the action is wrong in some way and that other people will not accept your behavior.
    Perhaps the most interesting thing about the phenomenon of taboo behavior is how it can change over the years within the same society, how certain behavior and attitudes once considered taboo can become perfectly acceptable and natural at another point in time. Topics such as death, for example, were once considered so upsetting and unpleasant that it was a taboo to even talk about them. Now with the publication of important books such as On Death and Dying and Learning to Say Goodbye, people have become more aware of the importance of expressing feelings about death and, as a result, are more willing to talk about this taboo subject.
    One of the newest taboos in American society is the topic of fat. Unlike many other taboos, fat is a topic that Americans talk about constantly. It’s not taboo to talk about fat; it’s taboo to be fat. The "in" look is thin, not fat. In the work world, most companies prefer youthful-looking, trim(苗条的，身材修长的) executives to sell their image as well as their products to the public. The thin look is associated with youth, vigor and success. The fat person, on the other hand, is thought of as lazy and lacking in energy, self-respect. After all, people think, how can people who care about themselves, and therefore the way they took, permit themselves to become fat? In an image-conscious society like the US, thin is "in", fat is "out".
The topic of fat is______many other taboo subjects.
选项 A、the same as
B、more popular than
C、different from
D、less often talked about than
答案C
解析 本题问胖这个话题与其他许多禁忌话题相比有何特点。根据文章第三段第一句话，在美国社会，最新的禁忌话题之一是“胖”，与其他诸多禁忌不同，“胖”是个为人们所不断谈论的话题。因此，本题的正确答案应是C“与其他禁忌话题不同”。
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