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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、status
B、circumstance
C、environment
D、priority
答案A
解析 此题属于语意搭配题。status表示"地位"，可与前面的动词achieve连用，说明在现代工业社会里，谈论死亡处于人们忌讳的境况。其他选项：选项circumstance指某事，件或动作发生时的"情况"，一般用复数，例如：Under/In such circumstances，we had better send him to hospital immediately．选项environment表示"环境(总称)"，强调环绕着某一特定的人或物，同时往往着重对该人/物的影响，例如：He grew up in an environment of poverty．选项priority表示"优先权"，例如：They insist that the right to live should take priority over all other considerations．(他们坚持认为生存权利应放在其他一切考虑因素之上)。全句可译为：只有在现代工业社会里，死亡才成为人们忌讳的话题。
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