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  3. Kevin Hines, a manic-depressive(躁狂抑郁症患者), was 19 and in one of his weekly downswings on an overcast Monday morning in 2000. He w

Kevin Hines, a manic-depressive(躁狂抑郁症患者), was 19 and in one of his weekly downswings on an overcast Monday morning in 2000. He w

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问题     Kevin Hines, a manic-depressive(躁狂抑郁症患者), was 19 and in one of his weekly downswings on an overcast Monday morning in 2000. He went to the nearby Golden Gate Bridge to kill himself mostly because, with only a four-foot(1.2 metres)railing to leap, "I figured it was the easiest way. "He dived over, but flipped and hit the water at 75mph with his feet first. His legs were crushed, but he somehow stayed conscious and started paddling with his upper body until the Coast Guard fished him out.
    Wallace, the reporter of The Economist, who paid a lot of attentions on the suicides, said Mr. Hines is one of 26 people who have survived suicide attempts at the bridge, but 1,223 are known to have succeeded(i. e. , were seen jumping or found floating). People are throwing themselves off the bridge at the rate of two a month, which makes it the most popular place in the world for suicides. One book on the subject says that the Golden Gate is " to suicide what Niagara Falls is to honeymooners".
    Many San Franciscans think that the solution is to emulate the Empire State Building, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Eiffel Tower, St. Peter’s basilica and other such places and put up a simple barrier. This, however, is a decision for the 19 board members of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, an entity that oversees the bridge itself and the buses and ferries that operate in the area. Most of its revenues come from tolls and fares, and the district loses money. A barrier would cost between $15 million and $25 million.
    So the Psychiatric Foundation of Northern California, which has adopted the barrier as its cause, considers it a success that the board has merely allowed a feasibility study, for which various private and public donors have raised $2 million. Mel Blaustein, a director at the foundation, has heanl several arguments against a barrier over the years— too ugly, too expensive, and so forth—but the most persistent has been that people would simply kill themselves somewhere else, so why bother? This is nonsense, he says;"Most suicides are impulsive and preventable. " A bridge without a barrier, adds Pat Hines, Kevin’s father, is "like leaving a loaded gun in the psychiatric ward. "
Kevin Hines chose to commit suicide at such an early age in that he______.
选项 A、suffered a disease which caused him gloomy and crazy
B、found an easiest way to end up his life
C、was in his periodical decline and out of his senses
D、found the Golden Gate Bridge a suitable place to do so
答案C
解析 由题干关键词commit suicide at such an early age定位到第一段前两句可知，凯文-海因斯自杀的因素有两个：一是天气阴沉的星期一早晨，二是因为他处于精神低谷，因此C)正确。
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