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The relationship between husbands and wives is one of the strongest bonds in our society. It is deep, passionate, and often【C1】_

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问题     The relationship between husbands and wives is one of the strongest bonds in our society. It is deep, passionate, and often【C1】______. The exact amount of husband-wife violence is difficult to【C2】______, but it is one of the most common of all forms of violence. More calls to the police involve family disturbances【C3】______all other forms of violent behavior【C4】______. In 1993, New York city police【C5】______received 300, 000 domestic violence calls. But researchers deemed that it was still an【C6】______They estimate that it actually occurs in about one of【C7】______two marriages.
    In many societies, husbands have traditionally had the legal right to physically punish wives who refuse to accept male【C8】______. Although this practice is no longer【C9】______in Western culture, it still occurs.【C10】______, many victims of spousal abuse find that me police are reluctant to be of much help. Battered women report that abusive husbands are merely given a lecture or spend the night in jail and are soon back to their【C11】______ways. There appear to be two major reasons for this. First, most police officers are male, and they tend to hold a traditional view of gender roles. Even assaults that do serious physical harm to the【C12】______are often seen as private matters that should be【C13】______by the married partners, not the police. Second,【C14】______other violent crimes, a significant percentage of the victim of spousal abuse drop the charges【C15】______their attackers, some officers feel that even a vigorous enforcement effort is likely to produce few results.
【C6】
选项 A、understatement
B、underestimate
C、underground
D、underproduction
答案B
解析 名词词义辨析。本句下文中提到“estimate”。联系上下文分析可知underestimate符合句意。故答案为B。
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