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  3. Depression Carrie Mcintyre and Damon Thompson were eagerly planning their future together. The young Florida couple had goo

Depression Carrie Mcintyre and Damon Thompson were eagerly planning their future together. The young Florida couple had goo

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问题                                              Depression
     Carrie Mcintyre and Damon Thompson were eagerly planning their future together. The young Florida couple had good jobs and were sports enthusiasts. But when Damon’s employer  (51)  a downsizing, he started to worry that he began to  (52)  , declining social invitations and refusing to play sports.  (53)  he watched TV for hours on end.
     Carrie  (54)  his moods to job concerns and thought they would pass. But months  (55)  when Damon hadn’t been  (56)  , he was still lethargic(懒散的)and cold. When Carrie tried to find out what was wrong, all he would say was, “Nothing”.
     Damon’s  (57)  worries had triggered a bout of depression that he couldn’t shake, even when its cause was gone. But instead of showing Carrie he needed her, he  (58)  her. To Carrie, his behavior made no  (59)  at all. Eventually she  (60)  their relationship.
     “Women in our culture know they are  (61)  and they reach out for help,” says Terrence Real, a family therapist. “Men express depression differently,” he adds.
     Depression afflicts more than several million people in the United States at any given time, and almost one in five over the  (62)  of a lifetime. According to statistics, approximately 20 percent of all women suffer from depression and about ten percent of men—but some researchers  (63)  the latter number. The tendency to tough it out  (64)  ask for help is just one of several reasons  (65)  experts believe the off-quoted statistics are artificially low. Fortunately, however, when the condition is recognized, there are many ways it can be successfully treated.  
选项 A、question
B、affirm
C、assure
D、confirm
答案A
解析 此题属于语义搭配题。选项A question作动词意为“审问，质疑”，例如：I question his honesty. 从下文内容来看，专家认为男性患抑郁症的这个比例很保守，所以A是正确答案。选项B affirm意为“断言，坚称”，例如：He affirmed his innocence. 选项C assure意为“使……确信”；选项D confirm意为“肯定”，例如：The chairman confirmed the rumor。
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