题目内容
A brush with death can actually improve a person's outlook on life. That, at least, was one of the major findings of a study of some 200 people who come close to dying. Some had come through heart attack; some had fallen, come close to drowning; or survived a terrible car wreck, yet despite the variety of circumstances, they reported strikingly similar reactions to their experiences.
Perhaps most surprisingly, many said they were less frightened of death now than they were before. Like most people, before their near-death incidents many had thought death would be painful, the ultimate horror—but they did not find it was.
Surviving a nearly fatal experience also gave many people a sense of invulnerability that made them feel special and even religious. Several believed they had been saved because they were to fulfill some special mission in the remainder of their lives.
Perhaps not so surprisingly, these survivors also reported an increased zest for life and a determination to enjoy life more.
A few of the survivors did report negative reactions to their experience. A dozen said they felt more vulnerable, and some even felt a sense of helplessness and a loss of control over their lives. Some had become phobic about activities associated with the accident; for example, several said they could no longer swim for fear of drowning.
Yet most of those interviewee said they came away with a strong sense of renewal or rebirth. In studying their reactions researchers have concluded that these people have come to understand the relationship of life and death better and more intimately than most of us, they have come to understand how life is actually defined by death. Life is given meaning by the fact that it will end someday.
1. From the passage, we can infer that the effects of near-death experiences on the survivors' life——.
A. vary greatly from person to person
B. differ due to the variety of circumstances
C. are mostly positive in terms of their outlook on life
D. are neither positive nor negative
2. The title below that best expresses the ideas of this passage is——.
A. How to Improve a Person's Outlook on Life
B. The Effects of Near-Death Experiences
C. Is Death Really Horrible?
D. Near-Death Accidents and Their Survivors
3. The positive effect of near-death experience was that——.
A. some people loved life better because they realized its new meaning
B. some people believed they were different from others and they had special work to do
C. some people were no longer afraid of death just because they proved to be religious
D. some people wanted to seek extreme happiness because they knew life was too limited
4. Which effect of the near-death experience was the one that people had seldom expected?
A. Some people felt more vulnerable.
B. Some people did not worry too much about death any more.
C. Some people paid more attention to the value of life.
D. some people tended to be too pessimistic about death.
解析：
1．C。见文章第一段第一句，大意为：与死神擦肩而过的经历使幸存者对生命的看法更为乐观。 2．B。作者首先指出与死神擦肩而过的经历对幸存者会产生重大影响，接着又具体阐述了这种经历的积极影响和消极影响，并指明其中积极影响是主要的部分。 3．A。文章最后一段指出，大部分幸存者都会有重获新生的感受。正因为他们认识到生命有一天会终结，所以才更深理解生命的意义，更加热爱生命。选项A全面阐述了这一含义，而选项B、C和D只是分别说明了其中一个方面。 4．B。见文章第二段第一句，大意为：或许最令人惊异的是，许多人说与死神擦肩而过后他们再也不像以前那样害怕死亡了。
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