阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A few years ago, I started therapy (治疗). I kept it a secret ________ it felt like it wasn’t the kind of thing I could tell anyone. I felt it was ________, and I was ashamed of it. ________ I felt I was the only one. It seemed that everyone but me was able to ________ things on their own. ________ of my friends or family needed help like that. But on an occasion, I ________ my secret to one of my good friends.

Guess what ________? As I started letting other people know that I was in therapy, some of them started telling me the ________ thing! It seemed that once I told them that I would understand their ________, it was safe to tell me. We didn’t have to keep this a(n) ________ from each other any more.

One friend close to me ________ that she went on antidepressants(抗抑郁) after her mother’s death. Another friend has been ________ for being blue ________ he was in college. My hairdresser had been on medication ________ obsessive compulsive disorder (强迫症). All of them said they felt comfortable to be able to ________ the information. I felt like I found support in my ________ and I wasn’t alone, just from ________ their stories.

It has made me realize that none of us are ________. Also, there’s no ________ in trying to hide them when you are having ________. It’s better to be open and honest.

1.A. becauseB. althoughC. ifD. unless

2.A. surprisingB. excitingC. worryingD. satisfying

3.A. ImmediatelyB. SlowlyC. HoweverD. Worse

4.A. removeB. handleC. dealD. accept

5.A. SomeB. AllC. MostD. None

6.A. let outB. let downC. set outD. set off

7.A. appearedB. continuedC. happenedD. existed

8.A. differentB. sameC. difficultD. important

9.A. newsB. delightsC. topicsD. problems

10.A. secretB. orderC. ruleD. puzzle

11.A. thoughtB. suggestedC. explainedD. warned

12.A. punishedB. treatedC. injuredD. praised

13.A. beforeB. forC. whenD. since

14.A. according toB. because ofC. judging byD. instead of

15.A. shareB. hideC. correctD. find

16.A. victoryB. successC. struggleD. failure

17.A. recitingB. hearingC. copyingD. reading

18.A. strongB. healthyC. wrongD. perfect

19.A. pointB. doubtC. courageD. ability

20.A. performancesB. richesC. difficultiesD. dreams

With hospitals and nursing homes tending to thousands of patients every year accidents can and do happen. These incidents whether they are through carelessness or otherwise, can leave patients feeling powerless. That’s not the case.

“There is growing public awareness. People are feeling they have more rights and they have tools in hand to make a complaint,” said Ralph Montano, spokesman for the California Department of Public Health, which regulates hospitals and long-term care facilities in the state.

That department received more than 6000 complaints about hospitals in 2007; in the most recent year statistics are available. The complaints can be about mixed-up lab results, medicine errors, foreign objects left in a patient during surgery or a host of other topic.

Similarly, the California department of Aging received 43,000 nursing home complaints in 2014. Some said patient abuse or neglect of patients; others reported missing items. And some commented on the quality of the food.

But finding the channels through them to put forward a complaint can be tiring and time consumption. Many consumers simply don’t bother, and some become lost in the system. Whether the complaint is against a hospital or a long-term care facility, the process is similar—and many people can help, including the facility’s staff, insurance company representatives and state regulators.

If you want to make a complaint while in the hospital, Patti Harvey, vice president of quality and patient care services for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, recommends talking with the bedside nurse. If that doesn’t work, you can talk with other people higher in the chain of command, up to the hospital administrator. If the problem isn’t still taken care of—say you disagree with your treatment plan or have a problem with your doctor—member service offices at each hospital can help address your concerns.

1.Why are there more complaints from patients?

A. Because there are more departments to deal with complaints.

B. Because in the hospital there are more accidents than before.

C. Because it’s convenient for people to put forward complaints.

D. Because hospitals have more and more rights.

2.Many consumers don’t make a complaint because ________.

A. complaints are bad for a long-term care facility

B. few accidents happen

C. many complaints are lost

D. it takes time to make a complaint

3.The last paragraph mainly tells us ________.

A. to solve problems with the hospital quickly

B. something about Patti Harvey

C. how to make complaints in the hospital

D. we should say we disagree with the treatment plan

4.Who can help if you complain against a hospital or a long-term care facility?

A. Jack—a representative of an insurance company.

B. Peter—a medical officer from the government.

C. Rudy—a headmaster of a medical university.

D. Tom—a teacher of a medical school.

In any family with more than one child, children seem to naturally compete for their parents’ love and attention. Parents say they love every child equally. But is that true?

Susan, founder of a consulting firm in Chicago, interviewed 216 women and found that even though none of her questions asked directly about a parent favoring one child over another, about two-third of the women said there was a favored child. And they also remembered their experience when they were young. One of the women said, “My mother always liked my brother better, and he got to summer camp in 1968 and I didn’t.

Plumez, who interviewed parents with both biological children (亲生孩子 ) and adoptive children for an adoption book in 2008, found that what matters most is whether your temperaments (性情 ) are pleasing. “In some cases, parents would say they felt closer to their adopted children, ”she says. “Some parents like the children with characters similar to theirs. Two people who are shy and withdrawn (内向的) might get along well, unless the shy parent doesn’t like that aspect of themselves and they try to push the naturally withdrawn child to be more extroverted.”

It could be a result of gender, birth order or how easy or difficult a child’s temperament may be, but a parent’s different treatment has far-reaching effects. Studies have found that less-favored children may suffer emotionally, with decreased self-esteem and behavioral problems in children. Favoritism (偏爱) is a reason for the next generation not to like each other.

Experts say it’s not realistic to say everyone should be treated equally, because no two people are the same and they related differently to others.

“It does not mean the parent loves or likes one child more. It has to do with which one of them is independent,” says psychologist Lauriet Kramer of the University of Illinois.

1.The study carried out by Susan shows that ________.

A. showing favoritism is common in many families

B. most mothers like their sons better than their daughters

C. only two-thirds of the women interviewed have more than a child

D. it is favoritism that leads to absence of harmony in most families

2.The underlined word “ extroverted” in the third paragraph means ________.

A. independentB. outgoingC. easygoingD. awful

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Favoritism is not beneficial to the development of children

B. Parents’ favoritism to a certain child can’t be avoided in families.

C. Parents may be favorite one of their children and don’t realize it.

D. People are very much shaped by how they were treated by their parents.

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Parents’ favoritism can affect children deeply

B. Why do parents show favoritism to children?

C. Parents should give attention to all their children

D. Building a harmonious family is important to children

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