When three Florida boys were diagnosed as having AIDS, their barber refused to cut their hair and their house was burned down by

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问题     When three Florida boys were diagnosed as having AIDS, their barber refused to cut their hair and their house was burned down by neighbors. These reactions may be (1)_____, but other AIDS sufferers have experienced job loss, (2)_____ of insurance, and even (3)_____ by their families and friends. Social scientists use the term stigma to describe the discredit and shame that public hostility can (4)_____ a group of people. (5)_____, AIDS sufferers are often stigmatized.
    Where do these stigmatizing attitudes come from? AIDS forces us to confront our own (6)_____ in a particularly (7)_____ way, because most of its victims are young. Some people (8)_____ feelings of vulnerability by convincing themselves that AIDS victims are not like them and (9)_____ their fate. They define AIDS (10)_____ something that can happen only to members of certain groups. Because homosexuals are already a target of (11)_____, people’s intolerance becomes (12)_____ to victims of the disease.
    The stigma of AIDS has created a (13)_____ for people who think they may be (14)_____ risk. Should they (15)_____ themselves tested for HIV—and risk discrimination if their test results are positive? (16)_____ should they avoid being tested? Many people take the (17)_____ course. Even when HIV testing is required by law, many people (18)_____ great lengths to avoid it. The tragic result is that many people who have the virus do not (19)_____ out about it, do not receive treatment, and remain (20)_____ to spread the virus to others.


选项 A、deletion
B、defiance
C、suspension
D、cancellation

答案D

解析 保险公司发现他们患有艾滋病后,就取消了他们的保险,只有cancellation最合逻辑和文意,cancellation of insurance意为"取消保险"。deletion意为"删除",尤指书写或印刷的内容,如:several deletions in your letter"你信中的几处被删除的地方",在此处不合文意;defiance意为"公然反抗或违抗",如:His defiance of the law cost him his whole life".他对法律的公然反抗使他牺牲了生命"。suspension意为"暂停",如:the suspension of the license"暂停执照",在该处不合逻辑。
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