Terry Bradshaw had a lot to feel good about during the early 1990s. He had won four Super Bowls. He gained a spot in pro-footbal

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问题     Terry Bradshaw had a lot to feel good about during the early 1990s. He had won four Super Bowls. He gained a spot in pro-football’s Hall of Fame the first year he was eligible. And when he retired from football as a player in 1984, he made the jump to the broadcast side. His cheerful and direct style earned him popularity among viewers and a collection of Emmy Awards. Yet the excess of success left Bradshaw oddly joyless. Each Super Bowl victory left him dreading the prospect that he would fall short the next season. And as he amassed more cars, land and horses, he took less and less pleasure in them. And through it all, Bradshaw now recalls, " I didn’t consider remotely that 1 might be depressed.
    Life is, of course full of pain, sadness and frustration and toughness is often an appropriate response. But there’s a difference between being tough and settling for a life of what Thoreau described as "quiet desperation". Getting help with depression is as consistent with masculine ambitions as an exercise program or a solid financial plan. Talk therapy can help you with problem solving and teach you to manage painful feelings constructively, and there are now more than a dozen effective antidepressants. Don’t assume that taking one of these drugs is somehow a failure. Life events may help push us into depression , but the condition itself has a biological basis, and targeting the physiological causes is often the surest way to alleviate it. Changing your biology through sheer courage is like running a marathon with a broken leg. In fact, most people who respond to antidepressants feel more like themselves not less.
    When Bradshaw’s third marriage dissolved five years ago, he took the leap and got enormous relief from an antidepressant. " It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done, " he says. " but my whole life has changed. I like my life now. "He runs a horse business, spends time with his two teenagers and remains both a popular sports analyst and a sought-after motivational speaker.
    Not every man can win a Super Bowl, but most can beat depression if they’re brave enough to seek help. The stigma remains, and can’t be wished away. But stigma causes much less harm than depression does, and treatment can make life much more worth living. The National Institute of Mental Health has launched a campaign to counter the negative typecasting of depressed men. NIMH experts make clear confronting depression is not about admitting weakness or defeat. More often, it’s about restoring your mood and reclaiming simple pleasures. Bradshaw, when asked what he enjoys now that his depression is treated, told me. " Eating peanuts. "Now that’s manhood.  
The metaphor of "running a marathon with a broken leg" is used to show that______.

选项 A、the more you run the more exhausted you will be
B、taking drugs on a long term basis will only worsen the problem
C、treating depression takes a long time just like a marathon
D、pure determination might not produce long term effect

答案D

解析 局部主题题(例证题)。该比喻出现于第二段,第二段提到,针对生理学原因下药通常是减轻抑郁的最有效办法,随后提到了这个比喻。这说明,纯粹的勇气不能长期缓解你的生理状况。D符合题意,为正确选项。A和C是误解了该比喻的意思;B与第二段最后一句话的意思相反。
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