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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、recede
B、retreat
C、evacuate
D、withdraw
答案D
解析 此题属于近义词辨析题。选项A recede意为“(离开某一位置)往后退”(move back)，选项B retreat既可表示move back(撤退，尤指在不利情况下匆匆离开)之意，例如：retreat the troop，也可表示change one’s mind(改变主意)之意，例如：He retreated from his decision；选项C evacuate意为“撤走，搬空”，指为了安全起见，撤出某地的人员、居民等；选项D withdraw意为“撤退离开”，意指出于明确或不快的原因退出(
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