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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.

 

Answer 1

答案：C;B;A;B
解析：

1．C。見文章第一段第一句，大意為：與死神擦肩而過的經(jīng)歷使幸存者對生命的看法更為樂觀。     2．B。作者首先指出與死神擦肩而過的經(jīng)歷對幸存者會(huì)產(chǎn)生重大影響，接著又具體闡述了這種經(jīng)歷的積極影響和消極影響，并指明其中積極影響是主要的部分。     3．A。文章最后一段指出，大部分幸存者都會(huì)有重獲新生的感受。正因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)識到生命有一天會(huì)終結(jié)，所以才更深理解生命的意義，更加熱愛生命。選項(xiàng)A全面闡述了這一含義，而選項(xiàng)B、C和D只是分別說明了其中一個(gè)方面。     4．B。見文章第二段第一句，大意為：或許最令人驚異的是，許多人說與死神擦肩而過后他們再也不像以前那樣害怕死亡了。

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