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 didn’t find it was.

Surviving a nearly fatal experience also gave many people a sense of invulnerability（不會受傷害）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．differ due to the variety of circumstances 

B．vary greatly from person to person

C．a(chǎn)re mostly positive in terms of their outlook on life  

D．a(chǎn)re neither positive nor negative

2．The word “phobic” （in the fifth paragraph） most probably means ________ .

A．very careful         B．very casual         C．very curious        D．very fearful

3．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 Experience.

C．Is Death Really Horrible?

D．Near-Death Accidents and their Survivors.

4．The positive effect of near-death experience was that ______________.

A．some people loved life better because they realized its new meaning

B．some people felt a sense of helplessness

C．some people felt a loss of control over their lives

D．some people wanted to seek extreme happiness because they knew life was too limited

5．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.

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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.

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　　　　    A. How to Improve a Person's Outlook on Life

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　　　　      C. some people were no longer afraid of death just because they proved to be religious

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　　　　  B. Some people did not worry too much about death any more.

　　　　  C. Some people paid more attention to the value of life.

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