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After Susan Joyce was laid off, she was horrified to hear of two suicides in

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问题     After Susan Joyce was laid off, she was horrified to hear of two suicides in her layoff group. Such cases may sound【C1】______ , but being fired or laid off is undeniably one of life’s biggest blows and can lead to clinical depression, violence and alcohol【C2】______ , and so forth. Even the fear of losing a job produces more doctor visits and health worries.
    Layoffs create a sense of hopelessness. Stress-related complaints such as insomnia (失眠) and headaches tend to follow,【C3】______ even after victims find new jobs, says University of Michigan psychologist Richard Price.
    Your health can【C4】______ simply from fear of losing your job, says Sarah Burgard, a sociologist at the University of Michigan. After【C5】______ data from two large national surveys, she concluded that【C6】______ job insecurity over a two-year period rivals the anxiety of a job loss or a major illness. Fears of poor job【C7】______ may have similar consequences. When Swedish researchers asked 21-year-olds about their health during a recession, they reported more problems than a comparison group during a【C8】______ .
    If your stomach starts churning (翻腾) when you hear bad economic news, Susan Joyce, who now runs a job-hunting Website, has some tips. Start a discreet search as soon as you see danger signs in your current position. Prepare【C9】______ by cutting costs and building up disaster funds. Get help if you or a loved one can’t shake the blues. Watch for signs of depression: changes in eating and sleeping habits, significant changes in weight, loss of interest in some pleasures. And, if possible, make health insurance a priority, as you may be more【C10】______ to illness.
A) deteriorate E) extreme I)abuse M) suffer
B) analyzing F) lingering J) chronic N) vulnerable
C) prospects G) occupations K) financially O) vanishing
D) occasionally H) boom L) genuine [br] 【C3】
选项
答案 F        
解析 此处需填入动词分词，作句子的伴随状语。该句提到，失眠和头痛等和压力相关的疾病往往随着下岗而来，甚至找到了新工作后……。由even的递进关系可知lingering“继续存留”与follow的语义逻辑一致，故正确。而vanishing“消失”与follow语义相反，与even的逻辑不对。
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