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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] 【C8】
选项
答案 H        
解析 不定冠词a表明此处需填入可数名词单数形式。more．．．than的比较结构表明对比的时期不同，故空格处应与上文recession(衰退期)的意思相反，所以boom“繁荣期”正确。
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