__4__. For a husband and wife or a parent and child, problems often arise during their first four minutes together after they have been apart. Dr. Zunin suggests that these first few minutes together be treated with care. If there are unpleasant matters to be discussed, they should be dealt with later.
The author says that interpersonal relations should be taught as a required course in every school, along with reading, writing, and mathematics. __5__ that is at least as important as how much we know.
A. In reply, Dr. Zunin would claim that a little practice can help us feel comfortable about changing our social habits.
B. Much of what has been said about strangers also applies to relationships with family members and friends.
C. In his opinion, success in life depends mainly on how we get along with other people.
D. Every time you meet someone in a social situation, give him your undivided attention for four minutes.
E. He keeps looking over the other person's shoulder, as if hoping to find someone more interesting in another part of the room.
F. He is eager to make friends with everyone.
The first four minutes
第六部分：完型填空 （每题1分，共15分）
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Preferences Vary on Circumstance of Dying
Among terminally ill people, attitudes differ on what they think constitutes a __l __ or bad death, the results of a new study suggest.
Dr. Elizabeth K. Vig of the University of Washington in Seattle and colleagues interviewed 26 men with __2__ heart disease or cancer. The men were asked to describe good and bad deaths, and they also answered questions about their __3__for dying.
"In this small study, terminally ill men described good and bad deaths __4__" Vig said. "They did not hold uniform views about such issues __5__the presence of others at the very end of life or preferred location of death."
Many of the men considered __6 __in their sleep to be a good death. The reasons were varied and included not __7__ that death was imminent, and that death would be painless.
For close to half of the men, a prolonged death was__8__ a bad death. Some of the men equated a prolonged death with prolonged pain, __9__others thought a prolonged death would be difficult for their families.
Most men said that their __10__ were very important to them, but this did not mean that they wanted relatives close at the __11__ of death. "Valuing family did not also __12__ wanting family present at the very end of life," Vig said.
"In fact, some expressed concerns about __13__ loved ones," Vig said. For instance, some men were worried about the emotional or __14__ impact on their family members, according to the Washington researcher. Some were worried __15__their need for care would be a burden on their families, she said.
词汇：
terminally adv. 末期地，晚期地；不治地，致命地
imminent adv. 即将发生(或来临)的(指危险、祸患、不幸等)
prolong vt. 延长；拖长；拉长
equate vt. 使等同
1. A. wrong B. pure C. good D. whole
2. A. either B. terminal C. final D. terrible
3. A. perfections B. presence C. preferences D. references
4. A. differently B. similarly C. strangely D. heartlessly
5. A. like B. as C. including D. for
6. A. working B. dying C. talking D. dreaming
7. A. regarding B. thinking C. wanting D. knowing
8. A. meant B. presented C. considered D. taken
9. A. when B. although C. because D. while
10. A. families B. friends C. colleagues D. wishes
11. A. beginning B. time C. period D. end
12. A. stand B. mean C. represent D. signal
13. A. missing B. helping C. burdening D. leaving
14. A. financial B. physical C. social D. historical
15. A. unless B. if C. why D. that
答案与解析
，2017职称英语模拟题理工B 第一套