In the last paragraph, the best word to replace "counter" is______.

A．defend

B．oppose

C．prevent

D．beat

【T8】

A.DEFENDING

B.UP

C.COPE A.KEEP LIVING【T7】______TO THAT IMAGE

B.IF YOU CAN【T8】______WITH THREE DAYS RUNNING

C.WAYS OF【T9】______AN IDEA WHAT YOU DESCRIBE IS A HABIT OF LYING THAT IS MORE SERIOUS THAN THIS.I SUSPECT THAT THELIES YOU TELL ARE【T10】______YOU HAVE OF YOUR OWN WORT

H.PEOPLE WHO HAVE DOUBTS ABOUTTHEIR OWN SELF-ESTEEM OFTEN WORRY THAT OTHERS WILL JUDGE THEM AS HARSHLY AS THEY FEEL THEY DESERVE BECAUSE OF A SECRET IDEA THAT THEY ARE PRETTY WORTHLESS.IN OTHER WORDS, THEY CREATE A FALSE PICTURE OF THEMSELVES, A PICTURE OF SOMEONE WHO MEETS ALL THE EXPECTATIONS THEY THINK OTHERS HAVE OF THEM, AND AS YOU SAY, THAT CAUSES PROBLEMS—SINCE THEY HAVE TO【T11】______.AT THE SAME TIME, THEY HAVE TO TELL FURTHER LIE TO COVER THE STORIES THEY HAVE ALREADY TOL

D.ACCORDING TO SOME AUTHORITIES, THIS IS PARTICULARLY AMONG WOMEN ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE FEW OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP AN ADEQUATE SENSE OF SELF-WORT

H. I SUGGEST YOU GIVE YOURSELF ONE DAY DURING WHICH YOU STICK SOLIDLY TO THE TRUTH ABOUT YOURSEL

F.GIVE YOURSELF A SMALL TREAT AT THE END OF THE DAY IF YOU HAVE MANAGED TO KEEP IT UP.WAIT A WEEK AND THEN TRY IT AGAI

N.ONCE YOU HAVE ACHIEVED THREE SEPARATE LIE-FREE DAYS,SEE【T12】______, THEN EXTEND IT TO A WHOLE WEE

K.DON"T MAKE A PROMISE TO YOURSELF THATYOU WILL NEVER LIE AGAIN BECAUSE ALMOST CERTAINLY YOU WILL—IT"S TOO MUCH TO TAKE ON AT ONC

E.TRY TO CHANGE THINGS LITTLE BY LITTLE, BY SETTING YOURSELF MANAGEABLE TARGETS.AFTER A WHILE, YOU"LL WONDER WHY YOU EVER HAD THE PROBLEM AT ALL.

【T12】

A.WARN

B.AWAY

C.OUT A.MEN AND ANIMALS MIGHT SOON DIE【T7】______

B.THEIR HANDS WERE BURNT【T8】______

C.FEAR WOULD NOT【T9】______IT TO KEEP AWAY FROM THE FIRE FEAR AND ITS COMPANION PAIN ARE TWO OF THE MOST USEFUL THINGS THAT MEN AND ANIMALS POSSESS, IF THEY ARE PROPERLY USE

D.IF FIRE DID NOT HURT WHEN IT BURNT, CHILDREN WOULD PLAY ITUNTIL【T10】______.SIMILARLY, IF PAIN EXISTED BUT FEAR DID NOT, A CHILD WOULD BURN ITSELFAGAIN AND AGAIN, BECAUSE【T11】______THAT HAD BURNT IT BEFOR

E.A REALLY FEARLESS SOLDIER—AND SOME DO EXIST—IS NOT A GOOD SOLDIER BECAUSE HE IS SOON KILLED; AND A DEAD SOLDIER IS OF NO USE TO HIS ARMY.FEAR AND PAIN ARE THEREFORE TWO GUARDS WITHOUT WHICH【T12】______.

【C6】

A．look forward

B．follow suit

C．stand by

D．go ahead

【T14】

A.SEE THE WORLD

B.ALIEN TO

C.AT RANDOM

D.LIVE IN A.RESIDENTS IN THESE COMMUNITIES WERE PHONED【T13】______AND ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS

B.WHY THE "STANDARD TEMPLATES" OF THE NEWSROOM SEEM【T14】______MANY READERS

C.JOURNALISTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO【T15】______UPSCALE NEIGHBORHOODS

D.MOST JOURNALISTS LEARN TO【T16】______THROUGH A SET OF STANDARD TEMPLATES BUT THE SOURCES OF DISTRUST GO WAY DEEPER.【T17】______(PATTERNS) INTO WHICHTHEY PLUG EACH DAY"S EVENTS.IN OTHER WORDS, THERE IS A CONVENTIONAL STORY LINE IN THE NEWSROOM CULTURE THAT PROVIDES A BACKBONE AND A READY-MADE NARRATIVE STRUCTURE FOR OTHERWISE CONFUSING NEWS. THERE EXISTS A SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DISCONNECT BETWEEN JOURNALISTS AND THEIR READERS, WHICH HELPS EXPLAIN【T18】______.IN A RECENT SURVEY, QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO REPORTERS IN FIVE MIDDLE-SIZE CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, PLUS ONE LARGE METROPOLITAN ARE-A.THEN【T19】______. REPLIES SHOW THAT COMPARED WITH OTHER AMERICANS,【T20】______,HAVE MAIDS,OWN MERCEDESES, AND TRADE STOCKS, AND THEY"RE LESS LIKELY TO GO TO CHURCH, DO VOLUNTEER WORK, OR PUT DOWN ROOTS IN A COMMUNITY.

【T3】

A.OUT

B.GO FOR

C.BUT FOR A.NOT FOR OUR NEEDS, MIND YOU,【T1】______OUR DEMANDS

B.IF YOU【T2】______A MASTER"S DEGREE

C.YOU CAN SUCCESSFULLY DROP【T3】______IN GRADE SCHOOL GET A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, AT LEAST WITHOUT THAT, YOU ARE OCCUPATIONALLY DEAD, UNLESS YOUR NAME HAPPENS TO BE GEORGE BERNARD SHAW OR THOMAS ALVA EDISON AND【T4】______ GET A COLLEGE DEGREE, IF POSSIBL

E.WITH A BA, YOU ARE ON THE LAUNCHING PA

D.BUT NOW YOU HAVE TO START TO PUT ON THE BRAKES.【T5】______, MAKE SURE IT IS AN MBA, AND ONLYFROM A FIRST-RATE UNIVERSITY.BEYOND THIS, THE FAMOUS LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS BEGINS TO TAKE EFFECT. DO YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, THAT LONG-HAUL TRUCK DRIVERS EARN MORE A YEAR THAN FULL PROFESSORS? YES, THE AVERAGE 1977 SALARY FOR THOSE TRUCKERS WAS $24,000, WHILE THE FULL PROFESSORS MANAGED TO AVERAGE JUST $23,930. A P

H.

D.IS THE HIGHEST DEGREE YOU CAN GET, BUT EXCEPT IN A FEW SPECIALIZED FIELDS SUCH AS PHYSICS OR CHEMISTRY, WHERE THE DEGREE CAN QUICKLY BE TURNED TO INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, YOU ARE FACING A DIM FUTUR

E.THERE ARE MORE P

H.

D.S UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED IN THIS COUNTRY THAN IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD BY FAR. IF YOU BECOME A DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ENGLISH OR HISTORY OR ANTHROPOLOGY OR POLITICAL SCIENCE OR LANGUAGES OR—WORST OF ALL—IN PHILOSOPHY, YOU RUN THE RISK OF BECOMING OVER-EDUCATED FOR OUR NATIONAL DEMANDS.【T6】______.

【T11】

A.DEFENDING

B.UP

C.COPE A.KEEP LIVING【T7】______TO THAT IMAGE

B.IF YOU CAN【T8】______WITH THREE DAYS RUNNING

C.WAYS OF【T9】______AN IDEA WHAT YOU DESCRIBE IS A HABIT OF LYING THAT IS MORE SERIOUS THAN THIS.I SUSPECT THAT THELIES YOU TELL ARE【T10】______YOU HAVE OF YOUR OWN WORT

H.PEOPLE WHO HAVE DOUBTS ABOUTTHEIR OWN SELF-ESTEEM OFTEN WORRY THAT OTHERS WILL JUDGE THEM AS HARSHLY AS THEY FEEL THEY DESERVE BECAUSE OF A SECRET IDEA THAT THEY ARE PRETTY WORTHLESS.IN OTHER WORDS, THEY CREATE A FALSE PICTURE OF THEMSELVES, A PICTURE OF SOMEONE WHO MEETS ALL THE EXPECTATIONS THEY THINK OTHERS HAVE OF THEM, AND AS YOU SAY, THAT CAUSES PROBLEMS—SINCE THEY HAVE TO【T11】______.AT THE SAME TIME, THEY HAVE TO TELL FURTHER LIE TO COVER THE STORIES THEY HAVE ALREADY TOL

D.ACCORDING TO SOME AUTHORITIES, THIS IS PARTICULARLY AMONG WOMEN ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE FEW OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP AN ADEQUATE SENSE OF SELF-WORT

H. I SUGGEST YOU GIVE YOURSELF ONE DAY DURING WHICH YOU STICK SOLIDLY TO THE TRUTH ABOUT YOURSEL

F.GIVE YOURSELF A SMALL TREAT AT THE END OF THE DAY IF YOU HAVE MANAGED TO KEEP IT UP.WAIT A WEEK AND THEN TRY IT AGAI

N.ONCE YOU HAVE ACHIEVED THREE SEPARATE LIE-FREE DAYS,SEE【T12】______, THEN EXTEND IT TO A WHOLE WEE

K.DON"T MAKE A PROMISE TO YOURSELF THATYOU WILL NEVER LIE AGAIN BECAUSE ALMOST CERTAINLY YOU WILL—IT"S TOO MUCH TO TAKE ON AT ONC

E.TRY TO CHANGE THINGS LITTLE BY LITTLE, BY SETTING YOURSELF MANAGEABLE TARGETS.AFTER A WHILE, YOU"LL WONDER WHY YOU EVER HAD THE PROBLEM AT ALL.