Men Too May Suffer from Domestic Violence
Nearly three in 10 men have experienced violence at the hands of1 an intimate partner during their lifetimes,according to one of the few studies to look ____1____ domestic violence and health among men.
"Many men actually do experience domestic violence,although we don't hear about it____2____,"Dr.Robert J.Reid of the University of Washington in Seattle,one of the study's authors,told Reuters Health."They often don't tell____3____we don't ask.We want to get the message out2 to men who____4____experience domestic violence that they are not alone and there are resources available to____5____."
The researchers asked study participants about physical abuse and non-physical____6____,such as threats that made them____7____for3 their safety,controlling behavior(for example,being told who they could associate with and where they could go),and constant name-calling.
Among men 18 to 54 years old,14.2 percent said they had experienced intimate partner____8____in the past five years,while 6.1 percent reported domestic violence in the previous year.
Rates were lower for men 55 and____9____,with 5.3 percent reporting violence in the past five years and 2.4 percent having experienced it in the past 12 months.
Overall,30.5 percent of men younger than 55 and 26.5 percent of older men said they had been victims of____10____violence at some point in their lives.About half of the violence the men____11____was physical.
However,the physical violence men reported wasn't as harsh as____12____suffered by women in a previous study;20 percent to 40 percent of the men rated it as severe,compared to 61 percent of____13____
Men who reported experiencing domestic violence had more emotional and mental health problems____14____those who had not,especially older men,the____15____found.
練習(xí)：
1.A.by B.at C.on D.for
2.A.never B.often C.ever D.now
3.A.and B.but C.yet D.unless
4.A.to B.no C.do D.go
5.A.us B.him C.you D.them
6.A.strength B.labor C.abuse D.exercise
7.A.hope B.fear C.wait D.look
8.A.violence B.attitude C.friendship D.stress
9.A.younger B.junior C.senior D.older
10.A.normal B.necessary C.domestic D.foreign
11.A.enjoyed B.experienced C.performed D.committed
12.A.this B.those C.that D.one
13.A.women B.people C.adults D.children
14.A.from B.than C.except D.despite
15.A.victims B.participants C.researchers D.partners
答案與題解：
1.B look at表示"觀察、研究"。
2.B根據(jù)上下文可以推斷,此處應(yīng)選表示"經(jīng)常"意思的often一詞。
3.A這句話的意思是他們經(jīng)常不說而我們也不問"。所以應(yīng)用and一詞連接兩個(gè)并列成分。
4.C本段中的第一句已經(jīng)出現(xiàn)過do experience的用法,表示"的確經(jīng)歷過"。
5.D前面出現(xiàn)的是men一詞,與其對(duì)應(yīng)的應(yīng)是them.
6.C前面出現(xiàn)了physical abuse,與其并列自然應(yīng)是non-physical abuse.
7.B既然是威脅,肯定會(huì)令他們?yōu)樽陨戆踩珦?dān)憂,而fear for their safety正表示這樣的意思。
8.A 從第一句中的violence at the hands of an intimate partner 就可以推斷,此處應(yīng)選violence 一詞。
9.D因?yàn)榍懊嫣岬搅?8～54歲的男人,因此此處應(yīng)是55歲及55歲以上的男人。
10.C前面已經(jīng)多次出現(xiàn)過domestic violence的搭配。
11.B前面已經(jīng)多次出現(xiàn)過experience violence這一搭配,而上下文也表明此處表示的意思是男人"遭受的"家庭暴力。
12.C用that 指代婦女遭受的physical violence.
13.A因?yàn)槭窃谂c男人做比較,所以應(yīng)選women.
14.B本句中前面出現(xiàn)了表示比較的more一詞,此處自然應(yīng)選than一詞。
15.C結(jié)果只能是"研究者"發(fā)現(xiàn)的。
