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Alison Malmon was a freshman when she got a call from her mother: Her fun, outgoing older brother, Brian, had taken his own __1.A__.
When Malmon returned to school after Brian’s funeral that spring of 2000, she was still __2.B__.But when she looked for help on campus, there was nobody to __3.D__. Back then, said Malmon, “Students weren’t encouraged to talk about their worries about __4.C__.I started reflecting on the fact that there was a great need to give help.”
She was only 19 and had no experience with mental health issues, but that didn’t __5.B__ her from launching Open Minds at Penn. Now, 20 years later and with a new name —Active Minds —it is the largest young adult mental health advocacy __6.C__ in America. “What I’m most inspired by is that my generation and the generations coming behind me are taking on mental health as a social justice __7.D__，”says Malmon. “Our tools are changing not only their campuses, but they’re __8.B__ their families too.”
Active Minds’ techniques are more vital than ever. A survey found that 45 percent of the students reported feeling so __9.B__ in the previous months that it was difficult to function; 66 percent felt overwhelming anxiety; and 13 percent __10.D__ considered suicide.
Malmon’s goal has always been to __11.A__ the prejudice against mental illness，the language and even the word we use to talk about it. __12.A__ the word “suicide” for example. You don’t say “commit a heart attack or cancer”， but you will say “commit suicide”. “Suicide is the only death where we use that pejorative(贬损的) word，” she says. “If we take that __13.B__ out of our conversation, we can make significant changes in how we __14.C__ suicide. If we change, we can give the people the __15.D__ they reach out for.”
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了一名名叫Alison Malmon的女生在大一时，因痛失自己挚爱的哥哥而产生了心理问题，但却没能得到帮助。由于这样的经历，她决定建立Open Minds来帮助需要心理援助的人们。后来这个组织发展壮大，改名为Active Minds。
1．A.life B．business
C．opportunity D．decision
解析：考查语境推断。根据第二段中的“When Malmon returned to school after Brian’s funeral that spring of 2000”可知，Malmon参加了哥哥的葬礼，由此可推知哥哥自杀了，即结束了自己的生命。故选A。
2．A.in high spirits B．in deep sorrow
C．at risk D．at rest
解析：考查常识推断。根据空前信息可知，哥哥自杀了，推断Malmon仍处于悲痛之中。故选B。
3．A.pick up B．take over
C．show off D．turn to
解析：考查语境推断。根据上文中的“But when she looked for help on campus”可知，Malmon想寻求帮助，却没有人帮她。turn to向……求助。A项意为“营救”；B项意为“接管”；C项意为“炫耀”。故选D。
4．A.financial issues B．academic learning
C．mental health D．physical health
解析：考查语境推断。根据第三段首句“She was only 19 and had no experience with mental health issues”可知，此处应是学校里的学生不被鼓励去谈论自己的心理健康问题。C项意为“心理健康”。故选C。
5．A.ban B．stop
C．protect D．defend
解析：考查语境推断。stop sb. from doing sth.阻止某人做某事。根据空前but的转折关系可知，虽然没有经验却不能阻止她创办Open Minds的决心。故选B。
6．A.corporation B．branch
C．organization D．institute
解析：考查语境推断。根据上文可知，20年后，Open Minds发展成为美国最大的青年心理健康倡导组织。A项意为“公司”；B项意为“分支”；C项意为“组织”；D项意为“机构”。故选C。
7．A.focus B．practice
C．responsibility D．issue
解析：考查常识推断。句意：我最受启发的是，我们这一代和我身后的几代人正在把心理健康作为一个社会正义问题来看待。A项意为“集中”；B项意为“练习”；C项意为“责任”；D项意为“问题”。故选D。
8．A.challenging B．changing
C．connecting D．ruining
解析：考查语境推断。根据not only...but(also)．..句型结构以及此句末的too可知，此处的they 指代Our tools，故此空谓语动词和上句一致。故选B。
9．A.confused B．depressed
C．relieved D．satisfied
解析：考查语境推断。根据下文中的“it was difficult to function”以及“overwhelming anxiety”和“considered suicide”可知，此处表示抑郁。A项意为“迷惑的”；B项意为“抑郁的”；C项意为“感到宽慰的”；D项意为“满足的”。故选B。
10．A.partly B．totally
C．slightly D．seriously
解析：考查语境推断。此处意为13%的人认真考虑过自杀。故选D。
11．A.remove B．ignore
C．understand D．advocate
解析：考查语境推断。根据下文可知，Malmon的目标是消除对心理疾病的偏见。A项意为“摆脱，清除”；B项意为“忽视”；C项意为“理解”；D项意为“提倡”。故选A。
12．A.Take B．Use
C．Choose D．Throw
解析：考查语境推断。下文举了例子来说明空前的句子，take...for example是固定短语，意为“以……为例”，故选A。
13．A.phrase B．word
C．sentence D．grammar
解析：考查语境推断。上文以单词“suicide”为例，故此处应是，我们如果把这个词从我们的对话中去掉，便可以在我们对自杀的看法上做出重大改变。故选B。
14．A.approve of B．give up
C．think about D．make out
解析：考查语境推断。参见上题解析。A项意为“赞成”；B项意为“放弃”；C项意为“思考”；D项意为“理解”。故选C。
15．A.confidence B．gratefulness
C．admiration D．assistance
解析：考查语境推断。根据上文可知，患有心理疾病的人需要帮助。此处表示如果我们改变了，我们能给予他们想要的帮助。A项意为“信心”；B项意为“感激”；C项意为“钦佩”；D项意为“帮助”。故选D。
