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Suicidehasbeenacauseofconcerninmostsocietiesforalongtime.TheclassicalGreeks,forexample,requiredpeoplewhowantedtokillthemselvestogetpermissionfromthesenate.Whilethislawisnotwithouthumorbytoday'sstandards,itclearlyshowsanawarenessoftheproblemintimesgoneby.Intoday'ssociety,suicideismuchmoreprevalentthanwewanttoadmit.Whydopeopletrytotaketheirownlives?
(51)Themotivesforsuicidecanbecategorizedintoareassuchasafailure,wrath(暴怒),theneedforattention,stress,andsoon.However,thequalitiesofapersonwhowantstotakehisownlifechangefrompersontoperson,makingitdifficulttodepict(描写)thetypicalvictim.Tomaketheproblemevenmoreconfusing,peoplewilloftencamouflage(掩盖)theirtruefeelings,thuscausingtheirfriendstodisregardproblemsthatshouldbeviewedasserious.
IntheUnitedStates,anetworkofcentershasbeencreatedtoattempttopreventsuicides.
Peoplewhoarebitter,worded,ordepressedareencouragedtocontactworkersatthesecenters.
Theseworkers,oftentrainedvolunteers,offerbenevolentadvicetothecallers,tryingtohelpthecallerstoseethatsuicideasasolutionstoproblemsisanillusion.Theaccomplishmentsofthesecenters,insofar(到这个程度)astheireffectivenesstoreducesuicideisconcerned,areminimalHowever,theyhavehelpedalotofpeoplewithawidevarietyofproblems.So,inthesomewhatamorphous(难以名状的)areaofmanhelpinghisfellowman,theyarecertainlyasuccess.
WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothearticle? A.TheclassicalGreeksdidnotknowtheexistenceofsuicide
B.Suicidehasalwaysbeenprevalentinallpartsoftheworld
C.Intoday'ssociety,therearequiteanumberofpeoplewhocommitsuicide
D.Nowadayssuicideisnotascommonasitwasinthepast
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