单选题 At some time in your life you have a strong desire to do something strange or terrible. However, chances are that you don"t act on your impulse, hut let it pass instead. You know that to commit the action is wrong in some way and that other people will not accept your behavior.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the phenomenon of taboo behavior is how it can change over the years within the same society, how certain behavior and attitudes once considered taboo can become perfectly acceptable and natural to another point in time. Topics such as death, for example, were once considered so upsetting and unpleasant that it was a taboo to even talk about them. Now with the publication of important books such as On Death and Dying and Learning to Say Goodbye, people have become more aware of the importance of expressing feelings about death and, as a result, are more willing to talk about this taboo subject.
One of the newest taboos in American society is the topic of fat. Unlike many other taboos, fat is atopic that Americans talk about constantly. It"s not taboo to talk about fat; it"s taboo to be fat. The "in" look is thin, not fat. In the work world, most companies prefer youthful looking, trim executives to sell their image as well as their products to the public. The thin look is associated with youth, vigor and success. The fat person, on the otherhand, is thought of as lazy and lacking in energy, self-respect. After all, people think, how can people who care about themselves, and therefore the way they look, permit themselves to become fat? In an image-conscious soeiety like the U. S, thin is "in", fat is "out".

单选题 From the passage, we can infer taboo is ______.

单选题 Based on the ideas presented in the passage we can conclude "being fat" ______ in American society.

单选题 The topic of fat is ______ many other taboo subjects.

单选题 In the U. S., thin is "in", fat is "out" This means ______.

单选题 In the last sentence the phrase "image-conscious society" can be replaced by ______.