Many of us are taught from an early age that the grown-up response to pain, weakness, or emotional ________is to ignore it, to tough it out.
【句意】从很小时起,我们很多人就被教导,对于疼痛、软弱或情绪混乱的成熟 应对是忽视它并忍耐过去。
名词词义辨析题。turmoil“混乱;骚动;动乱”;rebellion“叛乱;反抗; 谋反;不服从”;temptation“引诱;诱惑物”;relaxation“放松;缓和;消遣”。 由句中关键词“grown-up response to pain, weakness, or emotional…对于疼痛、软 弱或情绪……的成熟应对”和“to ignore it, to tough it out 忽视它并忍耐过去”的 对应知“混乱”符合语境,故 A 项正确。