填空题 It is difficult to find reliable body counts of suicides, and of course the rate (1) which people kill themselves (2) from place to place and from time to time. (3) , you can get some idea of the size of the problem (4) you realize that every 30 minutes someone in the Untied States (5) suicide. And for every successful suicide there are probably three attempts (6) fail.
Suicide statistics are notoriously unreliable (7) only because shame is attached (8) the act but also because people who successfully kill themselves have often tried and (9) several times before. One survey at a suicide center showed that 60 percent of those who finally (10) to kill themselves had made previous attempts. Also, (11) looks like an accident may actually be deliberate suicide. We know that more than 55,000 persons die each year in automobile accidents, (12) no one knows how many of these drivers consciously or unconsciously set (13) the conditions for a fatal crash. When car accidents were carefully (14) in one study, up to one-half of the dead drivers had numerous previous driving offenses; over half had also been drinking; and nearly half were suffering (15) depression. Such self-destructive drivers were characterized as reckless, risk taking, impulsive persons who frequently got (16) the wheel after a violent argument.
A survey of known suicides gave this description of the conditions in (17) self-destruction is most likely to occur: in the spring, in the late afternoon, on a Monday and at home. Suicide is (18) likely in the early morning in winter. (19) these details tell only part of the story. The finger on the trigger or the hand fumbling (20) the bottle of sleeping pills varies according to sex, marital status, and race.