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Suddenly, everywhere you look, everyone’s taking cold showers. Not literally—

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问题    Suddenly, everywhere you look, everyone’s taking cold showers. Not literally—that would be weird— but there’s no mistaking a lifestyle trend when you see one. They’re【C1】______in a new book, What Doesn’t Kill Us, which【C2】______the exploits of the Dutch extreme-cold enthusiast (狂热者) Wim Hof, who once spent nearly two hours in an ice bath. In The New York Times, the novelist Ben Dolnick reports that cold showers changed his " entire【C3】______toward the outside world". The benefits include everything from【C4】______immunity to slowing ageing and fighting depression. It’s environmentally better, too, so you’ll feel the warm glow of being moral. Which is fortunate, given that you’re going to be extremely bloody cold.
   As someone who has always preferred the cold, and【C5】______the way hot days are considered " good weather" , I’m a natural candidate for the craze. Finding myself sleepy at 5 p. m. —having woken with the baby at 5 a. m. —I tried taking naps,【C6】______that plan, and then started jumping under icy water instead. It worked【C7】______, helping me squeeze out a few more hours of energy. When I took another cold shower before bed, I slept better, too.
   But I’ll admit there’s something a little【C8】______about this, as there is with many strategies for "breaking out of your comfort zone". What are we all trying to prove, exactly? It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that behind the desire to【C9】______over extreme cold, there’s a desire to somehow conquer yourself. Since both participants in this wrestling match, as you may have noticed, are you. The far more likely result is just more【C10】______conflict.
   A) abandoned I) inner
   B) boosting J) intelligently
   C) brilliantly K) overcome
   D) charts L) recommended
   E) disposition M) resents
   F) exciting N) self-punishing
   G) goal O) triumph
   H) initial [br] 【C1】
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答案 L
解析 该空格位于系动词are之后、in a new book之前，因此空格处可填入现在分词(构成现在进行时，描述正在发生的动作或进行的行为)或填入过去分词(与are一同构成被动语态)。因为该部分主语they指代的是cold showers，不是动作的执行者，不能使用进行时态，因此空格处需要填入动词的过去分词形式，构成被动语态。此处意为“一本新书《那些不能杀死我们的事情》______它们(冷水浴)”，即冷水浴被______，故答案为recommended“推荐”。
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