Men Too May Suffer from Domestic Violence
Nearly three in 10 men have experienced violence at the hands of1 an intimate partner during their lifetimes,according to one of the few studies to look ____1____ domestic violence and health among men.
"Many men actually do experience domestic violence,although we don't hear about it____2____,"Dr.Robert J.Reid of the University of Washington in Seattle,one of the study's authors,told Reuters Health."They often don't tell____3____we don't ask.We want to get the message out2 to men who____4____experience domestic violence that they are not alone and there are resources available to____5____."
The researchers asked study participants about physical abuse and non-physical____6____,such as threats that made them____7____for3 their safety,controlling behavior(for example,being told who they could associate with and where they could go),and constant name-calling.
Among men 18 to 54 years old,14.2 percent said they had experienced intimate partner____8____in the past five years,while 6.1 percent reported domestic violence in the previous year.
Rates were lower for men 55 and____9____,with 5.3 percent reporting violence in the past five years and 2.4 percent having experienced it in the past 12 months.
Overall,30.5 percent of men younger than 55 and 26.5 percent of older men said they had been victims of____10____violence at some point in their lives.About half of the violence the men____11____was physical.
However,the physical violence men reported wasn't as harsh as____12____suffered by women in a previous study;20 percent to 40 percent of the men rated it as severe,compared to 61 percent of____13____
Men who reported experiencing domestic violence had more emotional and mental health problems____14____those who had not,especially older men,the____15____found.
练习：
1.A.by B.at C.on D.for
2.A.never B.often C.ever D.now
3.A.and B.but C.yet D.unless
4.A.to B.no C.do D.go
5.A.us B.him C.you D.them
6.A.strength B.labor C.abuse D.exercise
7.A.hope B.fear C.wait D.look
8.A.violence B.attitude C.friendship D.stress
9.A.younger B.junior C.senior D.older
10.A.normal B.necessary C.domestic D.foreign
11.A.enjoyed B.experienced C.performed D.committed
12.A.this B.those C.that D.one
13.A.women B.people C.adults D.children
14.A.from B.than C.except D.despite
15.A.victims B.participants C.researchers D.partners
答案与题解：
1.B look at表示"观察、研究"。
2.B根据上下文可以推断,此处应选表示"经常"意思的often一词。
3.A这句话的意思是他们经常不说而我们也不问"。所以应用and一词连接两个并列成分。
4.C本段中的第一句已经出现过do experience的用法,表示"的确经历过"。
5.D前面出现的是men一词,与其对应的应是them.
6.C前面出现了physical abuse,与其并列自然应是non-physical abuse.
7.B既然是威胁,肯定会令他们为自身安全担忧,而fear for their safety正表示这样的意思。
8.A 从第一句中的violence at the hands of an intimate partner 就可以推断,此处应选violence 一词。
9.D因为前面提到了18～54岁的男人,因此此处应是55岁及55岁以上的男人。
10.C前面已经多次出现过domestic violence的搭配。
11.B前面已经多次出现过experience violence这一搭配,而上下文也表明此处表示的意思是男人"遭受的"家庭暴力。
12.C用that 指代妇女遭受的physical violence.
13.A因为是在与男人做比较,所以应选women.
14.B本句中前面出现了表示比较的more一词,此处自然应选than一词。
15.C结果只能是"研究者"发现的。
