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閱讀測驗是很多考生畏懼的英文題型之一，其實閱讀測驗的解題並不難，因為外國人寫文章都愛用破題法，只要看第一段即可知道文章大概在講什麼內容。例如在此篇文章的第一段中，有提到“trauma” (創傷)、“heal” (治療)，所以文章一定跟“創傷的治療”有關。

For the last decade, Pennebaker has pioneered research on the

role of confession in health. He found that not only talking but also

writing about traumas can be healing. “Just putting upsetting

experiences into words,” he explains, “has profound psychological

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and physical benefits for our participants.”

Trauma, it seems, is the great leveler. Few of us escape it, even

in our first two decades of life. Moreover, the recovery movement of

the 1980s and 1990s has taught us that we as a society have kept a

smothering blanket of secrecy over our traumas, covering up the truth

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in order to protect others and protect ourselves from pain. We’re

learning that speaking out often ends the cycle of abuse and liberates

us from both pain and isolation. Pennebaker’s writing method, while

not a public form of confession, is a personal form of

acknowledgment, emotional expression, and completion.

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Pennebaker says that the writing method works because people

confide both to others (namely, the psychologists who read the

essays) and to themselves. In fact, he believes that confiding one’s

deepest thoughts and feelings to one’s self is perhaps the most

healing aspect of his technique.

(  ) 1. According to the passage, trauma is “the great leveler,” because _____.

(A) it makes people calm down    (B) it is a common experience

(C) it leaves painful memory       (D) it can never be predictable

(  ) 2. The traditional treatment of traumas is to _____.

(A) provide warm blankets for victims (B) seek help from family and friends

(C) discuss the pain privately        (D) avoid talking about it

(  ) 3. Pennebaker thinks that the best way for people to heal trauma is to _____.

(A) forgive themselves            (B) forget the experience

(C) confess to themselves        (D) participate in group discussion

(  ) 4. The author writes the passage to _____.

(A) introduce a healing method

(B) tell people how to avoid trauma

(C) acknowledge Pennebaker’s contribution

(D) explain the evolution of recovery movement

英銘老師：閱讀測驗是很多考生畏懼的英文題型之一，其實閱題測驗的的解題並不難，因為外國人寫文章都愛用破題法，只要看第一段即可知道文章大概在講什麼內容。例如在此篇文章的第一段中，有提到“trauma” (創傷)、“heal” (治療)，所以文章一定跟“創傷的治療”有關。

第1題：根據這篇文章，為什麼創傷是偉大的校平器？根據文章的第6行，得知很少有人能逃避它，可見這是一件很平常的事。因此答案是(B)。

補充：

trauma  n. 創傷     (always)

Some soldiers will never recover from the trauma of war.

有些士兵永遠無法從戰爭的創傷中復原。

leveler  n.  使平等的人(事、物)、校平儀、平等主義者    (sometimes)

As the saying goes, death is the great leveler.

正如俗話所說，死後萬人皆平等。

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