考试类型: Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Refuting the claim that the surest way to reduce anger is to express it, the author asserts that------- anger can actually increase its ------- .

A. denying . . impact

B. understanding . . importance

C. overcoming . . likelihood

D. venting . . intensity

E. voicing . . benefits

正确答案:D

解析:

Since the author denies that expressing anger is a way to lessen it, the author probably believes that expressing anger increases it. The only choice that fits is “venting . . intensity.”