The loss of a child through "sudden infant death syndrome," also known as SIDS or crib death—the sudden and ＿＿（37）＿＿ death of an apparently healthy, sleeping infant—is an especially 38 experience. Parents often develop feelings of guilt and ＿＿（39）＿＿ , thinking that they somehow caused the child's death. To ＿＿（40）＿＿ such feelings, organizations have been established to help parents accept the fact that they did not cause the death.
第 40 格應填入：
Aalleviate正確答案
Baccelerate
Celaborate
Dsubstantiate
答案與詳解
A
正確答案
空格考動詞語意：組織設立是為了「減輕」父母的罪惡感與自責，選 alleviate（減輕）。
為什麼答案是 A
alleviate 意為「減輕、緩解」。短文指出父母發展出罪惡感與自責（guilt and 39），而組織的設立目的是幫助父母接受「他們並未造成孩子死亡」這一事實，正是為了減輕這些負面感受，語意完全吻合。
