Every day the 68-year-old woman in hospital room 673 read the newspaper, and many days she became a bit depressed afterward
What is the probable reason that reading the newspaper was upsetting her?
A. Articles about all the bad things happening both locally and nationally depressed her.
B. Newspapers have a political slant that she feels is totally wrong.
C. Obituaries of her friends represent the loss of part of her past.
D. Reading about the military actions and all the young people being killed was depressing.
ANS: C
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