1. (2023高一下·东莞月考) 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 

My mom is about to have a spinal（脊柱的）operation. The operation is 1 minor, but does carry a risk of paralysis（瘫痪）. Friends and family have 2 to this news by talking in such pessimistic terms that Mom has come to 3 this kind of talk as "psychological theft". It occurs when other people increase your anxiety 4 providing comfort.

Last week Mom 5 Geoff who works for the local school. "How are you?" he asked. "Not great," she replied, "I have been having some trouble with my back and I'm going to need a(n)6 .""Oh, the back the most 7 place to operate on! My mom had that and she was in terrible pain." He responded. Geoff's 8 had been kind. He'd given his own mother's story to show sympathy,9 Mom only heard danger and pain.

People could have 10 things that would be equally true, but more 11 to patients. "The specialists in our hospitals are among the best in the world."— That's a good one. "You're going to feel much better 12 ."— That's another.

I'm not suggesting patients should be 13 from the reality of the risks they're taking. But if the decision to have an operation can't really be 14 , what's the purpose of stressing the 15 ? It's just common sense to say, "Get well soon, and how can I help?"