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Could city living be making you crazy? A new re?port says that weak social ties may be to blame for the higher rate of mental disorders in cities, for people are too occupied to connect with others. Thus, cities packed with people can actually make people feel disconnected, nameless and socially isolated.

Dr Stanley Zammit of Cardiff University in Wales led the study published in Archives of General Psychia?try ，where the goal of the research was to determine whether individual, school or area characteristics had a specific link to mental disease. Living in a city was asso?ciated with a 41 per cent higher chance of mental disease compared to rural living. The team gathered data from more than 200,000 people living in Sweden. Those indi?viduals were all born between 1972 and 1977.

The team analyzed factors related to the individuals, including the schools they attended and the neighbourhoods

they lived in. Out of all the factors examined, a weak social connection at the school level was the most significant. Kids who were immigrants, who changed cities between ages 8 and 16 or who were raised in a single-parent home suffer from a higher risk of mental disease.

The finding suggests inviting a few friends to get out of the city for a walk in nature can reduce stress. Other studies have shown getting outdoors for some "green exercise" may help stop depression, too. It has also been shown that social networks provide support to improve mental health. In fact, a recent research showed happy people talk more.

1. What do we learn about cities packed with people from the text?

A.They make people feel separate from others.

B.They have led to mental disease.

C.They strengthen social ties.

D.They get rid of people's names.

2.The underlined word "chance" in Paragraph 2 may be

close to "    in meaning.

A. opportunity B. possibility

C. luck D. accident

3.Which of the following people may least have mental disease?

A.People who moved to another country while they were young.

B.People who kept moving homes from one city to another when they were in middle school.

C.People who lived only with a father or a mother in childhood.

D.People who were regular visitors to their school friends.

4.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that .

A.going outdoors for some exercise will surely make you relaxed

B.inviting friends to walk in nature can reduce stress

C.good social relationship is helpful for mental health

D.talkative people are always happy

Answer 1

【文章大意】本文是一篇研究报告。报告指出，城市松散的人际关系使人们缺乏归属感，容易患精神疾病。

A细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句"Thus, cities packed with people can actually make people feel disconnected, nameless and socially isolated."可知，城市使人们社会关系松散，使人们彼此感觉到互相隔离，故选A项。

B词义猜测题。根据文章第一段第二句"A new report says that weak social ties may be to blame for the higher rate of mental disorders in cities…"可推知，生活在城市的人们比生活在农村的人们因为社会关系松散而更有可能患精神疾病， 故此处chance意为"可能性"，故选B项。

D推理判断题。根据文章第三段的"Out of all the factors ex-amined, a weak social..."可排除A、B、C项，并由此推知，经常去看同学的人不大可能患精神疾病，因为这些人与他人保持着密切的社会交往，故选D项。

C推理判断题。根据文章最后一段倒数第二句"It has also been shown that social networks provide support to improve mental health."可推知，良好的社会关系有助于促进人们的精神健康，故选C项。