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The Ministry of Health has called for more awareness from the public on the mental health of the young, as part of efforts to mark World Mental Health Day.

More than 15 percent of the Chinese youth have been found with mental problems, and about 30 million young people under 17 are suffering from depression, the Shanghai­based Wenhui Daily reported.

The World Health Organization estimated that before 2020, the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent, and mental problem will become a major factor behind death and illness in the young worldwide.

Deng Xiaohong, the spokesperson for the Beijing municipal health bureau, said rapid social change is one of the reasons behind the rising number of youngsters with psychological problems.

If these mental diseases are not addressed on time, occurrence of crime, drug­taking and other dangerous behavior is expected to rise.

Experts said mental diseases could be caused by many factors, such as the inability to handle interpersonal relations well, unstable emotions and pressure from the overload of study.

A number of experts have also said the one­child policy is another reason leading to poor mental health in the young.

Children were said to be too “spoiled” and “selfish” in one­child families.

Schools in many cities were reported rolling out measures to help students maintain their mental well­being.

Yin Jingmiao, a teacher of the Beijing No.105 middle school, told China Daily that the school invites psychologists to provide counseling to students three times a month.

“Students can be arranged to have 40­minute counseling sessions,” Yin said.

The school also gives lectures on mental health to senior grade students before they take the national College Entrance Exams, to help ease any anxiety arising from the tests.

55. What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To urge awareness on mental health of the young.

B. To give the details of the problems the Chinese youth are facing today.

C. To recommend that schools should invite more psychologists to help solve the mental problems among the youth.

D. To show us the causes of the mental problems among students.

56. The underlined word “addressed” in the fifth paragraph most probably means _______.

A. talked about             B. dealt with           C. satisfied             D. introduced

57. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. By 2020, about 50 percent of the students in China will have mental problems.

B. Mental problems mainly appear among the youth while they are seldom seen among adults.

C. China has the largest number of youngsters with psychological problems.

D. Many schools have realized the problem and taken measures.

58. We can infer that to bring down the occurrence of mental problems among the youth, _______.

A. attention should be paid to the education of the only child

B. psychologist must be a necessary part of school

C. the government will cancel tests to ease the pressure on the students

D. rapid social change plays the leading part in causing mental problems

Answer 1

ABDA

55.A 本文主要是论述年轻人的精神健康问题,以引起全社会的关注。文章第一段就已经点明了主题,所以选A项。

56.B 根据条件状语从句与主句的关系可知,B项合适,deal with意思是”处理,应付”。

57.D 文章最后四段提到很多学校已经意识到这一问题,并采取一些针对性的措施,故选D项。A项错在并非中国的学生；文章未提及成年人的精神健康问题,故B项错误；文章也没有说有心理问题的年轻人中国最多,故也可排除C项。

58.A 文章第七、八段提到独生子女也是造成青少年精神问题的原因之一,所以要关注对独生子女的教育,故选A项。B项表达过于绝对；未提到政府将要取消考试,故排除C项；文章也未说快速的社会变革是导致心理问题最主要的原因,定语不准确,故D项也不对。