1.Anxiety has now surpassed depression as the most common mental health disease among college students,though depression,too,is on the rise.More than half of students visiting campus clinics cite anxiety as a health concern,according to a recent study of more than 100,000students nationwide by the Center for Collegiate Mental Health at Penn State.Nearly one in six college students has been diagnosed with or treated for anxiety within the last 12months,according to the annual national survey by the American College Health Association.
The causes range widely,experts say,from mounting academic pressure at earlier ages to overprotective parents to engagement with social media.Anxiety has always played a role in the development of a student's life,but now more students experience anxiety so acute that they are seeking professional help.Like many college clinics,the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services at the University of Central Florida (UCF)-one of the country's largest and fastest-growing universities,has seen sharp increases in the number of clients:15.2percent over last year alone.
Anxiety has become characteristic of the current generation of college students,said Dan Jones,the director of Counseling and Psychological Services at Appalachian State University in Boone,N.C.Because of increasingly pressures during high school,he and other experts say,students arrive at college preloaded with stress.Accustomed to extreme parental oversight,many seem unable to govern themselves.And with parents so accessible,students have had less incentive to develop life skills."They can't tolerate discomfort or having to struggle,"Dr Jones said.
More often,anxiety is mild and temporary,the indication of a student under the control of a normal developmental issue-learning time management,for example,or how to handle rejection from a sorority.Mild anxiety is often treatable with early,modest interventions.But to care for rising numbers of severely troubled students,many counseling centers have moved to triage protocols (分诊措施).That means that students with less urgent needs may wait several weeks for first appointments.
Like many college counseling centers,UCF has designed a variety of daily workshops and therapy groups that implicitly and explicitly address anxiety,depression and their triggers.Next fall the center will test a new app for treating anxiety with a seven-module cognitive behavioral program,accessible through a student's phone and augmented with brief videoconferences with a therapist.It also offers semester-long,90-minute weekly therapy groups,such as"Keeping Calm and in Control","Mindfulness for Depression"and"Building Social Confidence"-for students struggling with social anxiety.
28.Which of the following contributes to anxiety according to the text?C
A.Protection from teachers.B.An app in students'phones.
C.Increasingly learning pressure.D.Management of time learning.
29.What does the underlined word"incentive"in Paragraph 3probably mean?B
A.Prevention.B.Motivation.C.Acquisition.D.Direction.
30.What's the purpose of those therapy groups mentioned in the last paragraph?A
A.To help students suffering anxiety.
B.To test what social anxiety is.
C.To introduce the cognitive behavioral program of UCF.
D.To emphasize the importance of calm and confidence.
31.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?D
A.Tips on dealing with anxiety
B.Causes of anxiety and depression
C.Different mental diseases threaten college students
D.College mental health centers overburdened with anxious students.
分析 本文是一篇科教类阅读,焦虑已经超过了抑郁大学生心理健康最常见的疾病.尽管抑郁症,也在增加,超过半数的学生参观校园诊所认为焦虑是一个健康问题,根据最近全国100000多名学生的宾夕法尼亚大学心理健康中心的一项研究显示.本文以此展开,主要讲述了大学生的焦虑问题.
解答 28.答案:C.细节理解题.根据The causes range widely,experts say,from mounting academic pressure at earlier ages to overprotective parents to engagement with social media.可知,是由于日益增长的学业压力导致的焦虑.故选C.
29.答案:B.词义猜测题.根据.And with parents so accessible,students have had less incentive to develop life skills可知,和父母在一起,学生有更少的生活技能发展的动力.故可知incentive意为动力.故选B.
30.答案:A.细节理解题.根据It also offers semester-long,90-minute weekly therapy groups,such as"Keeping Calm and in Control","Mindfulness for Depression"and"Building Social Confidence"-for students struggling with social anxiety.可知,这些疗法组是为了帮助学生解决痛苦焦虑.故选A.
31.答案:D.主旨大意题.阅读全文,根据文章内容可知,本文主要讲述了大学心理健康中心里焦虑的学生很多的情况.故选D.
点评 本文是一篇科教类阅读,题目涉及多道细节理解题,词义猜测题,主旨大意题.做题时学生应仔细阅读原文,把握文章主要内容,联系文章上下文内容并结合所给选项含义,从中选出正确答案,一定要做到有理有据,切忌胡乱猜测.