A new study of 8,000 young people in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior shows that although love can make adults live healthily and happily, it is a bad thing for young people. Puppy love (早戀) may bring stress for young people and can lead to depression . The study shows that girls become more depressed than boys, and younger girls are the worst of all.
The possible reason for the connection between love and higher risk of depression for girls is “l(fā)oss of self”. According to the study, even though boys would say “l(fā)ose themselves in a romantic relationship”, this “l(fā)oss of self” is much more likely to lead to depression when it happens to girls. Young girls who have romantic relationships usually like hiding their feelings and opinions. They won’t tell that to their parents.
Dr Marian Kaufman, an expert on young people problems, says 15% to 20% young people will have depression during their growing. Trying romance often causes the depression. She advises kids not to jump into romance too early. During growing up, it is important for young people to build strong friendships and a strong sense of self. She also suggests the parents should encourage their kids to keep close to their friends, attend more interesting school activities and spend enough time with family.
Parents should watch for signs of depression -- eating or mood changes -- and if they see signs from their daughters or sons, they need to give help. The good news is that the connection between romance and depression seems to become weak with age. Love will always make us feel young, but only maturity (成熟) gives us a chance to avoid its bad side effects.
【小題1】Which of the following is more likely to have depression?

A．Young people who have a strong sense of selfishness.
B．Young girls who always hide their feelings and opinions.
C．Young boys whose parents watch for their behavior.
D．Careless parents whose children are deep in love.
【小題2】What can be inferred from the passage?
A．The older a woman is, the less likely she seems to lose herself in romance.
B．Lacking love can lead young people to grow up more quickly.
C．Early love makes young people keep close to their friends and parents.
D．Parents should help their children to be aware of the signs of depression.
【小題3】What’s the author’s attitude towards puppy love?
A．Confused. B．Disinterested.
C．Scared. D．Disapproving.
【小題4】What’s the main idea of the passage?
A．Puppy love may bring young people depression.
B．Parents should forbid their children’s love.
C．Romance is a two ­ edged sword for adults.
D．Romance is good for young people


【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：通過調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，雖然愛是美好的，但是青少年之間過早的戀愛卻會帶來壓力，使他們失去自我，嚴(yán)重的會導(dǎo)致抑郁。調(diào)查還表明在早戀的危害中女孩子患抑郁的可能性會更高一些。并且專家還建議父母要警惕孩子出現(xiàn)抑郁的征兆。
【小題1】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第二段可知女孩子容易在早戀中迷失自我，而且Young girls who have romantic relationships usually like hiding their feelings and opinions.也提示這類孩子在早戀中容易患上抑郁，故B選項(xiàng)正確。
【小題2】A推理判斷題。由The good news is that the connection between romance and depression seems to become weak with age.判斷隨著年齡的增長，浪漫和抑郁間的關(guān)系也隨之變?nèi)酰訟選項(xiàng)正確。
【小題3】D推理判斷題。A 困惑的；B 不關(guān)心的，無興趣的；C 恐懼的；D 不贊成的。文章末句Love will….but only maturity gives us a chance to avoid its bad side effects. 表明了作者的態(tài)度是不贊同的，故正確選項(xiàng)為D。
【小題4】A主旨大意題。新聞?wù){(diào)查類文章一般開頭提出中心。此篇文章開頭提出調(diào)查結(jié)果，然后又詳細(xì)介紹調(diào)查內(nèi)容以及對此專家給的建議。所以文章中心應(yīng)該是早戀會導(dǎo)致抑郁。A為正確選項(xiàng)。
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