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The global financial crisis is likely to cause increased mental health problems and even suicides（自殺）as people struggle to deal with poverty and unemployment, the World Health Organization warned Thursday.
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are already affected by mental problems such as depression and bipolar disorders (帶狂躁的抑郁癥) and the current market meltdown (崩潰) could worsen feelings of despair among people who can't stand such illnesses.
The United Nations agency said the impact could be especially marked for those living in low and middle income countries where access to treatment is often limited.
“We should not be surprised at the turbulence (動(dòng)蕩) and likely consequences of the current financial crisis. Now we are seeing a huge gap in taking care of people in great need,” WHO director general Margaret Chan told at a meeting of mental health experts.
“It should not come as a surprise that we continue to see more stresses, suicides and mental disorders,” Chan warned.
Benedetto Saraceno, director of WHO's mental health, said mental health disorders affected one in four people at some point in their lives.
Mental and neurological disorders are often chronic (慢性的) and disabling, he said. Nearly 1 million people commit suicide worldwide every year, a large proportion (比例) of them are young adults.
Asked about the financial crisis, Saraceno said, “Poverty can be the consequence of such events, the debts, despair and sense of loss that may reach middle and lower classes. Even the poor can be affected by this crisis.”
“There is a clear evidence that suicide is linked to financial disasters. I am not talking about the millionaire's jumping out of the window but about poor people,” he said. The global crisis could be expected to affect the “stability（穩(wěn)定）of communities and families”, according to Saraceno.
67．According to the passage, the chief result of the worldwide financial crisis is that  ________ . 
A．more people will be poorer                    
B．more people will be out of jobs
C．more people will suffer from mental problems    
D．more people will commit suicide
68．The United Nations agency worried that________. 
A．more rich people would commit suicide
B．the financial crisis might especially influence developing or underdeveloped countries
C．the current market meltdown could worsen feelings of despair
D．hundreds of millions of people in the world were already affected by mental problems
69．It is implied that ________.  
A．far more work should be done to help those who are mentally ill
B．it will be surprising to see more people commit suicide
C．a(chǎn) mental disorder is a chronic disease
D．many more adults commit suicide worldwide than people of other ages
70．The best title for the passage is _________.  
A．Consequences of Global Financial Crisis.
B．Mental Disorders Resulting From Global Financial Crisis.
C．Suicides as a Result of Market Meltdown.
D．Chronic Mental Disorders.
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Dear Abby,
This is my first letter to you, although I have been reading your column for many years. I need an outside opinion.
I am a grandmother in my 70s and have just returned from visiting my daughter, her husband and their three dearly loved children--all under the age of 5--and I'm upset with some of their parenting ways.
For example: They lock the doors to their children's bedrooms at night because the children might get out of their beds and wander around the house, and we may not hear them."
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--- Gram
Dear Gram,
Children's bedroom doors should not be locked. Should a flash fire break out, it would be a nightmare (噩夢(mèng)).Punishing all the children when only one has earned the punishment is a good way to make them grow up to hate each other. Children who use "naughty" words should not be punished with hot sauce in the mouth-they should be taught the proper and acceptable word to use instead of the "naughty" word. 
---  Abby
49. Gram's daughter _____________.
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United States  1375
Australia      1160
South Africa    575
France        352
New Zealand   338
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　A. Britain         B. Europe      C. America          D. France
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　A. Captain Cook was interested in surfing.
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　D. Surfing is the third theme of geography.
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　A. excited Europeans               B. gradually lost its strength
　C. died out                       D. became more and more popular
63 What would be the best title for the text?
　A. The spread of surf culture.         B. The history of surf culture.
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