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1、2012职称英语考前通关训练营第12期新东方在线职称英语考试通关训练营活动介绍：在职称英语考试基础复习阶段主要任务按照考试大纲考试的5大考试题型进行专项练习，主要目的是熟悉题型和题目难度，了解自己的英语水平，为以后进行有针对性的复习打下基础。训练不分类别和级别。训练内容；概括大意与完成句子专项练习训练要求：阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有2项测试任务：(1)第14题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2-5段每段选择1个正确的小标题；(2)第58题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。Depression and the Elderly1We all fee
2、l sad at times.However, clinical depression is a serious matter.Clinical depression sometimes called major depression is a biologically based brain disorder that affects ones thoughts, feelings,behavior,and physical health.When people complain that they feel terrible,they have no interest or take no
3、 pleasure in things,have trouble sleeping, lack energy,have poor appetite,or cannot concentrate,depression is a definite possibility.2Depression in its many forms affects more than 6.5 million of the 35 million Americans who are 65 years or older.Most older people with depression have been suffering
4、 from episodes（发作）of the illness during much of their lives.For others,depression has a first onset（起病）in late life-even for those in their 80s and 90s.Depression in olderpersons is closely associated with dependency and disability and causes great suffering for the individual and the family.3Many o
5、lder people and their families dont recognize the symptoms of depression,arent aware that it is a medicalillnessand dont know how it is treated.Others may mistake the symptoms of depression as signs of dementia（痴呆）.Also,many older people think that depression is a character flaw（缺陷）and are worried a
6、bout being stigmatized（给带来耻辱）,so they blame themselves for their illness and are too ashamed（羞耻的）to get help.Others worry that treatment would be too costly.4Older persons with depression rarely seek treatment for the illness.Unrecognized and untreated depression has fatal consequences in terms of b
7、oth suicide and non-suicide mortality（死亡率）.The highest rate of suicide in theUSis among older white men.Depression is the single most significant risk factor for suicide in that population.Tragically,many of those people who go on to commit suicide have reached out for help20%see a doctor the day th
8、ey die,40the week they die and 70in the month they die。Yet depression is frequently missed.1Paragraph l2Paragraph 23Paragraph 34Paragraph 4AHow common is depression in later life ?BWhat is depression?CWhat relieves depression in older people?DWhy does depression in older people often go untreated?EC
9、an depression in older people be treated?FWhat are the consequences of untreated depression in older people?5Clinical depression is different from.6Depression in older people is strongly linked with.7Depression is regarded by many older people as.8Many older people commit suicide as a result of.Aa c
10、haracter flawBnormal sadness and griefCa definite possibilityDdependency and disabilityEa significant factorFunrecognized and untreated depression参考答案：1.B2.A3.D 4.F5.B6.D7.A8.F答案解析：1. 第一步利用排除法，在第一段中，作者没有提到older people，所以先排除C,D,E,F四个选项。在第一段中，作者解释了什么事抑郁，以及抑郁的一些症状，所以答案选择B。2. 在第二段中，作者主要讲了depression抑郁在老年
11、人生活中的普遍性，通过6.5 million，35 million这些数字可以知道它的影响之大，除此之外，文中海提到Most older people with depression大多数人患有抑郁，总体来说，第二段叙述的是抑郁病的普遍性，所以答案选择A。3. 在第三段中，有一个重复出现的关键词treat(ed)，所以答案锁定在D和E中。在本段中，作者主要讲了很多老年人不去治疗的原因，因为他们没有能够正确地了解这种病。而E选项的意思是说抑郁是否可以治疗，太片面；D选项意思是为什么老年人不去治疗抑郁症，所以答案选择D。4. 这道题的做题方法是关键词回归定位，在本段中第二句作者就说道了untrea
12、ted depression has fatal consequences，在所有的选项中只有F有consequences of untreated depression，所以答案选择F。5. 本体采用排除法，第一段最后一句话depression is a definite possibility.，故排除C；第二段倒数最后一句话Depression in olderpersons is closely associated with dependency and disability，故排除D；在第四段中Unrecognized and untreated depression，故排除F。第
13、五段第三句话Depression is the single most significant risk factor，故排除E。而A本身就是错误的说法，抑郁不是性格缺陷，所以答案选择B。6. 在第二段倒数最后一句话中Depression in olderpersons is closely associated with dependency and disability，associated with= linked with，所以答案选择D。7. 在第三段的第三句中，many older people think that depression is a character flaw（缺陷）指出，很多老年人认为抑郁是一种性格缺陷，故答案选择A。8. 首先大家要知道as a result of的意思是“由于，因为”的意思。在第五段中Unrecognized and untreated depression has fatal consequences in terms of both suicide and non-suicide mortality（死亡率）指出，根据自杀和不是自杀的死亡率，未被认出和未得到治疗的抑郁病会带来致命的后果，所以答案选择F。
