Country-dwellers(農(nóng)村居民) often say the constant noise, heavy traffic and crowds of the city would drive them mad. Well, they might be right, according to the latest research. City residents are more likely to develop mental illnesses than those who live in villages, a study has found.

Researchers from Cardiff university examined the lifestyles of more than 200,000 people in Sweden and found that those who lived in urban areas were more at risk from mental illnesses than people who lived in villages.

The experts don’t know exactly why this is but they suggest that town and city residents are more likely to be ostracized(排擠) by those around them. They are more likely to experience discrimination(歧視) if they do not fit in, which can lead to them feeling anxious and even developing mental illnesses.

Dr Stanley Zammit, who led the research said that people living in towns and cities are more likely to develop other mental illnesses that result in personality changes — a condition known as non-affective psychosis(非情感性精神病).

Earlier this year an official report found that village-dwellers live an average of two years longer than those living in towns and cities. According to figures from the Office of National Statistics in the UK, men who live in villages are likely to live for between 78 and 79 years, while those in towns and cities can expect to survive to an age of 76. Women on average survive to their 81st birthday in towns and cities, but live to between 82 and 83 in villages. The small marked town of Wimborne Minster in rural Dorset was named the healthiest place to live in.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Country-dwellers are more likely to develop mental illnesses.

B. City-dwellers are more likely to develop mental illnesses.

C. Country-dwellers live longer than city-dwellers.

D. City-dwellers live longer than country-dwellers.

2.The research from Cardiff University was based on the people’s _________ .

A. interests.B. characters.C. occupations.D. lifestyles.

3.It can be inferred that ___________.

A. people like living in towns and cities

B. city-dwellers enjoy their peaceful city life

C. village-dwellers are more likely to be looked down upon by others

D. village-dwellers get along better with their neighbors than city-dwellers.

4.Non-affective psychosis is a kind of mental illnesses that is linked to ________

A. character change B. temperature rise

C. pressure increaseD. energy weakening

5.We can learn from the last paragraph that generally ________ .

A. women living in villages live the longest

B. women living in cities live the longest

C. men living in villages live the longest

D. men living in cities live the longest.

 

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.A

5.A

【解析】

試題分析:這篇文章講的是城市居民比農(nóng)村居民更有可能得精神疾病。原因可能是擁擠的交通,可怕的噪音,也可能是人與人之間冷漠的關(guān)系導(dǎo)致的。

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.83 in villages.可知住在農(nóng)村的女性活的更長,選A

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