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  3. In my experience, the more people have, the less likely they are to be contented. Indeed, there is abundant evidence that depres

In my experience, the more people have, the less likely they are to be contented. Indeed, there is abundant evidence that depres

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问题     In my experience, the more people have, the less likely they are to be contented. Indeed, there is abundant evidence that depression is a " disease of affluence," a disorder of modern life in the industrialized world. People who live in poorer countries have a lower risk of depression than those in industrialized nations. In general, countries with lifestyles that are furthest removed from modern standards have the lowest rates of depression.
    Within the U. S. , the rate of depression of members of the Old Order Amish—a religious group that shuns modernity in favor of lifestyles roughly imitating those of rural Americans a century ago—is as low as one 10th that of other Americans. Psychologist Martin Seligman, originator of the field of positive psychology and director of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, has studied the Old Order Amish, along with other pre-modern cultures. He concludes: "Putting this together, there seems to be something about modern life that creates fertile soil for depression. "
    Another prominent researcher, Stephen Ilardi, professor of psychology at the University of Kansas and author of The Depression Cure, observes, "The more ’ modern’ a society’s way of life, the higher its rate of depression. It may seem baffling, but the explanation is simple: the human body was never designed for the modern postindustrial environment. "
    More and more of us spend most of our time indoors. We eat industrial food much altered from its natural sources, and there is reason for concern about how our changed eating habits are affecting our brain activity and our moods. We are deluged by an unprecedented overload of information and stimulation in this age of the Internet, email, mobile phones, and multimedia, all of which favor social isolation and certainly affect our emotional and physical health. This kind of life simply was not an option throughout most of human history, as there was no infrastructure to support it, much less require it.
    Human beings evolved to thrive in natural environments and in bonded social groups. Few of us today can enjoy such a life and the emotional equilibrium it engenders, but our genetic predisposition for it has not changed. The term " nature-deficit disorder" has recently entered the popular vocabulary.It was coined by the author Richard Louv to explain a wide range of behavior problems in children who spend less time outdoors but now is invoked as the root cause of an even wider range of both physical and emotional ailments in people of all ages who are disconnected from nature.
    I believe we are gathering scientific evidence for the benefits of living close to nature, not simply for enjoying its beauty or getting spiritual sustenance but for keeping our brains and nervous systems in good working order.
Which of the following statements about" nature-deficit order" is true?
选项 A、This is a psychological disease specific to children.
B、It is a disease triggered by detachment from outdoor life.
C、The symptom of nature-deficit order in children and adults are the same.
D、The connotation of this term has remained unchanged since it was coined.
答案B
解析 题干中的关键词“nature-deficit order”出现在文章的第五段。“大自然缺失症”由理查德.勒夫创造，用以描述那些宅居在家、极少外出的孩子身上存在的形形色色的行为问题。这是这个概念最初的含义，但是时至今日，“大自然缺失症”已然成为一系列更为广泛的生理和情感疾病的病根，患者覆盖了各个年龄段，他们都切断了自身与大自然的联系。据此，我们可以判断[A]、[D]错误。[C]答案说“大自然缺失症”的症状在孩子和大人身上表现得完全一样，这一点我们无法根据文章内容推断出来。因此只有[B]是正确答案。
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