首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The Village Green in New Milford, Connecticut, is a snapshot of New England charm: a carefully manicured lawn flanked by scrupul
The Village Green in New Milford, Connecticut, is a snapshot of New England charm: a carefully manicured lawn flanked by scrupul
admin
2014-01-27
102
问题
The Village Green in New Milford, Connecticut, is a snapshot of New England charm: a carefully manicured lawn flanked by scrupulously maintained colonial homes. Babysitters dandle kids in the wooden gazebo, waiting for commuter parents to return from New York. On a lazy afternoon last week Caroline Nicholas, 16, had nothing more pressing to do than drink in the early-summer sunshine and discuss the recent events in town. " I don’t think a lot of older people knew there were unhappy kids in New Milford, "she said, "I could see it coming. "
In a five-day period in early June eight girls were brought to New Milford Hospital after what hospital officials call suicidal gestures. The girls, all between 12 and 17, tried a variety of measures, including heavy doses of alcohol, over-the-counter medicines and cuts or scratches to their wrists. None was successful, and most didn’t require hospitalization; but at least two attempts, according to the hospital, could have been vital. Their reasons seemed as mundane as the other happen-stances of suburban life. "I was just sick of it all, "one told a reporter, "Everything in life. "Most alarming, emergency-room doctor Frederick Lohse told a local reporter that several girls said they were part of a suicide pact. The hospital later backed away from this remark . But coming in the wake of at least sixteen suicide attempts over the previous few months, this sudden cluster—along with the influx of media—has set this well-groomed suburb of 23, 000 on edge. At a town meeting last Wednesday night, Dr Simon Sobo, chief of psychiatry at the hospital, told more than 200 parents and kids, "We’re talking about a crisis that has really gotten out of hand. "Later he added, "There have been more suicide attempts this spring than I have seen in the 13 years I have been here. "
Sobo said that the girls he treated didn’t have serious problems at home or school. "Many of these were popular kids, "he said, "They got plenty of love, but beneath the reassuring signs, a swath of teens here are not making it. "Some say that drugs, Both pot and ’ real drugs’ , are commonplace. Kids have shown up with LIFE SUCKS and LONG LIVE DEATH penned on their arms. A few girls casually display scars on their arms where they cut themselves. "You’d be surprised how many kids try suicide, "said one girl, 17. "You don’t want to put pain on other people;you put it on yourself. "She said she used to cut herself "just to release the pain".
Emily, 15, a friend of three of the girls treated in June, said one was having family problems, one was "upset that day "and the third was "just upset with everything else going on". She said they weren’t really trying to kill themselves—they just needed concern. As Sobo noted, "What ’s going on in New Milford is not unique to New Milford. "The same underlying culture of despair could be found in any town. But teen suicide, he added, can be a "contagion". Right now New Milford has the bug—and has it bad.
Which of the statements about the teens is NOT true?
选项
A、They are ill-bred students in school.
B、Some of them take "real drugs".
C、Teens need attention.
D、A few casually display scars on their arms.
答案
A
解析
由本文倒数第二段可知,B、C、D均正确,只有A不对。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/tCXd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语五级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语五级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Ofthefollowingmovementsinstructedbythebrain,whichoneisnotmentionedinthearticle?Howdoes"noise"affectabasket
Psychologiststakecontrastiveviewsofhowexternalrewards,from(31)praisetocoldcash,affectmotivationandcreativity.B
Psychologiststakecontrastiveviewsofhowexternalrewards,from(31)praisetocoldcash,affectmotivationandcreativity.B
______islocatedintheheartofGreenwichVillage?______hasspecialprogramsdesignedforindividuals?
______thegamebeganinEnglandinthe1880s.______thefirstgamewasplayedwithasoccerball.
______thegamebeganinEnglandinthe1880s.______thegamewasextremelyrough.
______thegamebeganinEnglandinthe1880s.______in1984,itwasdecidedtoopenupthegametoallowotherdisabilitygroup
______bythelate1990sitspercapitaGNPwasthehighestinScandinavia?______itseconomywasgraduallyconvertedfromtradi
Writeanarticletitledas"KnowledgeEconomy".Youshouldwriteitaccordingtothefollowingoutline.Youshouldwriteno
Internationalinvestorsseemincapableofendingtheirloveaffairwiththedollar.America’seconomyhasslowedsharplythisye
随机试题
苯二氮革类能增加GABA能神经的突触抑制作用。
金融衍生工具的特点不包括()
患者,女,50岁。低热、消瘦就诊。2个月体重下降5kg。X线胸片示左上肺5cm×7cm团块状阴影,中心可见一厚壁空洞,洞壁欠光滑,无液平,余未见异常。既往体健。血常规检查示白细胞12.3×109/L,血红蛋白90g/L,血小板230×109/L。尿常规红
患者,男,l6岁,左下后牙龋洞,无明显自发疼痛,食物嵌入时疼。检查:左下6面龋坏,软化牙本质较多,叩(一),冷试敏感,电活力正常。去除无基釉后去腐敏感.不能全部去净该牙的初诊治疗是
诊断心肌坏死最特异和敏感的首选标志物是
某中学在学期末开展对学生的综合素质评价工作,不仅提前公布了评价的内容、标准、方法、程序以及相关评价人员和制度,设置了教师、学生、家长等多种人员参与的评价体系,还建立了相应的学生申诉制度。其最终目的是确保评价工作的()
将5个大小相同的正方形按右图的方式叠放,两个正方形重叠的位置刚好为边的中点。如果正方形的边长为8厘米,则这个组合图形的外周(下图粗线条)长度为()。
下列说法错误的是
______allthereferencestoverifytheinformation.
Whenreturningproductstous,youmusttakecaretoseethattheyarereceivedbyusandnotdamagedintransit.
最新回复
(
0
)