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On the long list of worries that Mom and Dad have when a child goes to college-grades, home-sickness, partying there’s a new iss
On the long list of worries that Mom and Dad have when a child goes to college-grades, home-sickness, partying there’s a new iss
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2012-08-05
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问题
On the long list of worries that Mom and Dad have when a child goes to college-grades, home-sickness, partying there’s a new issue gaining prominence: the apparent rise in mental illness on campus. More than 1,100 college students commit suicide each year, according to estimates by mental-health groups. And even when students aren’t in acute distress, they’re suffering in surprisingly large numbers. In a 2003 survey by the American College Health Association, more than 40 percent of students reported feeling "so depressed that it was difficult to function" at least once during the year. Thirty percent identified themselves as suffering from an anxiety disorder or depression.
While there is debate over why the numbers seem to be rising, there’s also concern that colleges aren’t dealing with the problem adequately. In January 2004 the Crimson, Harvard’s student newspaper, published a widely discussed five-part series which concluded that "an overwhelming majority" of Harvard undergraduates experience mental-health problems, and that the university’s shortcomings in helping them were creating "a pervasive mental-health crisis" on the campus.
Given that kind of assessment, it’s inevitable that mental-health issues are starting to filter into admissions conversations. One counselor at an East Coast private high school says that during the 2003-04 admissions cycle, officials from two colleges confided they were particularly focused on admitting a class that was "rock solid" emotionally-both to help prevent suicides and to reduce the toll on overbooked school therapists. MIT Admissions Dean Marilee Jones says she’s looking to enroll "emotionally resilient" students. "If we think someone will crumble the first time they do poorly on a test, we’re not going to admit them," she says. "So many kids are coming in, feeling the need to be perfect, and so many kids are medicated now. If you need a lot of pharmaceutical support to get through the day, you’re not a good match for a place like MIT."
Since the admissions process requires students to appear flawless, many families avoid disclosing a child’s history of emotional problems, especially before they get an acceptance letter. How-ever, parents are starting to ask tough questions about just which kind of mental-health services they can expect from schools. Those inquiries become particularly acute at colleges that suffer high-pro-file student suicides.
According to the passage, the mental health problem may originate from _______.
选项
A、a lack of ability to find a girlfriend.
B、the pressure of earning money.
C、the desire for college admission.
D、the desire to be perfect.
答案
D
解析
推理题。文章第三段提到学生“feeling the need to be perfect”(感觉到需要事事追求完美)。第四段提到学校在招生时“require the students to appear flawless”(要求学生看起来完美无缺)。文章中没有涉及到选项A和B。选项C也不是问题的症结所在,因为许多学生即使在被录取以后,精神方面的压力还是存在,所以正确答案是D。
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