Depression isn’t just feeling down. It’s a real illness with real causes. Depression can be set off by stressful life events, like divorce or a death in the family or it can appear suddenly, for no apparent reason. Some people think you can try to get yourself out of a depression. That’s not true. Many doctors believe that one thing that may cause depression is an imbalance of serotonin (血清素) —chemical in your body. If this happens, you may have trouble sleeping. Feel unusually sad or irritable. Find it hard to concentrate. Lose your appetite. Lack energy or have trouble feeling pleasure. These are some of the symptoms (症状) that can point to depression—especially if they last for more than a couple of weeks.
To help fight depression, the medicine doctors prescribe now most often is Prozac. Prozac isn’t a "happy pill". It won’t turn you into a different person.
Some people do experience mild side effects, like ups
A. Unhappy events happening in one's life.
B. A lack of balance of a chemical in one's body.
C. Difficulty in concentrating on something.
D. Sad feelings, lacking energy and eating disorder.
Depression isn’t just feeling down. It’s a real illness with real causes. Depression can be set off by stressful life events, like divorce or a death in the family or it can appear suddenly, for no apparent reason. Some people think you can try to get yourself out of a depression. That’s not true. Many doctors believe that one thing that may cause depression is an imbalance of serotonin (血清素) —chemical in your body. If this happens, you may have trouble sleeping. Feel unusually sad or irritable. Find it hard to concentrate. Lose your appetite. Lack energy or have trouble feeling pleasure. These are some of the symptoms (症状) that can point to depression—especially if they last for more than a couple of weeks.
To help fight depression, the medicine doctors prescribe now most often is Prozac. Prozac isn’t a "happy pill". It won’t turn you into a different person.
Some people do experience mild side effects, like ups
A. a mental state that can be overcome without medicine
B. an illness that no medicine can cure
C. an experience everyone has in his life time
D. something you can avoid by leading a happy life
Depression isn’t just feeling down. It’s a real illness with real causes. Depression can be set off by stressful life events, like divorce or a death in the family or it can appear suddenly, for no apparent reason. Some people think you can try to get yourself out of a depression. That’s not true. Many doctors believe that one thing that may cause depression is an imbalance of serotonin (血清素) —chemical in your body. If this happens, you may have trouble sleeping. Feel unusually sad or irritable. Find it hard to concentrate. Lose your appetite. Lack energy or have trouble feeling pleasure. These are some of the symptoms (症状) that can point to depression—especially if they last for more than a couple of weeks.
To help fight depression, the medicine doctors prescribe now most often is Prozac. Prozac isn’t a "happy pill". It won’t turn you into a different person.
Some people do experience mild side effects, li
A. Prozac is a medicine prescribed occasionally by doctors.
B. When taking Prozac few people can have a side effect.
C. Prozac can help one fight depression, but it doesn't suit everyone.
D. Only a small number of Americans have taken Prozac in recent years.
Passage Two
Danny was just tired about the way things were going. His Mum came to the school and went on and on about Rick Jackson. It seemed that she would never stop talking. "Somebody’s got to stop that boy !" she was shouting. "Rick’s troubling everybody in the neighborhood (四邻). And be loves to pick on (找麻烦) little boys like Danny."
Mrs. Green, Danny’s teacher, was concerned (关心) a lot. "I didn’t know that Danny was being picked on," she answered. "He’s never said anything about this to me!" Mrs. Green looked at Danny. "How long bas this been going on" she asked. Danny could only shake his head and look at the floor. He knew if he said a word about this, he would have trouble after school.
Danny hadn’t said anything about the problem because he wanted to do things with other boys in the neighborhood. After all, most of them were nice to him. He hated to leave
A. was tired of the school and his friends
B. had no friends at all
C. was not sure what he should do with the problem
D. made some new friends in the neighborhood
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