2016年12月英语六级阅读真题解析.pdfVIP

2016 年12 月六级仔细阅读题解析 Passage Two Teenagers at risk of depression, anxiety and suicide often wear their troubles like a neon( 霓虹灯) sign. Their risky behaviors—drinking too much alcohol, using illegal drugs, smoking cigarettes and skipping school—can alert parents and teachers that serious problems are brewing. But a new study finds that there’s another group of adolescents who are in nearly as much danger of experiencing the same psychiatric symptoms: teens who use tons of media, don’t get enough sleep and have a sedentary(不爱活动的) lifestyle. In some ways they are at greater risk of falling through the cracks, says Vladimir Carli. While most parents, teachers and clinicians would react to an adolescent using drugs or getting drunk, they may easily overlook teenagers who are engaging in unobtrusive behaviors. The studys authors surveyed 12,395 students and analyzed nine risk behaviors, including excessive alcohol use, illegal drug use, heavy smoking, high media use and truancy(逃学). Their aim was to determine the relationship between these risk behaviors and mental health issues in teenagers. About 58% of the students demonstrated none or very few of the risk behaviors. Some 13% scored high on all nine of the risk behaviors. And 29%, the invisible risk group, scored high on three in particular: They spent five hours a day or more on electronic devices. They slept six hours a night or less. And they neglected other healthy activities. The group that scored high on all nine of the risk behaviors was most likely to show symptoms of depression; in all, nearly 15% of this cohort reported being depres