British paychologists have found evidence of a link between excessive(过度的) Internet use and depression, a research has shown.
Leeds University researchers, writing in the Psychopathology journal, said a small part of Internet users were classed as Internet addicts and that people in this group were more likely to be depressed than non-addicted users.
The article on the relationship between excessive Internet use and depression is from a questionnaire-based study of 1,319 young people and adults.
The respondents answered questions about how much time they spent on the Internet and what they used it for; they also plete the Beck Depression Inventory---a series of questions designed to measure the seriousness of depression.
The six—page report, by the university’s Institute of Psychological Science, said 18 of the people who plete the questionnaire were Internet addict.“Our research indicates that excessive Internet use is associated with depression, but what we don’t know is which es first—are depressed people drawn to the Internet or does the Internet cause depression?” the article’s lead author Dr Catriona Morrison said.”What is clear is that, for a small part of people, excessive use of the Internet could be warning signal for depressive tendencies.”
The age range of all respondents was between 16 and 51 years, with an average age of 21.24. The average age of the 18 Internet addicts was 18.3 years. By paring the levels of depression within this group to that within a group of 18 non—addicted Internet users, researchers found the Internet addicts had a higher chance of developing depression than non-addicts. They also discovered that addicts spent more time visiting sexually pleasing website, online gaming sites and online munities.
“The public speculation（推测）was further proved by this study. That’s to say, over-engaging in websites which serve to replace normal social function might be linked to psychological disorders like depression and addiction,” Morrison said.”We now need to consider the wider social influence of this relationship and clearly prove the effects of excessive Internet use on mental health.”
【小题1】Internet addicts are people who according to the passage.A．use the Internet more than enoughB．feel depressed when using the InternetC．seldom connect to the InternetD．feel depressed without the Internet【小题2】What is confirmed by the study according to the passage?A．Depression leads to excessive use of InternetB．Depression results from excessive use of InternetC．Excessive use of internet usually acpanies depressionD．Excessive use of internet is usually earlier to depression【小题3】It is thought by the public that online munities .A．can never replace normal social functionB．are intended to replace normal social functionC．are associated with psychological disordersD．shouldn’t take the blame for psychological disorders【小题4】According to Dr Catriona Morrison, the public speculation .A．lacks scientific evidenceB．helps clarify their studyC．finds a theoretical basisD．has little scientific valueA
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(答案→)A
解析：
【小题1】推断题。 第2段是对第1段的解释说明，第2段提到的Internet addicts和depression之间的关系相当于第1段提到的excessive Internet use和depression之间的关系，由此对等关系可知Internet addicts应为“过度使用互联网的人”。因此，本题应选A。
【小题2】细节题。
原文该段表明，研究找到沉迷网络与抑郁症两者相关，但它们孰因孰果却不明确．该段最后一句中的 warning signal进一步说明了沉迷网络和抑郁症相关，对于沉迷网络的人，要小心他们同时患有抑郁症的可能，由此可见，沉迷网络的人通常伴有抑郁症，因此，本题应选C。
【小题3】细节题。
最后一段第1句提到的“那些旨在取代正常社变功能的网站”包括上一段最后一句提到的online munities，那么，很显然网上社区亦是为取代正常社交功能，因此，B正确，其中are intended to是对serve to的同义改写。关于A，最后一段第1句提到“那些旨在取代正常社交功能的网站”时，websites后的定语从句提供的内容属于中性，即该定语从句没有表明这些网站是好是坏，也没有讨论它们是否“能”真正地取代正常的社交功能，A缺乏原文依据，故不能选。C是对最后一段第1句中的might be linked to psychological disorders的近义改写．但原文中，这个谓语的主语为“过度使用……网站”，重点是“过度使用”，因此，那些网站本身与是否会造成心理失调无关，而原文也没有讨论这些网站本身和心理失调之间的关系，C和D都与原文不符。
【小题4】推断题。
原文表明Dr.Catriona Morrison认为公众的想法是正确的，因此．本题选C。Dr.Catriona Morrison没有从“科学性”去评论公众的猜想，因此，A无原文依据；本文表明Dr.Catriona Morrison的研究加固(更进一步证实)了公众的猜想，而B说的却是公众的猜想阐明了研究结果。显然与原文意思不符；D只是将第1句中的“公众猜想”和第2句中“需要进一步考虑”的问题硬扯在一起，属于随意拼凑。