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Could city living be making you crazy? A new report says that weak social ties may be to blame for the higher rate of mental disorders in cities, for people are too occupied to connect with others. Thus, cities packed with people can actually make people feel disconnected, nameless and socially isolated.
Dr Stanley Zammit of Cardiff University in Wales led the study published in Archives of General Psychiatry , where the goal of the research was to determine whether individual, school or area characteristics had a specific link to mental disease. Living in a city was associated with a 41 percent higher chance of mental disease compared to rural living. The team gathered data from more than 200, 000 people living in Sweden. Those individuals were all born between 1972 and 1977.
The team analyzed factors related to the individuals, including the schools they attended and the neighborhoodsthey lived in. Out of all the factors examined, a weak social connection at the school level was the most significant. Kids who were immigrants, who changed cities between ages 8 and 16 or who were raised in a single-parent home suffer from a higher risk of mental disease.
The finding suggests inviting a few friends to get out of the city for a walk in nature can reduce stress. Other studies have shown getting outdoors for some "green exercise" may help stop depression, too. It has also been shown that social networks provide support to improve mental health. In fact, a recent research showed happy people talk more.
21. What do we learn about cities packed with people from the text?
A.They strengthen social ties.
B.They have led to mental disease.
C.They make people feel separate from others.
D.They get rid of people's names.
22.The underlined word "chance" in Paragraph 2 may beclose to " inmeaning.
A. possibility B. opportunity
C. luck D. accident
23.Which of the following people may least have mental disease?
A.People who moved to another country while they were young.
B.People who kept moving homes from one city to another when theywerein middle school.
C.People who were regular visitors to their school friends.
D.People who lived only with a father or a mother in childhood.
24.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that
A.going outdoors for some exercise will surely make you relaxed
B.inviting friends to walk in nature can reduce stress
C.talkative people are always happy
D.good social relationship is helpful for mental health
