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survey, on, compare, both, find, opposite, to, low, necessary, whether, increase, high

At present, quite a few teens spend much time with their iPods listening to music, but a new study suggests that teens who spend too much time listening to music may be at1. risk of depression (抑郁癥).

The study, led by Brian, an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,

2. that teens who listened to music more often had 80% higher risk of depression, 3. with teens who listened to music less often.

According to the study, teens who most often listened to music could listen for at least four 4. five hours a day.

“At this point, it’s not clear 5. depressed people begin to listen to more music to escape, or whether listening to large amounts of music can lead to depression, or 6. ,” said Brian in a statement. However, researchers found that reading books had the 7. result: with increase in time spent reading, teens’ risk of depression dropped 50%.

For the study, the researchers 8. 106 teens of 7 to 17 for two months. According to the survey, music showed strong associations (聯(lián)系) with 9. depression risk. But that doesn’t 10. mean that music causes depression — for some depressed teens, music may even help.

 

Answer 1

1.higher

2.found

3.compared

4.to

5.whether

6.both

7.opposite

8.surveyed

9.increased

10.necessarily

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了研究顯示花費時間太多聽音樂可能得抑郁癥的風(fēng)險更高。據(jù)調(diào)查,音樂與增加抑郁風(fēng)險表現(xiàn)出強烈的聯(lián)系但是那并不是意味著音樂必然導(dǎo)致抑郁。對于一些抑郁癥的青少年，音樂可能還有幫助作用。

1.】但是一項新的研究顯示花費時間太多聽音樂可能得抑郁癥的風(fēng)險更高，根據(jù)句意，故填higher

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考點：科普類短文。