Passage 3
Let's not mince words: college can be tough. According to a 2007 study by the American College Health Association, 43 percent of students reported having felt “so depressed it was difficult to function” at least once in the prior year. Other studies, based on student surveys, suggest that one in five undergraduates reported having an eating disorder, one in six had deliberately cut or burned themselves and one in ten had considered suicide.
Given those numbers, it's deeply troubling that in 2007 just 8.5 percent of students used their college's counseling services. In other words, students were more likely to consider killing themselves than to seek help. Students feel more afraid to discuss mental-health problems. They think they'll be labeled as the craze kid who'll shoot up the school.
Counselors say that while they do keep an eye out for students who might pose a risk to other's, the overwhelming majority of their patients are no threat to anyone but themselves. Counseling services must look for new ways to reach out to troubled students and let them know that seeking treatment is a strong, smart thing. At Harvard, students can win iPods for attending mental-health screening sessions and are invited to “pajama party” panels, where flannel-clad counselors dispense milk and cookies along with advice about the importance of sleep. “There's still a high level of stigma,” says Richard Kadison, head of Harvard's mental-health services. “We're trying to find creative ways of getting the message out.”
Many campuses also offer online services allowing students to complete informal diagnostic quizzes away from the prying eyes of their peers. The results are confidential, but can help nudge students toward counseling services. Besides, many colleges encourage parents to pitch in, whether by watching out for warning signs or by coaxing their kids to seek help. Philadelphia University now issues students' relatives with a calendar highlighting the toughest times of the year for freshmen, while the University of Minnesota offers online workshops, where parents can learn about conditions such as anxiety and Asperger's syndrome.
Still, students and counselors agree that the most effective outreach programs are those led but students themselves. “It's different when you hear something from another student,” says Semmie Kim, a neuroscience major who founded MIT's chapter of Active Minds in 2007. She's held events like a bubble-wrap stomp to help students vent pre-exam stress, but says her group's most important role is to provide troubled peers with a sympathetic ear. “We want to make students realize they're not alone,” she says. “College will always be tough, but there's no need to suffer in silence.”
The statement “College can be tough” is used to introduce ________.
文章第一段第一句在提到上大学会有困难之后，紧接着提到了美国大学健康协会2007年的研究和一些 别的研究，说的都是学生的精神问题。因此这个说法是用来介绍大学里精神疾病的严重性。因此选A。
According to Para. 2, few troubled students turn to counselors for help because they ________.
根据文章第二段第三句和第四句可知，学生害怕谈论他们的精神疾病，因为他们怕被别人认为是会胡 乱开枪扫射学校的疯子。也就是说一些有问题的学生向辅导员寻求帮助是因为他们害怕被同学嘲笑。因此 选C。
Which of the following is still bothering the counselors?
文章第三段第二句提到“Counseling services must look for new ways to reach out to troubled students and let them know that seeking treatment is a strong, smart thing.”。第四段第二句提到“We're trying to find creative ways of getting the message out.”。咨询服务还在寻找新的方式接触有精神疾病的学生，要让他们知道寻求治 疗才是最正确的。因此让辅导员最头疼的事是咨询服务如何能够被学生接受。因此选D。
It can be inferred from Para. 4 that ________.
由文章第四段第三句“many colleges encourage parents to pitch in, whether by watching out for warning signs or by coaxing their kids to seek help.”可知，许多大学让家长也参与进来，注意孩子身上警示迹象的出现 和哄孩子去寻求帮助。也就是说家长在解决孩子的精神疾病上发挥着重要的作用。因此选B。
Semmie Kim believes that the most effective mental-health service at college is ________.
根据文章最后一段第一句“the most effective outreach programs are those led but students themselves.”可 知，最有效的方式还是得靠学生。也就是说在金姆看来，大学里治疗精神疾病最有效的方式是同龄人的安 慰和帮助。因此选A。