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1、高考阅读练习：theEffectsofBeingBulliedQuestions:1.Whatisthemainideaofthistext?2.Didyouhavesuchanexperienceofbeingbulliedinschool?Pleasedescribeitandtalkaboutyourfeeling. Apopularexpressiongoes,"Whatdoesnotkillusmakesusstronger."Butwhenitcomestobeingbullied,thatmayn

2、otbethecase.Increasingevidencesuggeststhattheeffectsofbeingbullieddonotendwithchildhood.Thepsychologicalandphysicaldamage,suchasanxietyanddepression,cancontinueintoadulthood.ArecentDukeUniversityreportshowsthatbullyingcanhavepermanenteffects.Thereportisbased

3、onresearchthatbeganin1993.TheGreatSmokyMountainsstudyobserved1,420childrenfromwesternNorthCarolinaforyears.Thescientistsfollowedthepeopleastheywentthroughchildhoodtoteenyearsandintoyoungadulthood.Theresearchshowedthatthosewhowerebulliedcandeveloplong-termmen

4、talhealthproblemsasyoungadults.ItalsoshowedthatadultswhowerebulliedaschildrenhavehigherlevelsofC-reactiveprotein,orCRP.CRPisasignofnervoustensiononthebody.HigherlevelsofCRPusuallymeanhealthproblemslaterinlife.TheGreatSmokyMountainsstudyalsofoundsomethingcomp

5、letelynewaboutbullying.Itseemsthatthebullieswerehealthierthanthebullied–atleastwhentalkingaboutCRPlevels.Thestudyfoundthatthosesubjectswhohadneverbeenbullied,buthadbulliedothers,hadthelowestlevelsofCRP.WilliamCopelandledthestudy.Heisaprofessorofpsychiatryand

6、behavioralsciencesatDukeUniversityMedicalCenterinNorthCarolina.HesaysahighersocialstandingforbulliesmightexplaintheirlowerCRPlevels.Expertsonbullyingworryaboutthatmessage.CatherineBradshawisdeputydirectoroftheJohnsHopkinsCenterforthePreventionofYouthViolence

7、inBaltimore,Maryland.ShewarnsthatlowerCRPlevelsmightjustrepresentadifferenceinthebullies'basicbiology.Ms.Bradshawsaysthatahealthgainshouldnotbeunderstoodaspermissiontobully.Mr.Copelandsaysbullyingisaseriouschildhoodexperiencethatisnolongerfoundonlyatschoolsa

8、ndonplaygrounds.Onlineorcyberbullyingcanmakeevenachild'shomefeelunsafe.Somechildrenwhoarebulliedhavekilledthemselves.Sometimesbulliesevenkilltheirvictims.Mexico'spresidentisdealingwithsuchatrage