《考研英語(yǔ)閱讀理解100篇 高分版》 Unit 10 - TEXT TWO

Galvanized by the April tragedy at Virginia Tech, in which Seung Hui Cho killed 32 students and faculty members and then committed suicide, colleges and universities around the country are urgently taking stock of the reach and effectiveness of their mental-health services. The goal is not just to avoid another catastrophe caused by a deeply troubled student who fell through the cracks. It's also to face up to the needs of today's students, who increasingly struggle with eating disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression. The rate of depression among college students has doubled in just 15 years; last year, some 45 percent of all students said they've sometimes felt too depressed to function, according to an annual survey by the American College Health Association. Nine percent of college students seriously considered suicide.
“Some of the key questions that Virginia Tech has brought out are: When do you recognize that a student's having serious problems? What steps do you take, and how do you coordinate care?” says Richard Kadison, director of mental-health services at Harvard University and author of College of the Overwhelmed. Last week, Kadison and other campus psychiatrists from across the country gathered in Washington, D.C., to map out a better way to meet the demand.
Many schools are finding that change will be a significant challenge. About 65 percent of campus counseling centers still have no relationship with the health center, for example, making it difficult to manage illnesses that require medication. Just 59 percent have a psychiatrist available.
And the funds necessary to add expertise can be hard to find. Days after the Virginia Tech slayings, Florida public university administrators asked for $3.5 million to hire more psychologists and campus police officers and to set up interdisciplinary teams that would identify troubled students. The Legislature denied the request. The ratio of counselors to students at the University of South Florida is 1 to 3,500; at Cornell, there's a counselor for every 800 students. Experts say that parents should check out the mental-health resources when they send their child to school and make sure that the counseling office is aware of any history. “Continuity of care is really important, so that people don't fall through the cracks and have unnecessary stresses and strains,” says Jerald Kay, chair of psychiatry at Wright State University Medical School.
The thrust of the movement at institutions in the lead has been to redouble efforts to identify students in need of help and then make that help available. Some, like Cornell and Wisconsin, are adding counseling offices in dorms and academic buildings so students have ready access; Cornell has two counselors on staff whose sole job is to talk with faculty and staff and pick up the first inklings of trouble. The University of Illinois requires anyone who threatens or attempts suicide to have a four-session mental-health evaluation. And early-warning systems that involve the entire university community are a priority on many campuses. At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., for example, faculty and staff can log concerns about academic problems or behavioral issues on a website, which is monitored by an intervention team of representatives from the dean's office, faculty, housing staff, campus police, and counseling center. The team meets regularly to decide on an appropriate response.
1. The word “galvanized” (Line 1, Paragraph 1) most probably means _____.
[A] encouraged
[B] warned
[C] stimulated
[D] inspired
2. Seung Hui Cho committed a serious crime because _____.
[A] he felt bitter since the university failed to provide him with qualified mental service to tackle his depression
[B] he was deeply troubled by the April tragedy at Virginia Tech
[C] he suffered from severe mental disorder and finally collapsed down
[D] he was deeply troubled by the cracks that he fell through
3. The change will be a challenge for many schools because _____.
[A] the number of students who declare that they are struggling with depression far exceeds the schools' estimate
[B] most of them are short of resources supplying counseling service
[C] the Legislature do not encourage them to change the present status
[D] students' mental problems are usually too subtle to manage and control
4. The ratios of counselors to students mentioned in the fourth paragraph implies that _____.
[A] the government have not provided enough funds for mental health on campus
[B] students of the University of South Florida are not seriously mentally troubled as those of Cornell
[C] mental-health resources of University of South Florida are not so good as those of Cornell
[D] it is necessary for the University of South Florida to improve its mental-health services
5. Which one of the following measures is NOT taken by institutions to solve the problem?
[A] More counseling centers are set up in schools and the access to them is much easier.
[B] Websites are established for students to release their depression and report anonymously their own problems.
[C] More psychiatrists are available for students.
[D] Precautionary systems are launched in many universities and are given significant emphasis.