18.Which is a typical behavior of a"Meeting Monster"
A.Always raising questions
B.Scaring meeting attenders
C.Never stopping his chatter.
D.Refusing to finish his tasks.
19.Why does the author say "a bad meeting is like a virus"
A.It makes the attenders sick.
B.It results in more meetings.
C.It fails to produce decisions.
D.It requires care and preparation.
20.Which can be the best title for the text
A.Kill the Meeting Monsters
B.Get Ready for Bad Meetings
C.Start the Week with A Meeting
D.Invest More for Meeting Attenders
C
Since terrorist attack in 2019 that killed 50 people in New Zealand was livestreamed on
Facebook,many of the negative effects of social media have begun to be known.So far,it's not
looking good.
Not that social media is bad in nature.It does not necessarily cause mental health problems.
What it is doing,however-especially in young people,a new study argues-is increasing
the number of cases of young people's depression(抑郁)and suicide(自杀).
The new study,led by psychologist Jean Twenge at San Diego State University,has
researched the effects of technology and social media on the teenager brain.For this study,
Twenge and her partners researched data (from 2005 to 2017.They wanted to know what
age groups suffered more from depression.Chance of mood disorders ()they write,
"generally becomes less with age."In this date range,depressive cases increased by 63 percent
among young people aged 12 to 17,and 52 percent among young adults aged 18 to 25.
There are two tendencies that appear to be causing this problem.
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