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C5、An increase in the number of suicides in South Korea,
has led policeman Yoo Byoung-jong to a new job. He patrols(巡逻) Seoul’s bridges to stop desperate people
from throwing themselves into the river.
According to South Korea’s health ministry, suicide rates
have doubled in a decade and are now the leading cause of death for people in
their 20s and 30s.
The country has the fourth-highest
suicide rate among the 30 industrialized countries in the Organization for
Co-operation and Development (OECD). It recorded 22.8 suicide deaths for every
100,000 people in 2003. That’s lower than Hungry, Finland and close neighbour Japan. But the
number is growing by about 1 percent each year, faster than for all other OECD
nations.
In a move to cut suicides by a
fifth by 2010, the health ministry is running a television ad campaign. It
opens with a lonely man walking on a bridge. A voice over says: “Think five minutes more before you
give it all away. Don’t forget you have a loving
family.”
Other ministry plans include
setting up more hotlines and training more suicide counselors. Authorities are
also limiting websites that provide suicide methods and sometimes even sell
toxic(有毒的) chemicals.
Distressed
individuals range from students worried about poor grades to people in debt as
well as disgraced politicians.
Experts say the
rising toll(死亡人数) in
some way can be blamed on media coverage of recent high-profile suicides. These
include top business leaders and celebrities(名人) who
apparently lead a number of people to copy their actions.
“We saved 50 lives this year when
people turned to bridges as a place to die after news reports of such deaths by
‘big shots’,” said the 38-year-oldYoo, in December.
Last July, the
government and civil associations urged media to avoid reporting specific
methods and locations of suicides. But it is difficult to clearly give reasons
for the suicide increase.
67. The passage is mainly about
.
A. suicide problems in
Korea
B. how to reduce suicides in Korea
C.
desperation
D. the relations between life and suicide
68. Suicide rates in South Korea
.
A. have done great harm to
the economical
development
B. are going from bad to
worse
C. didn’t draw special attention of the
government
D. arouse international
concerns
69. It doesn’t say but implies that
.
A. present hotlines are not
enough for suicide counsellors
B. people choose suicide as
the way to end their lives because they are short of love
C. cutting suicides by a
fifth by 2010 is easy to carry out
D. authorities manage
websites efficiently
70. Lowering the number of
reported suicide by celebrities in the media in Korea .
A. will be
limited
B. didn’t affect people’s daily life
C. might cause
fewer people to commit
suicide
D. damage
the fame of media
71. Yoo Byoung-jong’s new job to patrol Seoul’s bridge has .
A. made him
suffer a lot
B. prevented
people from jumping into water
C. burdened
himself
D. proved a
good way to save lives