2017高考英语阅读理解一轮（暑假）训练（3）及答案

　　2017高考英语阅读理解一轮（暑假）训练（3）及答案

　　【2017高考复习】阅读理解In 2006，Paul Letourneau of Worcester，Mass，lost his parents，his home and his pet dog.And that August，his life­long mild depression took a turn for the worse as he became suicidal(有自杀倾向的)．

　　“I said I didn't want to be alive anymore，”Letourneau,67，recalled telling his best friend.

　　He and his friend had gone for a walk when Letourneau stopped and asked his friend about ways to die painlessly.His friend advised him to admit himself to a hospital.

　　“When I went back home，physically，I was shaking so much－and emotionally，I couldn't stop，”Letourneau said，“I knew I had to get help.”

　　For many men，it takes a lot more than feeling down to recognize that they are depressed and then step through the doors

　　of a hospital，or a friend's or relative's home to ask for help.Men who are depressed usually refuse to get appropriate treatment，depression experts and patients say.

　　“When men get depressed，the depression can be quite severe，”said Dr.lan Cook，professor of psychiatry at the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.“The challenge is getting men to acknowledge that they're depressed.”

　　Depression affects about 15 million people in the United States，according to the National Institutes of Mental Health，and men get depressed about half as often as women.