major factor behind death and illness in the young worldwide.

Deng Xiaohong，the spokesperson for the Beijing municipal health bureau，said rapid social change is one of the reasons behind the rising number of youngsters with psychological problems.

　　If these mental diseases are not addressed on time，occurrence of crime，drug­taking and other dangerous behavior is expected to rise.

Experts said mental disease could be caused by many factors，such as the inability to handle interpersonal relations well，unstable emotions and pressure from the overload of study.A number of experts have also said the one­child policy is another reason leading to poor mental health in the young.

　　Children were said to be too "spoiled" and "selfish" in one­child families.Schools in many cities were reported rolling out measures to help students maintain their mental well­being，Yin Jingmiao，a teacher of the Beijing No.105 Middle School，told China Daily that the school invites psychologists to provide counseling to students three times a month."Students can be arranged to have 40­minute counseling sessions，"Yin said.The school also gives lectures on mental health to senior grade students before they take the national college entrance exams，to help ease any anxiety arising from the tests.

1．What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To urge awareness on mental health of the young.

B．To give the details of the problems the Chinese youth are facing today

C．To recommend that schools should invite more psychologists to help solve the mental problems among the youth.

D．To show us the causes of the mental problems among students.

2．The underlined word "addressed" in the fifth paragraph most probably means "________"．

A．talked about B．dealt with

C．satisfied D．introduced

3. From the passage we can know that the causes of mental problems are mainly the following EXCEPT ________.

A．one­child policy