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e with severe depression tended to have a lack of heart-h(huán)ealthy 0-3 fatty acids. People who are depressed also often have high levels of stress hormones(荷爾蒙). These keep the body primed for fight or flight, raising blood pressure and causing the heart to beat faster, all of which put additional stress on coronary arteries(動(dòng)脈) and prevent the body’s natural healing mechanisms from working properly.A whole branch of medicine is devoted to the plex links between mental health, the nervous system, the hormone system and so on. This science is gradually sorting out how the mind-body connection affects us, or defenses against heart disease.Generally, an estimated 10 percent of American adults experience some form of depression every year. Although available treatments can ease symptoms(癥狀) in more than 80 percent of people treated, less than half of those with depression get the help they need.5.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A. Depression-Heart Disease Risk Factor.B. Heart Disease-Health Killer.C. Depression-Mental Health Enemy.D. Heart Disease-Depression Factor.6.Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?A. With high blood pressure, depression is another potential risk to women’s health.B. Depression, which is mild, can possibly cause damage to your health.C. Most people who experience depression get treated as they should be.D. Depression may have some influence on the function of heart disease medication.7.According to the passage, the possible connections between heart disease and depression are the following EXCEPT ______.A. depressed ones tend to eat high-fat and high-calories foods, which leads to physical damage to heartB. severe heart disease may cause people to feel hopeless and depressedC. depression may result in the lack of some kind of acids, which probably affects the working of people’s heartD. people with depression often have a high level of stress hormones, maybe, which will put extra pressure on one’s heart8.We can infer from the passage that ______.A. more researches will be done to find the certain links between heart disease and depressionB. the percentage of adults with depression is higher than that of depressed adults with heart diseaseC. one’s lifestyle has relatively little relationship with one’s mental healthD. those with depression have a higher risk of developing heart disease[