Multiple choice

Directions: Read the passages carefully and complete the statement given underneath by choosing the appropriate option from the following.

Real-depression cannot be as easily overcome as some people often suppose. It usually passes with time - but the time can seem endless. Activities giving companionship and a new interest can help. But for the sufferer to talk, again and again, about the causes of the depression helps most. People with depression need to be listened tao and encouraged to find their own solutions, not made to feel yet more inadequate by good advice. They may need professional counselling as well as the support of family and friends.

According to the passage some people ____________.

  1. seem to underestimate how difficult it is to get over depression

  2. suffer from depression over long periods of time

  3. refuse to get professional counselling

  4. suffering from depression have been cured through the good advice of friends

  5. with depression don't want to talk about their problems

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Explanation

 The opening statement talks about the underestimation of  the treatment of depression. The thought is repeated in the sentence  'not made to feel yet more inadequate by good advice'.