Problem: Mikhail Furtado was extremely worried about his 12th-grade exams.

A few days before he was due to get his results, his father walked in and found him dead.

"I opened the cottage door, put the light on and I found him hanging. He was hanging," Anthony Furtado says.

When the results came out, his father learned that Mikhail had sailed through with good grades.

He says he still can't bring himself to go and collect the results.

But Furtado is trying to use his devastating experience to benefit others. He provides counseling and is a regular at suicide prevention workshops.

"Sometimes, at the end, I do break down," he says.

Highest rate in the world among young

The scale of the problem among India's young people is huge.

According to a recent World Health Organization report, India has the highest suicide rate in the world for the 15-to-29 age group. It stands at 35.5 per 100,000 people for 2012, the last year for which numbers are available.

Across all age groups, nearly 260,000 people in India killed themselves that year.

Bobby Zachariah, who runs a suicide prevention group, says he blames a breakdown in India's traditional family structure.

"There were big families, there was a lot of support available," he says.

"Nowadays, there is one child in the family," Zachariah says. "And the kind of parenting styles that were applied to them when they were kids doesn't apply to their children any more."

Reducing stigma

Some experts say a key problem is that families brush mental health issues under the carpet rather than facing them head on.
1. What grade was Mikhail Furtado in?
2. Was he confident he would receive good exam grades?
3. Is he alive?
4. What caused his death?
5. Did he receive good exam grades?
6. Who discovered his body?
7. What is his name?
8. What country did this happen in?
9. Does India have a high suicide rate among young people?
10. How does Anthony Furtado now work to prevent suicide?
11. How does Bobby Zachariah now work to prevent suicide?
12. According to Zachariah, are Indian families larger or smaller than they were?
Answer: 1. 12th
2. no
3. no
4. he committed suicide
5. yes
6. his father
7. Anthony Furtado
8. India
9. yes
10. Furtado is trying to use his devastating experience to benefit others. He provides counseling and is a regular at suicide prevention workshops.
11. He runs a suicide prevention group
12. smaller

Problem: CHAPTER XXIV

Enid, my early and my only love, I thought, but that your father came between, In former days you saw me favourably, And if it were so, do not keep it back, Make me a little happier, let me know it.--TENNYSON

The foreign tour proved a great success. The summer in the Alps was delightful. The complete change gave Bertha new life, bodily strength first returning, and then mental activity. The glacier system was a happy exchange for her _ego_, and she observed and enjoyed with all the force of her acute intelligence and spirit of inquiry, while Phoebe was happy in doing her duty by profiting by all opportunities of observation, in taking care of Maria and listening to Mervyn, and Miss Charlecote enjoyed scenery, poetry, art, and natural objects with relish keener than even that of her young friends, who were less impressible to beauty in every shape.

Mervyn behaved very well to her, knowing himself bound to make the journey agreeable to her; he was constantly kind to Bertha, and in the pleasure of her revival submitted to a wonderful amount of history and science. All his grumbling was reserved for the private ear of Phoebe, whose privilege it always was to be his murmuring block, and who was only too thankful to keep to herself his discontents whenever his route was not chosen (and often when it was), his disgusts with inns, railroads, and sights and his impatience of all pursuits save Bertha's. Many a time she was permitted to see and hear nothing but how much he was bored, but on the whole the growls were so mitigated compared with what she had known, that it was almost contentment; and that he did not absolutely dislike their habits was plain from his adherence to the ladies, though he might have been quite independent of them.
1. Who was in love with Enid?
2. Who was an obstacle to that?
3. Did Tennyson want Enid back?
4. Was the tour a success?
5. What season was that?
6. Did visit any mountain range?
7. Who felt refreshed?
8. What was a happy exchange for her?
9. Is she a smart person?
10. Inquisitive too?
11. Who was taking care of others?
12. Whom?
13. Was Phoebe attentive to someone?
14. Who was admiring the arts and poetry?
15. Who was kind to Bertha?
16. Who he was complaining about?
17. And anything else?
18. Was he supposedly in dependent of the ladies?
19. Was Charlecote more keen at observing the nature?
20. Compared to whom?
Answer: 1. Tennyson
2. Enid's father.
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Summer.
6. the Alps
7. Bertha
8. The glacier system
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Phoebe
12. Maria
13. Mervyn
14. Miss Charlecote
15. Mervyn
16. He was disgusted with Inns
17. Railroads
18. He could have been but he wasn't
19. Yes
20. Her young friends.

Problem: Do you want to know something about children in Africa? What to they do for fun every day? Find out here: Education School is expensive for many African children. Lots of families can't afford school uniforms or exercise books even though they don't have to pay for school. For those lucky enough to go to school , they have a lot to learn. Some take two language classes: English or French, and their first language. There is also math, science, history, social studies and geography. _ take up much of children's time after school. They have to get water and firewood for the family every day. Also there's cleaning , washing and helping Mum with the meal. Daily fun It's not all work and no play. Sports are very popular. Children can make goals with twigs ( )and their own footballs with plastic and bits of string ( ). They play in the country and the streets of old towns. There're many football teams for teenagers in Africa. Internet It's really expensive to get on the Internet. To surf the net for 20 hours costs over 600yuan. This is more than the average monthly pay per person. Egypt and South Africa are the top two users of the Internet in Africa. All of the capital cities there can get on the Internet. Some schools offer computer lessons but few students can enjoy computer fun at home.
1. it school accessible for them
2. why
3. are the options limited
4. is that all they do
Answer:
1. Yes
2. they don't have to pay for school
3. Yes
4. No