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                In today’s fast-paced modern world, where everything can be done with just a simple click, online shopping has easily become all the rage, with multiple e-commerce websites doing all they can to meet the demand and keep the tides flowing via multiple sales every few months. And it’s very easy to see why. For one thing, it saves everyone the trouble of going to a physical store since everything can be bought with your phone, with the added benefit of that product getting delivered to your doorstep. According to psychotherapists, however, too much online shopping should be recognized as an actual mental health disorder.

                It’s not a new problem in the first place. Throughout time, the idea of shopping to make ourselves feel good has always been considered as a problem, and is usually referred to as ‘buying-shopping disorder,’ or BSD. However, experts state that when placed in the context of the internet age and today’s technological climate, it takes on a whole new, worse meaning, and is now so rampant that it affects one in 20 people.

                Those who suffer from BSD can easily start showing negative behaviors, such as spending too much money on things they don’t need, buying things just for the sake of buying, end up in debt and in worst cases, even lose self-control. “It really is time to recognize BSD as separate mental health condition and to accumulate further knowledge about BSD on the Internet,” Dr. Astrid Müller, a psychotherapist at Hannover Medical School in Germany, said. In one of their studies, she and her colleagues looked at data from 122 patients seeking help for their online shopping addiction and found that they have a higher risk of developing both anxiety and depression. And while BSD is not classified a disorder, it affects five percent of the population, and so should be given more serious attention.

 (Adapted from medicaldaily.com)

Question 39: Which of the following best serves as the title for the passage?

                A. What Makes Online Shopping So Addictive For Many People?

                B. More And More Online Shopaholics Are Now In Debt Due To Addiction

                C. Online Shopping Addiction Should Be Considered A Mental Illness 

                D. The Symptoms Of Online Shopping Addiction And Their Consequences

Question 40: According to the passage, online shopping addiction can lead to all of the following EXCEPT __________. 

                A. increased risk of anxiety and depression         B. purchase of unnecessary things 

                C. higher risk of physical diseases         D. loss of self-control

Question 41: The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to ___________.

                A. studies         B. patients         C. colleagues         D. data

Question 42: According to the passage, online shopping __________.

                A. provides buyers with greater conveniences         B. can only be done using a phone

                C. is beneficial for buyers’ mental health          D. is not as popular as physical shopping

Question 43: The word “rampant” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to __________.

                A. aggressive         B. disobedient         C. energetic         D. widespread

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