Everybody can suffer from stress. No matter what your age is, you can feel stressed out by things that are happening in your life. Teenagers, however, have many more opportunities to get stressed than people in any other age group. Being a teenager is hard. You are not a child any more, but you are not an adult, even though you have to deal with some very grown-up problems and decisions. Families can be one of the biggest causes of stress, such as problems with parents arguing at home, or problems with brothers and sisters. Teenagers also have a lot of stress from school, either from their teachers or from their friends. Some teenagers also feel stressed about choosing their education after high school. Getting a place at university can be very difficult and some cannot afford to go to university.

The stress about getting a job when finishing school is hard for some teenagers. There are so many young people finishing school and not enough jobs for them. Sadly, there is nothing we can do to remove these causes of stress from the 1ives of teenagers, but you can learn the best way to deal with it. Talking to people is one of the best ways to deal with stress. It may sound simple, but it is true. A problem shared is a problem halved.
【小题1】Why is being a teenager often difficult?

A.Because even though you are not an adult, you must deal with adult problems.
B.Because even though you are an adult, you must deal with children's problems.
C.Because even though you are a teenager, you must do a lot of homework.
D.Because adults often make them feel stressed.
【小题2】Why can leaving high school be a stressful time for teenagers?
A.Because they will be leaving their favourite teachers.
B.Because many people’s favourite memories are at school.
C.Because they may worry about getting a place at university.
D.Because they may worry about becoming an adult.
【小题3】We can deal with the stress in our life ______.
A.by not trying to find a job
B.by forgetting about our problems
C.by getting a place at university
D.by sharing our problems with our friends
【小题4】Why can finding a job after finishing school be difficult?
A.Because there are no jobs.
B.Because there is a lot of competition for jobs.
C.Because a job is more difficult than school work.
D.Because there are many places at university.

Japanese students work very hard but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressures from their parents. Most students are always told by their parents to study harder and better so that they can have a wonderful life in the future. Though this may be a good idea for those very bright students, it can have terrible results for many students who are not gifted enough. Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have their parents lose hope. Such students feel that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they don’t want to go to school any longer. They became dropouts.

It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they do not help them in any way. Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teachers’ work to help their children. To make matters worse, a lot of parents send their children to those schools opening in the evenings and on weekends—they only help the students to pass the exams and never teach them any real sense of the world.

Many Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students’ hair to their clothes and things in the school bags. Child psychologists now think that such strict rules are harmful to the feelings of the students. Almost 40% of the students said that no one had taught them how to get on with others, how to tell right from wrong and how to show love and care for others, even for their parents.

1.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A.The Trouble in Japanese Schools

B.The Problems of Japanese Students

C.The Pressures of the Students in Japan

D.Education in Japan

2. “Dropouts” are those who ___.

A.make troubles in and out of schools

B.go about or stay home instead of being at school

C.try hard but always fail in the exams

D.lose hope and give up some of their subjects

3. Why do Japanese students work very hard at school and feel unhappy?

A.They want to find a good job.

B.They want to pass exams.

C.They’re under pressure from their parents.

D.They’re not clever enough.

4. Failure in examinations cause students to ___.

A.chop out of school

B.quarrel with their parents

C.go to schools opening on weekends

D.have their parents lose hope

5. According to the passage, it’s necessary to teach students ___.

A.how to study well

B.how to get on with others

C.to show love and care for others

D.all above

 

Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.

In 1954, life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.

In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.

In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents. He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people.

1.Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _______.

A. children wanted to learn to write

B. a report for children was wanted

C. many children's books were interesting

D. some school children were not interested in reading.

2.People like his books because the books ______.

A. are cheap and easy to get                B. were written in different languages

C. are easy and interesting to read           D. were written with invented words

3.He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of _____.

A. 50              B. 53                C. 56            D. 87

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words.

B. Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States.

C. The Cat in the Hat was written only for six-year-old children.

D. His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.

5.From the text we know that Doctor Seuss __________.

A. won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death

B. sold millions of his books himself worldwide

C. changed American children's way of reading

D. wrote the largest number of books in the world

 

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