Question

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．

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．

2.Families can add to the stress a teenager might experience ______．

A．by asking them to go to university

B．by helping them with their homework

C．as teenagers quarrel with their parents, and their brothers or sisters

D．as families never support their children enough

3.Why can finding a job after finishing school be difficult?

A．Because there is a lot of competition for jobs．

B．Because there are no jobs．

C．Because a job is more difficult than school work．

D．Because there is a lot of competition for places at university．

4.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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文重點分析了年輕人的壓力，告訴我們他們的壓力來自多方面，是各個年齡段的人群中承受壓力最大的一批人。

1.根據第三四行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．描述，可知即使你成為一個大人了，你還要處理一些孩子們的問題，故選B。

2.根據短文四五行Families can be one of the biggest causes of stress, such as problems with parents arguing at home．or problems with brothers and sisters．描述，可知年輕人由于會和家人吵架，這增加了他們的壓力。故選C。

3.根據短文倒數第四行There are so many young people finishing school and not enough jobs for them．描述，可知年輕人在找工作中面臨很多的競爭，故選A。

4.根據短文最后一句A problem shared is a problem halved．描述，可知我們可以通過和朋友分享問題來緩解我們的壓力，故選D。

考點：關于年輕人的壓力的說明文閱讀

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