Question

Students these days often have a lot of worries. Sometimes they have problems with their schoolwork, and sometimes with their friends.      Some people think the worst thing is to do nothing. Laura Mills, a teenager from Washington, agrees. “Problems and worries are normal in life,” says Laura. “But I think talking to someone helps a lot. If we don’t talk to someone, we’ll certainly feel worse.”

Laura once lost her purse, and worried for days. She was afraid to tell her parents shout it. She even walked three miles to school each day because she didn’t have any money. She just kept thinking. “If I tell my parents, they’ll be angry!” But in the end, she talked to her parents and they were really understanding. Her dad said he sometimes made careless mistakes himself. They got her a new purse and asked her to be more careful. “I will always remember to share my problems in the future!” Laura says.

Robert Hunt advises students about common problems. He feels the same way as Laura. “It is best not to avoid our problems. We should always try to solve (解决) them.” He thinks that you can first find someone to talk to. This person doesn’t need to be an expert (专家) like himself. Students often forget that their parents have more experience than them, and are always there to help them.

In English, we say that sharing a problem is like cutting it in half. So you’re halfway to solving a problem if you talk to someone about it!

1.Which of the following can be put in the blank in Paragraph One?

A．What can they do about this?

B．Where do the problems come from?

C．When did they have these problems?

D．Why do they have so many problems?

2.In Paragraph 2, the writer used the story of Laura to ______.

A．answer a question                       B．give an example

C．introduce his friend                     D．share his experience

3.According to the passage Robert Hunt might be ______.

A．Laura’s teacher                       B．the writer of the passage

C．a person with a problem                  D．an expert on students’problems

4.What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Few children are careful with their money.

B．Parents are more experienced than children

C．Talking to someone helps to solve problems.

D．Students often have a lot of worries at school

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】

文章的主旨大意：面对生活中的焦虑，劳拉认为和别人交谈会有很大的帮助，并给出了自己的例子。罗伯特亨特给出了自己的观点和看法。

1.根据下句“Some people think the worst thing is to do nothing.”可推知上面的问题是“他们怎么办呢?”,故选A。

2.第二段就是介绍了劳拉的一次经历，从而给我们一个解决问题的例子。

3.由“Robert Hunt advises students about common problems. ”和“This person doesn’t need to be an expert (专家) like himself.”可知。

4.通过“If we don’t talk to someone, we’ll certainly feel worse.”和第二段给出的例子及第三段问题给出的解决问题的方式，都是在谈论和别人交谈对我们解决问题的作用，故选C。