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 leaving school be a stressful time for teenagers?
A. Because they will be leaving their favorite teachers.
B. Because many people's favorite memories are at school.
C. Because they may worry about getting a place at university.
D. Because they may worry about becoming an adult.
4. 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.
5. 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
No one can change the weather. Nobody can control the weather. But if we read correctly the signs around us, we can tell what the more important changes in the weather will be. This way of telling what the weather will be like on the following day or two is called weather forecasting. For many centuries and in all countries, people have studied the weather and tried to make weather forecasting. Rings around the sun are a sign of coming rain. Many people feel their joints hurt in their bones if wet weather is coming.
Some birds fly high if fine weather is coming, but they fly near the ground if rainy or stormy weather is on the way. It is probably because of the insects (昆虫) which they are hunting that they fly low. If you see a rainbow (彩虹) during rainy weather, this is a sign that the weather will become clear and fine. Such rainbows come in the evening. If the stars twinkle clearly at night, then fine weather will continue. If a fog appears in the morning just above a river, then the day will be warm. If the sunset is mostly red in color, then the following day will be fine. If a rainbow appears in the morning, rainy weather will probably come.
Most of the above sayings have been made by the people who have used their eyes and brains to make weather forecasting.
1.According to the passage, people's joints ache ______.
A. is a sign of coming rain
B. without any reason
C. because they are ill
D. because of the insects
2. Which is true about weather forecasting?
A. Weather forecasting is a recorder about the weather on the following day or two.
B. Weather forecasting is a way of telling what the weather will be like.
C. Weather forecasting is a sign of coming rain.
D. People can change the weather.
3.The birds fly high and the stars twinkle clearly is a sign that the weather will ______.
A. be warm
B. be rainy
C. become clear and fine
D. be cold
4.A rainbow is a ______ of the weather.
A. sign
B. way
C. method
D. road
5. We must ______ to make weather forecasting.
A. use our eyes and brains
B. study the weather hard
C. read correctly the signs
D. All of the above
The children are having fun ________ on the playground.
A．to play B．play C．playing D．Played
We are supposed to ___________a solution to stop people from looking down at their mobile phones while driving cars.
A.come up with B. come from
C. come out D. come true
I was supposed ___ at 7:00 ,but I arrived at 8:00.
A. arrive B. to arrive
C. arrives D. arriving
This kind of skirt looks ___ and sells _____.
A. nice well B. nice; good
C. well; well D. good nice
