Question

Stress for a teenager is as real a problem as stress for an adult. To deal with it, it’s important to understand the causes of stress in teenagers.
When parents change their jobs or if the family decides to move to a different place, the child has to change schools, find new friends, adapt to the new social circle and fit into new groups. It is always difficult for children to adapt to such changes, which can be a serious cause of stress in their life.
Academic difficulties, such as inability to understand a certain subject can cause stress. Not every child has the ability to understand every subject. Some kids need extra help besides school work to grasp a few concepts. Poor academic performance is often laughed at and is looked down upon by both teachers and peers. In such cases, it can make the child feel isolated, neglected and hurt. All of this, put together, can add to stress, which many times worsens grades.
Extra curricular activities (課外活動(dòng)) such as playing a sport, or attending art classes can weigh heavily on your child’s mind. Juggling between school and extra curricular activities does seem like a burden when you have to excel at both. When the pressures from both the ends get unmanageable, teenagers tend to get tired and annoyed. Fatigue sets in, leading to stress related issues such as lack of concentration in school.
These are the common causes of stress in teenagers, which can be noticed through signs such as poor memory, anxiety, negative and pessimistic attitude. If the signs of teenage stress go unrecognized for a long time, it can make the child emotinally imbalanced.
小題1:Extra curricular activities may lead to additional pressure for teenagers when they have difficulty _________________________________________________________.
小題2:How can parents notice that their teenagers are under stress?
_________________________________________________________________.
小題3:____________________, ___________________, extra-curricular activities are the common causes of stress in teenagers.
小題4:According to your experience, what other causes of teenage stress do you know? (List two causes).
_________________________________________________________________.

Answer 1

小題1:juggling (balancing) their time between school and extra curricular activities.
小題2:Through signs such as poor memory and anxiety.
小題3:Changing schools, academic difficulties
小題4:bullying at school, relationship issues, great expectations, peer pressure

試題分析：本文敘述了如何減輕青少年的壓力問題。由于父母希望過大、與同學(xué)朋友相處的關(guān)系等等增加了他們的壓力，這樣青少年就會(huì)感到疲勞和煩惱。課外活動(dòng)如運(yùn)動(dòng)或者參加藝術(shù)班可能會(huì)給孩子的思想增加負(fù)擔(dān)。這些是在青少年中造成壓力的普遍原因。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。結(jié)合第四段判斷：課外活動(dòng)如運(yùn)動(dòng)或者參加藝術(shù)班可能會(huì)給孩子的思想增加負(fù)擔(dān)。平衡學(xué)校和課外活動(dòng)的時(shí)間的確似乎是一個(gè)負(fù)擔(dān)。當(dāng)雙方的壓力不能處理好使，青少年就會(huì)感到疲勞和煩惱。所以回答：juggling (balancing) their time between school and extra curricular activities.
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。結(jié)合第五段判斷：這些是在青少年中造成壓力的普遍原因。通過記憶力差、焦慮、消極和悲觀的態(tài)度。所以回答：Through signs such as poor memory and anxiety.
小題3:歸納總結(jié)題。第二段講改變學(xué)校，適應(yīng)新環(huán)境；第三段講學(xué)業(yè)上的困難；第四段講課外活動(dòng)不能與課堂學(xué)習(xí)協(xié)調(diào)。所以回答：Changing schools, academic difficulties 和后面的第四條結(jié)合起來是青少年壓力形成的常見原因。
小題4:歸納總結(jié)題。父母希望過大、與同學(xué)朋友相處的關(guān)系等等。所以回答：bullying at school, relationship issues, great expectations, peer pressure，etc.