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1、新高考英语必备-高考题型强化练Group 15话题重组练(限时30分钟). 阅读理解ANowadays a third of primary schoolchildren in China are suffering from psychological ill-health as a result of classroom stress and parental pressure, according to a study published on Tuesday. The problem is so bad that urgent measures are needed, warns th
2、e study, led by British and Chinese researchers. The investigation surveyed 2, 191 pupils aged 9 to 12 in nine schools in urban and rural Zhejiang, a relatively prosperous coastal province in eastern China. Eighty-one percent of the youngsters said they worried “a lot” about exams, 63 percent feared
3、 being punished by their teachers, 44 percent had been physically bullied at least sometimeswith boys likelier to be victims than girlsand 73 percent had been physically punished by their parents. Most of the children complained they struggled to cope with the amount of homework they were assigned.
4、Over one-third reported headaches or abdominal painspsychosomatic symptoms of stressat least once a week. The most stressed children reported incidence of aches or pains of four times a week. The investigation, led by Therese Hesketh, a professor at University College London (UCL) Centre for Interna
5、tional Health and Development, pointed the finger at extreme competitiveness in Chinas education system, from the onset of primary school. “The competitive and punitive educational environment leads to high levels of stress and psychosomatic symptoms, ” the authors say. “Measures to reduce unnecessa
6、ry stress on children in schools should be introduced urgently. ”The paper appears in Archives of Disease in Childhood, a peer-reviewed journal of the British Medical Association (BMA). The “urban” setting for the study was Hangzhou, the provincial capital of Zhejiang, while the “rural” setting was
7、a poor county in Quzhou prefecture, in the west of the province. The study highlights some of the complexities that, it says, explain the demands for academic excellence and intolerance of failure. One factor is the countrys dramatic rise in prosperity, which has created “previously unheard-of possi
8、bilities for upward mobility” and in turn stoked pressures on children to do well at school. Other reasons are Chinas one-child policy and the Confucian traditions of respect for parents and elders, filial piety, obedience and discipline. “The aspirations of many parents, who had limited educational
9、 opportunities themselves are now invested in their only children, ” it says. Previous studies on school-related stress and its impact on health are few and generally come from Scandinavia. A 2008 assessment among 10-to 13-year-old in Sweden found that 21 percent of boys and 30 percent of girls expe
10、rienced headache, and 17 percent of boys and 28 percent of girls experienced abdominal pain at least once per week. 【文章大意】本文是一篇报告。文章讲述了中国孩子们在面对大量考试中, 所承受的精神上和身体上的压力, 以至于他们产生了很多不良现象。1. What mainly caused schoolchildren to suffer from psychological ill-health? A. Competitiveness in education system. B
11、. Classroom stress and parental pressure. C. Physical punishment from their parents. D. Endless homework from school teachers. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的“as a result of classroom stress and parental pressure, according to a study published on Tuesday. ”可知B正确。2. The underlined part “cope with” in Para. 5
12、 most probably means _. A. to fit inB. to adapt toC. to deal withD. to get along with【解析】选C。词义猜测题。根据文章中的“Most of the children complained they struggled to cope with the amount of homework they were assigned. ”可知: 大多数孩子抱怨他们挣扎着处理作业。猜测cope with意为: 处理。3. What can we infer from the passage? A. More and m
13、ore schoolchildren will drop out of school soon. B. Homework and examinations will be cancelled at all schools. C. Parents and teachers will give up educating the schoolchildren. D. Too much stress does great harm to schoolchildren physically and mentally. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据文章的第四段和第六段中的“Over one-third
14、reported headaches or abdominal painspsychosomatic symptoms of stressat least once a week. ”可知D正确。4. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Children in China sickened by school pressure. B. Measures to reduce unnecessary stress on children. C. The investigation, led by University College London. D
15、. Extreme competitiveness in Chinas education system. 【解析】选A。主旨大意题。文章通篇谈论的是: 中国的孩子们在精神上和身体上承受很多压力之后, 出现的多种病态的表现。所以A正确。BHow can you help kids cope with stress? Proper rest and good nutrition can improve coping skills, so can good parenting. Make time for your kids each day. Whether they need to talk
16、with you or just be in the same room with you, make yourself available. Even as kids get older, quality time is important. Its really hard for some people to come home after a tiring day of work, get down on the floor, and play with their kids or just talk to them about their dayespecially if theyve had a stressful day themselves. But expressing interest in your kids
