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1、I m usually fairly skeptical about any research that con eludes that people are either happier or unhappier or more or less certain of themselves than they were 50 years ago. While any of these stateme nts might be true,they are practicallyimpossible to prove scientifically. Still, I was struck by a
2、 report which concluded that today s children are significantly more anxious than children in the 1950s. In fact, the analysis showed, normal children ages 9 to 17 exhibit a higher level of anxiety today tha n childre n who were treated for men tal ill ness 50 years ago.Why are America s kids so str
3、essed The report cites two main causes:in creas ing physical isolati on brought on by high divorce rates and lessin volveme nt in com mun ity, among other things and a grow ing perceptio n thatthe world is a more dan gerous place.Given that we can t turn the clock back, adults can still do plenty to
4、 helpthe n ext gen eratio n cope.At the top of the list is nurturing （ 培育）a better appreciation of the limits of in dividualism. No child is an isla nd. Stren gthe ning social ties helps build com mun ities and protect in dividuals aga inst stress.To help kids build stro nger connections with others
5、, you can pull the plugon TVs and computers. Your family will thank you later. They will have more timefor face-to-face relati on ships, and they will get more sleep.Limit the amount of virtual （ 虚拟的）violence your children are exposed to.It s not just video games and movies; children see a lot of mu
6、rder and crime on the local n ews.Keep your expectatio ns for your childre n reas on able. Many highlysuccessful people n ever atte nded Harvard or Yale.Make exercise part of your daily routine. It will help you cope with yourown anxieties and provide a good model for your kids. Sometimes anxiety is
7、unavoidable. But it doesn t have to ruin your life.21. The author thinks that the conclusions of any research about people sstate of mi nd are.A) surpris ing B) confusing C) illogical?D) questi on able22. What does the author mean when he says,“we can t turn the clockback ” (Line 1, Para. 3)A) It s
8、impossible to slow down the pace of change.B) The social reality childre n are facing cannot be cha nged.C) Less ons lear ned from the past should not be forgotte n.D) It s impossible to forget the past.23. Accord ing to an an alysis, compared with no rmal childre n today,childre n treated as men ta
9、lly ill 50 years ago.A) were less isolated physicallyB) were probably less self-ce nteredC) probably suffered less from an xietyD) were con sidered less in dividualistic24. The first and most importa nt thing pare nts should do to help theirchildre n is.A) to provide them with a safer environmentB)
10、to lower their expectati ons for themC) to get them more in volved sociallyD) to set a good model for them to follow25. What con clusi on can be draw n from the passageA) An xiety, though un avoidable, can be coped with.B) Children s anxiety has been enormously exaggerated.C) Children s anxiety can
11、be eliminated with more parental care.D) An xiety, if properly con trolled, may help childre n become mature.参考答案：DBCCA强调）The process of perceivi ng others is rarely tran slated (to ourselves or others) into cold, objective terms. She was 5 feet 8 in ches tall, had fair hair, and wore a colored skir
12、t. More ofte n, we try to get in side the other pers on to pinpoint ( his or her attitudes, emotio ns, motivati ons, abilities, ideas, and characters. Furthermore, we sometimes behave as if we can accomplish this difficult job very quickly perhaps with a two-sec ond gla nee.ways. Berger suggests sev
13、eral methods for reduci ng un certa in ties about others; who are known to you so you can compare the observed pers ons behavior with the known others behavior, observing a person in a situation where social behavior is relatively unrestrained or where a wide variety of behavioral responses are call
14、ed for, deliberately structuring the physical or social environment so as toobserve the persons responses to specific stimuli (刺激因素 ),asking people whohave had or have freque nt con tact with the pers on about him or her, and using various strategies in face-to-face in teract ion to un cover in form
15、ati on about ano ther pers on questi on, self-disclosures, and so on.Gett ing to know some one is a n ever-e nding task, largely because peopleare constantly changing and the methods we use to obtain information are often imprecise. You may have known some one for ten years and still know very littl
16、e about him. If we accept the idea that we wont ever fully know ano ther pers on, it en ables us to deal more easily with those things that get in the way of accurate kno wledge such as secrets and decepti on s. It will also keep us from being too surprised or shocked by seem in gly incon siste nt behavior. Iro ni cally, those things that keep us f
