Everybody can have stress. No matter how old you are, you can feel stressed out by things that are happening in your life. Teenagers, however, have much more opportunities to get stressed than adults. It's hard to be a teenager because you are not a child any more. But you have to deal with some grown-up problems and decisions even though you are not an adult.

     Families can also cause the biggest 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. It's very difficult to get a chance to go to university. What's more, some teenagers cannot afford to go to university. The stress about getting a job after finishing school is hard for some teenagers. There are so many young people finishing school, and there are not enough jobs for them.

     Sadly, there is nothing we can do to remove(消除) these causes(原因) of stress,  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. If you share(分享) a problem with others, one problem will become half a problem or even less.

1. It's difficult to be a teenager because       

A. even though you are not an adult, you must deal with adult problems

B. even though you are an adult, you must deal with children's problems

C. even though you are a teenager, you must do a lot of homework

  D. adults often make them feel stressed

2. Families can add the stress to the teenagers     

A. by asking them to go to university

B. by helping them with their homework

C. when teenagers argue with their parents, or their brothers or sisters

D. because families never support their children enough

3. From this article(文章) we know that the stress can come from         kinds of ways.

A. three          B. four      C. six         D. seven

4. 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

5. Which of the following is True according to this article?

A. Teenagers can get more stressed out than adults.

B. Getting on well with families can cause the teenagers' stress.

C. All teenagers can afford to go to the university.

D. There's no way to deal with the problem of stress.

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Carol and Susan are very good friends. They are in the same    1   at school and they often visit    2   home at weekends. Now they are    3   eight years old. Carol’s mother has got a new baby. Carol is very    4   to have a little sister. So she is always talking about her to Susan. At first Susan is very    5   in the new baby because she doesn’t have any brothers or sisters. But    6   some time she begins to get tired of Carol’s endless talking about it. She also feels a little jealous of her friend. One morning when the two girls    7   in the school ground, Carol says to Susan, “Do you    8  , Sue, my baby sister has put on nearly half a pound in weight this week.”

“That is not very    9  .” answers Susan. “I know a baby and he puts on ten pounds a day.”

“Oh, that can’t be    10  .” answers Carol laughingly. “Whose baby is it?” “An elephant’s.” says Susan.

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