U3 reading comprehension
Part 1 Reading comprehension (Each item: 1 point(s))
Directions: Read the following passages carefully. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished ntences. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choo the best answer to each question.
Questions 1 to 5 are bad on the same passage or dialog.
An additional life pha between adolescence and adulthood has been added. Too often, when young adults have not yet accomplished many of the tasks and challenges commonly expected of them after they leave college, they are characterized as "lost," "not having found themlves," or, wor, "dysfunctional."
Many parents continue to hope, and perhaps expect, that their children will know clearly about their career aspirations and be actively on the path toward a professional life by graduation day. Often, they get their wish. Many graduates, however, complete college with considerable career uncertainty. They may need a period of post-graduate exploration and experimentation before coming clo to a career c
hoice that feels right to them. In my psychotherapy (心理医治) practice, I have en many youngsters who either referred themlves for help or were referred by concerned others, typically their parents. The anxiety or depression they reported is often related to pha-of-life. Some young adults feel unprepared when they leave home or college and try to establish a parate and independent life. Others, however, similarly depresd or anxious, simply
may not have yet figured out the terms and conditions of their adulthood, including career choice.
Some universities are working to create a program to nd their newly admitted students for a year of social rvice work in a foreign country before they t foot on campus as freshmen. Such a program would give students a more international perspective, which will add to their maturity and give them a break from academic pressures. Similarly, growing numbers of high school students have chon to take a "gap year" before entering college.
Some parents may worry, however, that once their children get away from the traditional pattern of high school-college they may lo interest in attending university. In fact, the "gap year" makes "the odysy years" more meaningful as the young adults try to figure out how to establish their future career.
1. Why are young adults sometimes characterized as "lost"?
A. They don't really accomplish much after graduation.
B. They lost their energy in arching for jobs.
C. They face many challenges in their career.
D. They simply couldn't do anything.
2. What should graduates with career uncertainty do?
A. They should know clearly about their career aspirations.
B. They should be actively on the path toward their career.
high rockC. They need to consult with people who're experienced.
D. They need a period of post-graduate exploration.
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3. What's the purpo for some young people to go to psychotherapy?
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A. They are unable to be independent.
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某年某月某日英文B. They want to make their parents happy.
C. They want to know how to handle their life.
D. They are unprepared for their career choice.
4. Why do universities want to nd students to a foreign country?
A. It is to enable students to burn out stress.
B. It is to broaden students' horizons.
C. It is to let students become more mature.
D. It is to make sure students won't be lost.
5. What message does the author want to nd out?
A. Parents should stop worrying about their children's career.
B. Young people are following a different pattern of life.
C. It's necessary for young adults to take a year off to explore their life.
D. Young adults should figure out how to establish their future career. Questions 6 to 10 are bad on the same passage or dialog.
As the first generations to grow up in a wired world, teenagers hardly know a time when computers weren't around, and they leap at the chance to spend hours online, chatting with friends and arching the web for their interested topics. So what?
But rearchers nationwide are increasingly concerned that teenagers are becoming more
一致英文isolated, less skillful at interpersonal relationships, and perhaps numb to the small-or-big cheating that is so much a part of the e-mail world. Rearchers are asking just how the futures of teenagers are changed when so many of them are spending hours on the Internet each day, replacing face-to-face contact with computer contact.
Teens, who ud computers even just a few hours a week, showed incread signs of loneliness and social isolation. The teens have fewer friends to hang around with, possibly becau their co
太空翼mputer time has replaced the hours they would have spent with others. They don't e anything strange in the fact that the computer screen occupies a central place in their social lives. They think school is stressful and busy. There's almost no time to just hang out. Talking online is just catch-up time.
Many teens acknowledge there's an unreal quality to their cyberspace communication, including their odd shorthand terms, such as POS (parent over shoulder) or LOL (laughing out loud). This code is considered as part of the exclusive shared language that teenagers love. When it comes to e-mail exchanges, teens also show a remarkable tolerance for each other's excus or tricks. Nor are they surprid when a mere acquaintance unloads a personal cret through e-mail. Nobody ems to expect the online world to be the same as the real world.
Teens say they also appreciate the ability to edit what they say online, or take the time to think about a respon. As cowardly as it may em, some teens admit that asking someone for a date, or breaking up, can be easier in message form. But they insist there's no harm intended, and cyberspace has become just another medium, like the telephone,
in the world of teenagers.
6. Why are rearchers asking how the futures of teenagers are changed?
A. Teens don't know about a life without computers around.
B. Teens are becoming more isolated and less skillful.
C. Teens can easily get trapped into the e-mail world.
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D. Teens are spending too much time on the Internet each day.
7. Why do teens spend much time on the Internet?
A. They have fewer friends to hang out with.
B. They don't e their social life strange.
C. They think school is too stressful and busy.
D. They think talking online can catch up time.
8. Which statement illustrates how teens think about the Internet?
A. Cyberspace communication is not the real world.
B. The Internet enables them to share their odd shorthand terms.
C. They enjoy uploading their own information through email.
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D. Excus and tricks in emails are normal and tolerable.
cutacross9. Why has cyberspace become another medium for teens?
A. Breaking up with girlfriends or boyfriends is easier.
B. Using cyberspace brings them a lot of convenience.
C. They can easily edit what they want to say online.
D. They feel more comfortable when express ideas by messages.
10. W hat is the major negative effect on teenagers using cyberspace?
