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It has never been easy to be a teenager, and it is particularly difficult today. The world expects us to be grown up but rarely
It has never been easy to be a teenager, and it is particularly difficult today. The world expects us to be grown up but rarely
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2014-01-20
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It has never been easy to be a teenager, and it is particularly difficult today. The world expects us to be grown up but rarely treats us like adults; we are part of a society in which drugs are readily available but extremely dangerous; our education consists of examinations and more examinations...Is it any wonder we struggle at times?
One of the biggest problems is that parents demand mature and intelligent behavior from us, yet usually think of us as still being children. We help do a range of housework and care for sickly grandparents, but cannot watch adult movies on television. We are expected to show an interest in current affairs and get a part-time job to begin to support ourselves, but are not even allowed a say in where we go for the family holiday—never mind being allowed to holiday with our friends!
Outside the home, we have to make sure our dissatisfaction does not lead us to rebellion and to the dealers who are just waiting to sell us various drugs. Older generations had to come to terms with alcohol and cigarettes; that was easy, by comparison. We go to a club, to dance, then are faced with temptations(诱惑), peer pressures and our own desire to fit in with the crowd. There is always someone there with a designer drink, a designer smile and the latest designer drug to tempt us.
Being a teenager has never been harder
.
Of course, it has never been so hard in school either. We have so many examinations that it is difficult to keep track: SATs, GCSEs...and the practice tests that accompany them. Homework is never ending. No teacher seems aware of how much work the others are setting, and, anyway, they would not care, because they are all under orders to improve results or their own careers will suffer.
As is used in Paragraph 4, "the others" refers to______.
选项
A、colleagues
B、neighbors
C、parents
D、students
答案
A
解析
此题是一道词语含义推断题,考查考生根据上下文具体细节对词语含义进行理解和推断的能力。根据文章第四段中的相关信息:作业从来都是无休无止的。似乎没有哪个老师意识到其他老师在布置多少作业,而且,无论如何,他们也不在意,因为他们都接到要提高分数的指令,否则他们自己的职业生涯将受到损害。根据句子Noteacher seems aware of how much work the others are setting中 “setting”一词, 我们可以判断出它的含义是“安排、布置”,而能发出这种动作的应该是老师。因此,我们可以推断出the others指的是其他老师,即本题的正确答案应该是A,同事,同行。
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