Let’s Help Adolescents

Whether they are male or female, adolescents feel like deciding on everything themselves in spite of parents’ instruction, 【小题1】（especial）when they face problems like sex, mental stress, etc., 【小题2】 make them feel ashamed and embarrassed. Thus they often automatically get into trouble due to their imperfect comprehension and 【小题3】（judge）. Some are addicted to cigarettes, only several packets of which 【小题4】（hurt） their lungs and make them breathless quickly. Others can’t quit drinking alcohol, whose 【小题5】（harm）effects include causing young pregnant women to abort or give birth to abnormal babies. The worst is drug abuse, 【小题6】 the withdrawal（戒毒过程）is tough once their bodies are accustomed 【小题7】 the drugs. Meanwhile, those who share needles 【小题8】（purchase）from illegal chemists are at great risk of 【小题9】（infect）with AIDS. If so, neither injecting drugs nor taking pills can guarantee their survival.

However, don’t be disappointed in or have prejudice（偏见）against our children so easily. As long as we 【小题10】（strength）communication with them instead of only forbidding this or forbidding that, we will surely help them avoid anything unfit.

Due to better equipment，training and diet，the records in many sports have been broken，but recently，improvements 【小题1】 (begin）to slow down. Thus some experts predict a ceiling for many events.

In order to enhance 【小题2】 (perform), some athletes take the drugs which can get people more excited and 【小题3】 (energy) than in a normal situation and which are originally developed 【小题4】 (help) people with illnesses.  Taking these drugs is known as“doping”and 【小题5】 they improve performance, they also cause serious health problems in later life for those who abuse them.

The Olympic spirit — the spirit of competition which 【小题6】 (emphasise) taking part rather than winning — 【小题7】 (violate) by the desire to succeed at all costs so far. So the sports world does not tolerate doping as it is 【小题8】 fundamental form of cheating. However, it appears as if all efforts are 【小题9】 vain to athletes.

Anyway，the fight will and must 【小题10】 (fierce) go on and we all hope the word“hero”won't lose its meaning.

   Common Sense Media，a group that helps children，parents and teachers better understand media and technology，did a study. It paid attention to all kinds of media-related activities，from old methods like reading and listening to the radio，to new favorites like using social media and video chatting. More than 2，600 kids were surveyed. Here are some truths and myths（错误观念）the study found：

Truth 1：Some teens spend too much time looking at screens.

One in five teens spends more than six hours on screens each day，and 18%of teens are looking at their screens for more than 10 hours a day. Often they watch television on one while chatting with friends on another.

Myth 1：This is the end of reading.

The average（平均的）time young people spend reading，either in print or on a screen，is only 30 minutes a day. However，kids who received the survey say reading is one of their favorite activities.

Truth 2：Boys prefer video games while girls prefer social media.

Among teen boys，71% enjoy playing video games，twice as many as teen girls. And while more than 25%of teen boys list playing video games as their favorite media activity，only 2%of teen girls do.

What's more，teen girls spend about 40 minutes more each day on social media than boys do.

Myth 2：TV and music have been muscled out（强行逐出）.

For teens，TV is still the top media activity. They enjoy it most and watch it every day. In fact，47%of teens have TV sets in their bedrooms. For teens，while 57%have TV sets in their rooms，music is the main form of amusement. However，only about a third listen to music on the radio. Most teens listen to it on their smartphones.

Note: You are a teen if you are between 13 and 19 years old，while a tween is a child between the ages of 10 and 12.

   A primary school in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, has announced (宣布) it no longer requires parents to sign their children’s homework. China Youth Daily _____:

Putting an end to the _____ that parents sign off the homework of their children _____ the burden on many parents, as otherwise they would have to look through primary school homework after a hard day’s work. But there are _____ that if parents stop having to sign off their children’s homework, the children will not get _____ grades.

_____, the most efficient way for children to study is to develop their _____ to learn and do their own homework.

When doing homework, students practice and _____ apply what they have learned. Truly, teachers are _____ to check students’ homework and ______ their mistakes. But some parents correct their children’s mistakes by themselves when signing off it.

It is the ______ of students to do their homework, be responsible ______ their studies and correct their mistakes. Parents’ supervising (监督) their homework, checking their answers and ______ the harder problems will only make children ______ aware of their mistakes and encourage them to ______ their parents’ help when they face any problems.

Children have to manage their own learning and ______ the ability to study by themselves, as competency (能力) will not be achieved ______ a student simply repeats fixed ______ in which he is helped in school by teachers and at home by parents.

An experiment ______ by Walter Mischel in the 1960s proved that children with better self-discipline performed better in their studies and interpersonal relationships.

There is little doubt that parents’ supervision can make children’s homework better. But it does not give children the ______ to practice their ability to solve problems independently.

A new study has found that graduate students are six times more likely to show depression symptoms 【小题1】 the general population. Researchers led by Evans, a scientist, surveyed 2,279 students in 26 different 【小题2】 (country). Approximately 40% of the surveyed graduates scored middle 【小题3】 severe for anxiety. Nearly 40 percent of the surveyed graduates also showed signs of middle to severe depression. It’s not hard 【小题4】 (understand) why life as a master student can drive some people crazy. Long hours in researching, social loneliness and feelings of not being respected 【小题5】 (complete) can break even the most motivated persons among us. When this situation persists, the anxiety and depression can become part of their life. The relationship 【小题6】 their teachers is another aspect 【小题7】 can deeply influence a graduate student’s mental health. Among the graduates with anxiety or depression, only half agreed that their professional teachers 【小题8】 (provide) real help. These unbelievable high rates of anxiety and depression, when 【小题9】 (compare) to the general population, are alarming and should serve as 【小题10】 wakeup call for the academic world, expert Evans says.