UNIT 3: TEEN STRESS AND PRESSURE
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. PHONETICS
I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each
group.
1. A. columnist
B. frustrated
C. study
D. adulthood
2. A. embarrassed
B. decision
C. helpline
D. depress
3. A. classmate
B. pressure
C. embarrass
D. mis
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II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each
group.
4. A. neighbourhood
B. assignment
C. emotion
D. supportive
5. A. experience
B. emotional
C. emergency
D. favourable
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. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
III. Choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences.
6. While many teachers spend some class time teaching __________ skills, students often need more
social skills.
A. study
B. studied
C. study's
D. studies
7. By the age of 15, teenagers are better able to __________ a more demanding curriculum.
A. solve
B. operate
C. handle
D. deal
8. Tom told us that sometimes he had difficulty __________ his feelings.
A. expressing
B. communicating
C. sending
D. talking
9. My closest friend is not very__________ and she likes having a small friend group but I like talking
with a lot of people and hanging out.
A. society
B. sociable
C. social
D. socialist
10. Ann was raised very__________on her parents, and she was __________ that she wouldn't live on her
own afterwards.
A. dependent - worry
B. dependent - worried
C. independent - worry
D. independent - worried
11. The advice columnist said, “It sounds like the problem is not your appearance but the __________
you see yourself."
A. route
B. distance
C. way
D. behaviour
12. I suffer from depression and anxiety, but I don't know__________ to get over my problems.
A. what
B. how
C. where
D. which
13. Mr. John told us that the kids who __________ in tests often __________ the others were lucky.
A. succeeded - thought
B. succeeded - had thought
C. didn’t succeed - were thinking
D. didn’t succeed - thought
14. Perhaps what you're reading or hearing is boring, which makes it hard to__________ on the book or
the conversation.
A. concentrate
B. rely
C. depend
D. notice
15. A great way to improve __________ skills is to keep trying new things.
A. reason
B. reasoned
C. reasoning
D. reasons
16. As children move toward__________, they are less likely to ask for advice.
A. independent
B. independence
C. dependent
D. dependence
Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the
following sentences.
17. The helpline has received over 1.5 million calls from children and adults nationwide.
A. club
B. service
C. centre
D. hotline
18. Being self-disciplined will help him overcome this difficult time easier.
A. self-control
B. uncontrol
C. depressed
D. self-fish
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