UNIT 3: TEEN STRESS AND PRESSURE
❶. 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. missing
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
❷. 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
Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.
19.What he said made her feel even more tense.
A. relaxing B. boring C. stressful D. awful
20. You should follow these simple strategies to overcome stress.
A. control B. get over C. manage D. fail
IV. Choose the underline word or phrase (marked A, B, C or D) in each sentence that needs correcting.
21. You must know when togiving sincere advice to your friends.
A. must B. to C. giving D. to
22. He advised her thinking about that example again because it needed correcting.
A. advised B. thinking C. again D. correcting
23.Tom said he was fully bookfor the weekend with his music club.
A. said B. book C. for D. with
24. I have no idea how encourage Sarah in her choice of extra class.
A. encourage B. in C. of D. extra
25. Jimmy asked whether I were stressed out and exhausted or not.
A. whether B. were C. and D. or
❸. READING
V. Choose the option (A, B, or C) that best completes each numbered blank in the passage.
The first major cause for stress is school. Test (26) __________, trying to achieve excellent grades, starting a new school, trying to fit in, those can cause stress at school, stress cannot be always (27) __________, some will cause pressure that will cause one (28) __________ work harder. But mainly stress leads to headaches, lack (29) __________ concentration, forgetfulness, or stomachaches. I understand this past couple weeks I have (30) __________ more stress than I ever have felt before. I had these school comp papers due, Seneys huge test coming up, and semester tests (31) __________ general; this made me feel large amounts of stress. The further students find (32) __________ in school, the extra stress they feel over trying to (33) __________ out the perfect college and deciding what to do with their lives, I know next year college will only cause additional stress (34) __________ myself and family dealing with financial aid. (35) __________ school is a major source for stress.
26. A. took B. take C. taking D. taken
27. A. bad-tempered B. terrible C. interesting D. good
28. A. by B. in C. with D. to
29. A. of B. with C. on D. out
30. A. removed B. undertaken C. gone D. flown
31. A. on B. by C. in D. at
32. A. ourselves B. themselves C. herself D. myself
33. A. search B. go C. watch D. make
34. A. on B. with C. to D. for
35. A. Addition B. Conclusion C. Again D. Summary