防范悲剧再生,家长和老师应如何关注孩子的心理健康?
防范悲剧再生,家长和老师应如何关注孩子的心理健康?

Recently, a teenage boy in Shangrao, Jiangxi province ended his life due to mental(心理上的) health problems. More attention should be paid on the mental health problems of teenage students. Local police said that he had mental health problems due to bad grades, social issues and stress. The incident got the country’s attention and many people call for improvement in students’ mental health education.

In order to improve students’ mental health, the Ministry of Education said it would include screening(筛查) for depression in students’ health checks. The ministry has also asked all primary and secondary schools to have at least one full-time psychology(心理学) teacher.

Li Weihua, a teacher at the Positive Psychological Experience Center at Beihang University, said it is easy for teenage students to become impulsive(易冲动的) because they are undergoing quick physical development. They have developed independent thinking, so they want to act based on their own will. What’s more, in today’s society it is easy for them to have conflicts in their home and at school. Parents need to pay more attention to their teenage children as teachers may find it hard to give each student enough attention with a classroom of 20 or more, he said.

“They need to respect their children, help them to find ways to feel better, make friends, and find their own community,” Li said. “More importantly, parents should get to know the things their teenage children are interested in, such as their favorite video games. These things will help to build trust with their children, as they often become a ‘black box’ and     ▲    ,” Li said.

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1.Why does the writer talk about the story in Paragraph 1?

A To bring up the topic.

B To make the passage fun.

C To answer a question.

D To introduce a rule to us.

解析:选A。A推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句的“The incident got the country’s attention and many people call for improvement in students’ mental health education.”可知,江西上饶市一高中生失踪事件使得我们反思并且倡导关注学生的心理健康问题,因此作者提到这一事例是为了引出本文话题。故选A。

2.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A Where teenagers have conflicts with others.

B Why teenagers have mental health problems.

C When teenagers become impulsive.

D How teenagers develop independent thinking.

解析:选B。B 段落大意题。本段中,李卫华老师解释了青少年容易出现心理问题的原因。故选B。

3.Li Weihua suggests parents doing all the following things EXCEPT__________.

A respecting their children

B helping children feel better

C leaning about children’s interest

D keeping children from video games

解析:选D。D 细节理解题。根据最后一段中李卫华老师所讲的话 “They need to respect their children, help them to find ways to feel better”“parents should get to know the things their teenage children are interested in, such as their favorite video games”可知,父母应该了解孩子的兴趣爱好,比如他们最喜欢的电子游戏,并未提及要父母阻止孩子玩电子游戏。故选D。

4.What can be put back into the “ ▲ ” in the last paragraph?

A gives their most time to friends

B don’t want to study

C like black very much

D don’t want to talk to their parents

解析:选D。D 推理判断题。根据划线部分前面的“ they often become a ‘black box’”可知,父母应该了解他们十几岁的孩子感兴趣的东西,这些东西将有助于与孩子建立信任,因为他们经常成为“黑匣子”,即他们不想和父母交流。故选D。

5.In which part of a newspaper can we read the passage?

A Fashion.

B People.

C Health.

D Medicine.

解析:选C。C 推理判断题。根据全文内容可知,本文主要讲了家长和老师应如何关注孩子的心理健康,属于健康方面的。故选C。