Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
ACADEMICS AREN’T THE PROBLEM
Studies about how students use their time might shed light on whether they face increased academic and financial pressures compared with earlier eras.
Based on data about how students are spending time, academic or financial pressures don’t seem to be greater now than a generation ago.
The data show that full-time students in all types of colleges study much less now than they did a generation ago - a full 10 hours a week less. Students are also receiving significantly higher grades. So it appears that academic pressures are, in fact, considerably lower than they used to be.
The time-use data don’t suggest that students feel greater financial pressures, either. When the time savings and lower opportunity costs are factored in, college appears less expensive for most students than it was in the 1960s. And though there are now full-time students working to pay while in college, they study less even when paid work choices are held constantly.
In other words, full-time students do not appear to be studying less in order to work more. They appear to be studying less and spending the extra time on leisure activities or fun. It seems hard to imagine that students feeling increased financial pressures would respond by taking more leisure.
Based on how students are spending their time then, it doesn’t look as though academic or financial pressures are greater now than a generation ago. The time-use data don’t speak directly to social pressures, and it may well be that these have become more intense lately.
In one recent set of data, students reported spending more than 23 hours per week either socializing with friends or playing on the computer for fun. Social activities, in person or on computer, would seem to have become the major focus of campus life. It is hard to tell what kinds of pressures would be associated with this change
Students nowadays seem to be studying less and__________
A. taking more extracurricular activities
B. giving more time to sports
C. spending more time doing odd jobs
D. spending more time on leisure
Nowadays, children are under presure from family, school and society. They have less time for relaxation and entertainment, which make them feel tedious, even exhausted. This essay will discuss the causes and find solutions to this phenomenon.
First of all, it is undeniable that the present education is a burden for all students. They spend long time attending the class with little time to relax. For example, students start to study at 7 am and finish at 11.15 am with five classes. Moreover, they have to go to tutorial classes in the afternoon or evening, even all weekends and strict examinations , A non stop cycle of studying certainly makes them feel pressure and stressful.
More importantly, family directly pressures them. Most parents are fully aware of the importance of knowledge and skills for children. Therefore, they oblige their sons and daughters to quence knowledge at school and the language centers without listening to kids' saying , which maynot be suitable for all students.In addiion, They are willing to waste a lot of money for their kids at the tutorial classes in exchange of the high score grades . Their concerns unwittingly bring the children unnecessary worries and exhaustion.
With the above negative impacts, the aldults should sit together and discuss the solutions for pressure from which their kids are suffered . They should know how to listen to their kids and share the studying at school. It is neccessary to spare time for relax outdoors with family and friends. Then, parents must know the competence of children and help them develop in their ability. Education is partly responsible for it. the officials of education should reduce the schooling curriculum and turns tradional method based on dictation to the modern one such as practcing and developing socila skills.
In a word, pressure affects students negatively in many ways. Families, schools and the society should join hands to deal with the problem to make children, the future generation develop in comprehensive way.
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