US teenagers may be facing a challenge (挑戰(zhàn)) today. A recent survey suggests (表明) that they are less honest than previous generations
(上一代人).
The survey was done among 29,760 students at 100 US
high schools. The results suggest that in the past year, 30 percent of US high
school students have stolen from a store. And 64 percent may have cheated on a
test.
However, 93 percent of the students said they were
satisfied (滿意) with their honesty. And 77 percent
said,“when it comes to doing what is right, I am better than most people I
know.”
Some teachers were unhappy about the survey results.
Some, however, defended (為……辯護(hù)) today’s
students.
“The competition is greater and the pressures (壓力) on kids have increased greatly,”said Mel Riddle, who
was a high school teacher and headmaster for 40 years.“It is the pressures that
make it easy for students to be dishonest.”
“I think these students are better than other
generations,”he said.“I find them more active, better to work with and more
thankful for support.”“ We have to create situations where it’s easy for kids
to do the right things, ”he added.“We need to create classrooms where learning
is more important than having the right answer.”
1.According to the survey, what challenge do US
teenagers face today?
A．They have
trouble getting pocket money
B．They don’t get along well with teachers
C．They are not
so honest as older generations
D．They have too
many tests to take each week
2.We can learn from the survey that children in the US
nowadays .
A．behave worse
B．work harder
C．a(chǎn)re less
healthy
D．a(chǎn)re busier at
school
3.According to the survey results, _
percent of the students are satisfied with their honesty.
A．30 B．64 C．77 D．93
4.What’s Mel Riddle’s opinion about the idea that
students are dishonest?
A．He gets
really angry about it
B．He thinks
parents must do something to stop it
C．He thinks the
students should change their behavior
D．He thinks
there are some reasons for being dishonest
5.What advice does Mel Riddle give on improving the
honesty of students?
A．Do not let
students do anything
B．Make it
easier for them to learn
C．Ask students
to find right answers
D．Give students
more free time to have fun
