Last week, we talked about the conflict between sleepy teenagers and early morning classes. Many people commented on our website.
For example, Damla Ece in Turkey wrote, “I agree with the idea of starting lessons later so teenagers can feel better in the morning. But sleeping more than seven hours can be a waste of time for students.”
Tran in Vietnam disagreed, “I think teenagers, on average, need eight to ten hours of sleep every day. It's useless to try to force them to concentrate while they can't concentrate.”
Afshin Heydari from Iran wrote, “Schools should start early to avoid heavy traffic later in the morning.”
And Suze from Jordan wrote, “When I was a teenager, I enjoyed taking my courses as early as possible. That way I could find a long time in the day to do my own activities.”
But Azra from Kyrgyzstan said, “The reason why schools start early here is a lack of classrooms.”
And Joruji in Japan wrote, “When I was a teen-ager, I used to get up before six to go to school, which was far from home, and I don't remember having problems. I think nowadays the Internet, TV games and cell phones make teens go to sleep later.”
Thirty-year-old Kika in Spain said, “In my opinion, young people are very lazy.”
But Dennis Jin disagreed, “For high school students in China, we must reach class at 6:20 in the morning as well as be back home usually at 10:00 in the evening. Then we'll have some extra school work to do. Can you imagine how long could we sleep every day?”
Teenagers are not the only ones who suffer. Kathy in Canada wrote, “My daughter likes complaining about everything in the morning, and I know that this is from lack of sleep. I wish schools should change their start time to 8:30 or 9:00 in the morning.”
And Naima Star in Libya wrote, “Getting up so early in the morning as well as leaving the warm bed is so difficult, especially in the cold weather. It re-minds me of that old song: ‘It's nice to get up in the morning, but it's nicer to stay in bed.’”
5. Where is the passage most likely to be taken from?
A.A personal letter. | B.A travel guide. |
C.A geography book. | D.A radio broadcast. |
6. About teenagers’ sleeping time, which of the following belong to one group?
A.Joruji, Tran and Kika. |
B.Tran, Kathy and Dennis Jin. |
C.Suze, Kathy and Afshin Heydari. |
D.Suze, Tran and Afshin Heydari. |
7. From Dennis Jin's words, we can see he expressed his
A.amazement | B.pleasure |
C.determination | D.dissatisfaction |
8. While giving her view, Suze took ________ into consideration.
A.her own habit | B.political situation |
C.school environment | D.traffic conditions |