stress,come,on

篇一：六一儿童节英语作文：Stress on Campus

六一儿童节英语作文：Stress on Campus

Before I came to PKU， I thought it was paradise there， because I felt so much stress when NCEE was turning the corner that I must cheat myself by something. But now I know that I actually cheated myself.

In campus， we all feel three main sorts of stress. They are

study， love and life. For I have not a GF， and I consider it’s too early to think about life problems such as employment (I am only Grade One)， feeling annoyed by study takes most of my time.

There is too little time for me to complete the work we need to do. And what is my fault that I have chosen too many courses to study. I miscalculated my ability. However， if I take less like what I did last term， I would waste my spare time playing computer games， sleeping， talking and fooling around.

I am still puzzled about that. But recently I even have no time to feel puzzled. There are eleven papers and two big tasks in all this term. Maybe it’s good for us to have something to do instead of giving ourselves up to daydreams. It is said that a certain amount of stress can stimulate us and increase our level of alertness. So， don’t be worried about it. Just do it！ Nike tells the answer. We should believe that our latent capacity is unlimited. It is what I want to say to some students oppressed by papers and myself. It is better to develop our abilities to deal with stress rather than to escape from it， right？

Come on！

篇二：Sentence Stress 语句重音

Sentence Stress 语句重音（一）

语句重音指的是人们在朗读连贯的语句时哪些词要重读哪些词不重读的规则。下面介绍的是有关语句重音的最一般的但却是最重要的规则：

（一）在连贯的语句中需要重读的词有：名词、形容词、数词、实义动词、副词、某些代词（指示代词等）、疑问词、叹词等。这条规则可以用四个词来总结：实词重读。

1)名词 一般情况下名词在句中应重读。例如：An elephant is an animal.(大象是一种动物)2)形容词一般都有语句重音。如：Her shirt is blue and white.(她的裙子是蓝、白色)3)数词分为基数词和序数词，两者在句中都应重读。例如：John is nine.(约翰9岁)My second brother is a doctor.(我的二哥是个医生)4)实义动词实义动词有完整的意义，能在句中作谓语，一般都有语句重音。例如：Mary loves her dolls.(玛丽爱她的洋娃娃)She sings well.(她很会唱歌)5)副词大都在句中要重读。如：speaks English slowly and carefully.(他说起英语来又慢又小心)（6）代词指具有语句重音的代词，如①指示代词：this, that, these, those ②返身代词：myself, yourself, himself如：He himself hurt his own feet.(是他自己伤着了自己的脚)③不定代词：some, every, all, both, none, other, many, few, somebody, something等等。如：Everybody was late.(每个人都迟到了)We are many, they are few. (我们人多，他们人少。) Some are red, some are blue.(有一些是红色的，有些是蓝色的)④疑问代词：who, whom, whose, what, which等。如：Who is that? (那是谁?) Whose bag can it be?(这能是谁的包呢?)What would you like to eat?(你想吃点什么?)Which is your sister? (哪位是你的姐妹?)7)叹词 叹词在句中一般都要重读。例如，Oh, it’s snowing!(啊，在下雪。) Hey, that’s a nice shot!(嗨，那是个好球!) My, what a downpour!(哎呀，好大的雨啊!)Dear me!（表示惊讶：哎呀!）

语句重音(二)

(二)在连贯的语句中不重读的词有：

1)冠词 冠词有两种：①a(或an) ②the, 两者在句中一般都不重读。 2）代词 指没有语句重音的代词。如：①人称代词I, me, you, he, him, she, her等。②物主代词 my, your, his, her, its, or, their

3）动词 指非实义动词 如:①助动词 be(am, is, are, were, was), shall(should), will(would)have(has, had), do(does, did) ②情态动词can(could), may(might), must, have to(has to, had to), shall(should), will(would), ought to, dare, need, used to等。这些情态动词在语句中一般没有重音。

4）连词 一般在句中不重读的连词有①等立连词，如：and, or, for, but；②比较连词，如：as, than ③从属连词，如:（if, when, while, since, now that, as if(though等。

5）介词 介词（尤其是单音节介词）如出现在句子中间时一般不重读。常见的单音节介词有：at, by,

for, from, of, to, into等。

象。根据说话时的不同心态、不同的着重点、不同的强调内容、不同的语气等可以使原来在句中应重读的词失去重音，而原来不重读的词却又成了重读的词。这些较为特殊、复杂的规则就无法在语音小常识中做详细的讲解，只能留到以后的学习阶段再来学习、探讨了。

Sentence Stress

Since speech is made up of words strung together, we must also look at these words in groups, in phrases or in sentences in order to observe what happens to the stress pattern. In natural connected speech, for various reasons, some words are stressed, others are not. The stress in a sentence is called sentence stress (句重音). Sentence stress can be classified into three types: sense stress (表意重音), logical stress (逻辑重音) and emotional stress ( 感情重音). I. Sense stress

Sense stress is a very common phenomenon in connected speech. The distribution of such stresses is subject to the meaning that the speaker wishes to convey. In normal speech we put stress on words semantically important. Such words are called content or lexical words (实词), such as nouns, adjectives, adverbs, notional verbs, numerals, interjections, demonstrative, interrogative pronouns and the absolute form of the possessive pronouns; the unimportant ones are called form or structural words (虚词或结构词),which are used to join together' the words that carry meaning. In unemphatic speech, such words are usually unstressed. They are articles, monosyllabic prepositions, monosyllabic conjunctions, personal pronouns, possessive

pronouns, reciprocal pronouns, reflexives and relative pronouns, auxiliary and modal verbs and verb to BE.

Examples for words with sentence stress: 1. Nouns

'John is a 'teacher from Aˋmerican. 2. Adjectives

What a 'beautiful ˋsight! 3. Adverbs

I've 'seldom 'met him ˋrecently. 4. Notional verbs

They would 'die 'rather than ˋyield. 5. Numerals

'Two plus 'three 'equals ˋfive.

His ad 'dress is 'forty-'six ˋLinden Street. 6. Interjections 'Oh, it's Vwonderful! 7. Demonstrative pronouns 'This is our ˋcollege. 8. Interrogative pronouns 'Who was 'that on the ˋphone?

9. The absolute form of possessive pronouns 'This 'book is ˋmine. And 'yours is over ˋthere

Examples for words with no sentence stress: 1. Articles

He is a 'teacher of ˋEnglish. This is the 'book I ˋwant. 2. Monosyllabic prepositions He was sur 'prised at her ˋattitude 3. Monosyllabic conjunctions

'John, 'Henry and 'Robert 'all ˋwent but 'Peter ˋdidn’t. 4. Personal, possessive, reciprocal, reflexive and relative pronouns He 'taught us ˋEnglish

His 'brother is my 'best ˋfriend Let's ˋlearn from each other. They 'help one another in their ˋwork. She 'thought herself 'better than 'anyone ˋelse. 'Do you 'know the 'man who is 'sitting /there? 5. Auxiliary and modal verbs

They have been in the 'countryside ˋrecently. You may ˋgo 'now. 6. Link-verb to BE He is a 'good ˋcomrade

Special cases with no stress on content words:

1. A content word which appears for the second time in a sentence or in a short context is not stressed:

'How 'many 'times have you been ˋthere? ˋThree times.

He 'thinks of that as a ˋchild thinks.

2. If a noun is preceded by another qualifying noun, the second one is often unstressed. And these two nouns are often connected by the sense, actually they may be considered as compound words, e.g. 'That is our ˋclassroom building. I 'met her at the ˋrailway station.

3. To avoid repetition we often use substitute words. These substitute words usually have no sentence stress: —'Which 'dictionary do you ˋwant? —That ˋsmall one. —'Will he 'come tomorrow? —ˋYes, I ˋthink so.

4. When demonstrative pronouns this, that, these, those indicate very weak demonstrativeness and are only the equivalent to the word "it" or the definite article “the”, they are unstressed: I can 'easily ˋdo this.

It is 'necessary to 'take these pre ˋcautions.

5. In phrases this morning, this afternoon, etc., the demonstrative pronoun this is

not stressed:

We are 'rived this ˋmorning.

6. In exclamatory sentences such words as what, how are usually unstressed: What a 'horrible ˋday! How 'thoughtful she ˋis!

7. The word "street" never bears sentence stress in street names: ˋOxford Street ˋHigh Street Special cases with stress on form words:

1. Auxiliaries, modals and link-verb to BE bear sentence stress in the following cases:

a. When they are in the in the initial position of a sentence, they are stressed: 'Do you ˊlike it? 'Can I ˊhelp you? 'Are you a ˊfreshman?

b. When they are in the final position, used as short answers to general questions, they are stressed: —'Do you ˊlike it? —ˋYes, I ˋdo.

—`Can you `finish in ˊtime? —`Yes, I `can.

—'Are you a ˊfreshman? —Yes, I `am

c. If they are in contracted negative forms, they are stressed: It 'doesn't ˋmatter. He 'isn’t a ˋdoctor. I 'can’t ac ˋcrept it.

2. Modal verbs may, can, must, ought to are usually stressed in the following cases:

a. When may expresses the meaning, of possibility, it bears sentence stress: They 'may 'come this ˋevening.

b. When can expresses the meaning of astonishment, it bears sentence stress: 'Can it be 'five alˊready?

篇三：2012高考模拟一

2012届高考英语模拟测试 一 第二部分 英语知识运用（共2节，满分35分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

( ) 21. Jumping out of ____ airplane at ten thousand feet is quite ____ exciting experience.

A.不填; the B.不填; an C. an; an D. the; the

( ) 22. He often talks about his girlfriend________ love.

A. in response to B. in terms of C. in favor of D. in honor of

( ) 23.unpleasant experience．

A. Having caught B. Being caught C. Caught D. Having being caught

( ) 24. — How long have you been out of touch with your boyfriend?

— Since last month we ______ in the lecture hall.

A. quarrel B. quarreled C. had quarreled D. were quarreling

( ) 25. —Why don’t you go to medical college and be a doctor?

— It calls for a great deal of _____, which I don’t have.

A. strength B. energy C. wisdom D. patience

( ) 26. It is thought that Henan Shuanghui Industry Group Co. Ltd. ____take responsibility for

its consumers.

A. can B. may C. must D. need

( ) 27. The figures are further evidence ______ children are more likely to become

near-sighted.

A. that B. what C. why D. which

( ) 28. John _________ almost all of his records to his friends, but he still had a very few left.

A. put away B. set aside C. turned in D. gave away

( ) 29. I must decline because the conditions you offered are not ____________.

A.accessible B. available C. acceptable D. comfortable

( )30. —I think you should phone Jenny and say sorry to her.

— .It was her fault.

A．No way B．Not possible C．No chance D．Not at all

( )31. More patients ___________ in hospital this year than last year.

A. treated B. have treated C. had been treated D. have been treated

( )32. ---- Is Bob still performing?

---- I'm afraid not. He is said________ the stage already as he has become an official.

A. to have left B. to leave C. to have been left D. to be left

( )33.--- Why don't you put the meat in the fridge？

---- It will ____ fresh for several days.

A. be stayed B. stay C. be staying D. have stayed

( )34. It was hard for him to learn English in a family, in which _____ of the

parents spoke the language.

A. none B. neither C. both D. each

（ ）35. It was announced that only when the fire was under control ___ to return

to their homes.

A. the residents would be permitted B. had the residents been

permitted

C. would the residents be permitted D. the residents had been

permitted

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the middle of complete damage and disorder, a father rushed to the school "Are you going to help me now?" No one helped. And then he continued to dig for his son, stone by stone.

Courageously he went on alone because he needed to know "Is my boy or is he dead?" He dug for eight hours...12 hours...24 hours...36 hours...then, in hour, he pulled back a large stone and heard his son's screamed his son's name, "ARMAND!" He heard back, "Dad!?! It's me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I You promised, 'No matter what happens, I'll always be there for you!' You did it, Dad!"

"What's going on in there? " the father asked. "Come out, boy!"

"No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, I know you'll get me! No matter what happens, I know you'll always be there for me!"

36. A. only discovering B. only to discover C. only realizing D. only to realize

37. A. as flat as a pancake B. as high as a mountain

C. as strong as an ox D. as weak as a kitten

38. A. memorized B. forgot C. kept D. remembered

39. A. what B. what happen C. which D. who

40. A. fill B. fill in C. come D. burst

41. A. picture B. promise C. present D. encourage

42. A. digging B. digging through C. digging out D. digging into

43. A. to say B. said C. and saying D. saying

44. A. Come out B. Come again C. Come on D. Come off

45. A. one word B. one sound C. one row D. one line

46. A. for himself B. of himself C. by himself D. to himself

47. A. live B. living C. alive D. lively

48. A. 38 B. the 38 C. 38th D. the 38th

49. A. sound B. voice C. noise D. tone

50. A. will save B. would save C. save D. would have saved

51. A. when B. because C. even if D. though

52. A. remained B. missing C. left D. gone

53. A. for B. behind C. out of D. over

54. A. a promise B. space C. room D. a triangle

55. A. because B. though C. when D. even though

第三部分 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Living and dealing with kids can be a tough job, but living and dealing with parents can be even tougher.

If I have learned anything in my 16 years, it is that communication is very important, especially when you disagree. With any relationship, you need to let other people know how you're feeling. When you're mad at your parents, or anyone else, not talking to them doesn't solve anything.

Communication begins with the concerns of another. It means that you can't just come home from school, go up to your room and ignore everyone. Even if you just say "Hi", and see how their day was for five minutes, it is better than nothing.

When dealing with parents, you always have to make them feel good about how they are doing as parents. If you are trying to make them see something as you see it, tell them that you'll listen to what they have to say, but ask them politely to listen to you. Shouting or walking away only makes the situation worse.

This is an example: on night, Sophie went to a street party with her friends. She knew she had to be home by midnight, but she didn't feel she could just ask to go home. That would be rude. After all, they had been nice enough to make her along with them. Needless to say, she was late getting home. Her parents were mad at first, but when Sophie explained why she was late, they weren't at mad and let the incident go. Communication was the key factor here. If Sophie's parents had not been willing to listen, Sophie would have been in a lot of trouble.

Communication isn't a one way deal: it goes both ways. Just remember: if you get into a situation like Sophie's, telling the other person how you feel--listening is a key factor to communication.

56. In the writer's view, dealing with parents is ________.

A. more difficult B. easier C. more uninteresting D. more interesting

57. The main idea of the second paragraph is ____________.

A. the importance of friendship.

B. how to make your feeling known to others

C. the importance of communication

D. the disagreement between generations

58. When parents and children are in communication, the key to a happy relationship is that

________.

A. children should always obey their parents

B. parents play the leading part

C. they should be equal

D. both make the opposite know their feelings

B

exercise." Said Dr. Hans Selye, the first physician to record the effects of stress on the body. While here's one question that continuous stress is harmful, several studies suggest that challenging unexpected and difficult situations can be good for you.

In a 2001 study of 158 hospital nurses, those who faced considerable work demands but dealt with the challenge were more likely to say they were in good health. In a study at the Academic Center for Dentistry in Amsterdam, researchers put volunteers through two stressful experiences. In the first, a timed task that required memorizing a list followed by a short test, subjects through a gory(血淋淋的) video on surgical operations. Those who did well on the memory test had an increase in levels of immunoglobulin A, which is the body's first line of defense against germs(细菌).

Stress makes the body produce certain stress hormones. In short bursts these hormones have a positive effect, including improved memory function. "They can help nerve cells deal with information and put it into storage , "says Dr. Bruce McEwen of Rockefeller University in New York. But in the long run these hormones can have a harmful effect on the body and brain.

"Continued stress is not good for you," says Dr. Bruce, "It's the occasional burst of stress that could be protective."

59. The passage is mainly about ___________.

A. how to avoid stress B. how to deal with stress effectively

C. the benefits of manageable stress D. the effect of stress hormones on memory

60. The underlined word "shun"(Line 1, Para. 1) most probably means _________.

A. cut down on B. stay away from C. run out of D. put up with

61. We can conclude from the study of the 158 nurses in 2001 that _________.

A. people who can't get their job done experience more stress

B. doing challenging work may be good for one's health

C. stress will weaken the body's defense against germs

D. people under stress tend to have a poor memory

62. Dr. Bruce believes that ________.

A. a person's memory is determined by the level of hormones in his body

B. a person's memory improves with continued experience of stress

C. stress hormones have lasting positive effects on the brain

D. short bursts of stress hormones increase memory function

C

When you’re lying on the white sands of the Mexican Riviera, the stresses(压力) of the world seem a million miles away. Hey, stop! This is no vacation-you have to finish something!

Here lies the problem for travel writer and tood critic(评论家),Edie Jarolim “I always loved traveling and always liked to eat, but it never occurred to me that I could make money doing both of those things,” Jarolim said. Now you can read her travel advice everywhere in Arts and Antiques, in Brides, or in one of her there books, The Complate Idiot’s Travel Guide to Mexican Beach Resarts. ??writing began some eight years ago. After getting a PhD in English in Canada, she took a Test Frommer’s travel guides, passed it, and got the job. After working at Frommer’s, Jarolim worked for a while at Rough Guides in London, then Fodor’s, where she fell so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U. S. that she moved there.

Now as a travel writer, she spends one-third of her year on the road. The rest of the time is spent completing her tasks and writing reviews of restaurants at home in Tucson, Arigona.

As adventurous as the job sounds, the hard part is fact-checking all the information. Sure, it’s great to write about a tourist attraction, but you’d better get the local(当地的)museum hours correct or you could really ruin someone’s vacation.

63. What is most difficult for Jarolim?

A．Working in different places to collect information

B．Checking all the facts to be written in the guides

C．Finishing her work as soon as possible

D．Passing a test to write travel guides

64. What do we know about Jarllim from the text?

A．She is successful in her job

B．She finds her life full of stresses

C．She spends half of her time traveling

D．She is especially interested in museums

65. What would be the best title for the text?

A．Adventures in Travel Writing B．Working as a Food Critic

C．Travel Guides on the Market D．Vacationing for a Living

D

One of the most interesting paradoxes in America today is that Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, is now engaged in a serious debate about what a university should be, and whether it is measuring up.

Like the Roman Catholic Church and other ancient institutions, it is asking - still in private rather than in public - whether its past assumptions about faculty,authority, admissions, courses of stu

篇四：高三英语第一学期阶段测试试卷

高三英语第一学期阶段测试试卷

命题人：耿志霞、杨建华、管海燕

第I卷：选择题（共85分）

第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分)

第一节 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What does the man usually have for breakfast?

A. Fried cakes. B. Fried rice-noodles. C. Noodles.

2. What do we learn from the conversation?

A. The heavy rain prevents the competition from being held.

B. The competition will mot be held at the school sports center.

C. The competition will not be held at the original chosen place.

3. What’s the exact time now?

A. 8:35 B. 8:40 C. 8:45

4. What is their dialogue mainly about?

A. Difference between meat and vegetables.

B. Different ideas on meat and vegetables.

C. Delicious food --- different kinds of meat.

5. What do we learn about Daisy?

A. She likes pop music.

B. She needs 100 records.

C. She prefers classical music to jazz.

第二节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. What’s the matter with the man?

A. There is something wrong with his heart.

B. There is something wrong with his stomach.

C. There is something wrong with his hand.

7. What can we infer from the dialogue?

A. The woman thought the man had eaten the pizza, which made him feel bad.

B. The woman thought the man had eaten the salad, which made him feel terrible.

C. The woman thought it had been the fault of the pizza with oil and salad with vinegar.

8. Who had a salad?

A. Only Mary. B. Only the man. C. Both of them.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. What kind of car does the man want?

A. A mid-sized. B.A large one. C. A small one.

10. How many things does the woman ask the man to show her?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three.

11. How much money does the man have to pay for the car with unlimited mileage?

A. 174 dollars. B. 58 dollars. C. 116 dollars.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What does the man probably do?

A. He’s a ticket collector. B. He’s a jeweler. C. He’s a policeman.

13. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. On a train. B. In the street. C. At the man’s office.

14. How does the man act toward the woman?

A. Selfishly. B. Politely. C. Wrongly.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. Why did the clerk give his room to the old couple?

A. Because he wanted to show his kindness.

B. Because he would get a lot of money from them.

C. Because he knew they were nice couple who were very rich.

16. Why did the old couple build the best hotel for the clerk to manage?

A. They found the clerk was the best person to manage a hotel.

B. They want to show how rich they were to the world.

C. They just wanted to be grateful to the clerk.

17. What can we conclude from the monologue?

A. A young man should be polite to the elder people.

B. A kind heart always gets its reward.

C. The old man never ate his words.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Which of the following are they going to do ?

A. The general cleaning and buy some flower seeds.

B. Check the lawn mower and repair the fence.

C. Put on a film and get some poles ready.

19. What do we know about the speakers’ garden?

A. Nothing was grown there last year.

B. It hasn’t been used for eight months.

C. Some vegetables will be grown there.

20. What does the man think of going to the movies Sunday night?

A. It’s worth seeing although they’re busy.

B. They haven’t ever seen a movie together.

C. They won’t go unless they finish their work.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分35分） 第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. ______Beijing we’ll see in ______ year 2008 will be quite _______ different city from what it is now.

A. 不填;the; a B. The; the; a C. The; the; the D. 不填; 不填; 不填

22. The international agreement, ______ encourage children not to smoke and help people kick the habit, was signed

on February 27.

A. intending to B. being intended to C. intended to D. to intend to

23. Whom do you want to have_______ the parts of a car together?

A. fix B. to fix C. fixing D. fixed

24. ---James didn’t turn up last night, did he?

---No. He _____. We had changed our plan.

A. shouldn’t have come

C. didn’t need to come B. needn’t have come D. needn’t come

25. ---Does Jim do his new job well?

---_____ his old job. How stupid! I fear there's no hope for him.

A. No better than B. Not better than C. Not so well as D. No as well as

26. Don’t be _____ by products promising to make you lose weight quickly. You will probably find you have lost much

money instead of weight in the end.

A. taken off B. taken out C. taken in D. taken away

27. In 1492 Columbus and his crew arrived ______ was so-called the New World by the westerners．

A. in what B. in which C. what D. where

28. --- Who are you waiting for?

--- _______ the man wounded in the left leg.

A. The doctor will operate on

C. The doctor to operate on B. The nurse to be looked after D. His brother got

29. ---Come on, please give me some ideas about the project.

---Sorry. With so much work _____ my mind, I almost break down.

A. filled B. filling C. to fill D. being filled

30. ________ your composition carefully, some spelling mistakes can be avoided

A. Having checked B. Check C. If you check D. To check

31.

A. having brought in C. has been brought in B. having been brought in D. have been brought in

32. ---Would you like to go to the cinema with me tomorrow afternoon?

---I'd like to, Mum, but I ________ to a party by Jane. It is her birthday.

A. am invited B. was invited C. will be invited D. have been invited

33. The price of any product is linked to a complicated system of prices ______ everything depends on everything

else.

A. where B. which C. that D. of which

篇五：Where does students stress come from

Where Does Students’ Stress Come From?

Liz 2011102049

Nowadays, with the rapid social development, people are facing a variety of stress. Workers can suffer stress from massive work tasks; farmers can suffer stress from the unpredictable harvest; statesmen can suffer stress from fierce political struggles. And where does the students’ stress come from? Students also confront with unavoidable stress arising from their school study, others, fear for the future and so on, which give rise to horrible harm to them, and, unfortunately, some end their lives in that they are unable to deal with such bitterness.

The most serious cause of stress for students is the pressure of study, including massive tasks and lots of examinations. First of all, they are supposed to learn a lot of knowledge. As the students who are living in this rapidly changing world, they must know a lot to keep up with society. What’s more, they are supposed to be the trendsetters who are be able to start a new fashion and trend. In school, they are scheduled to learn all kinds of knowledge: Chinese, English, math, physics, chemistry, history, geography and so on. These subjects like heavy burdens to the students. Besides, they also have to take a lot of examinations. According to a survey, students who at the ages of seven, 11, and 14 have to take about 70 tests or exams during their school life, including standard assessment tests. Students getting ready for exams often feel a lot of pressure, which can result in nervousness and anxiety. For me, no matter how easy or difficult exams would be, I will be nervous and be busy in preparing for them. However, too much exam stress can cause individuals to perform

poorly on the tests that mean so much to them. Unfortunately, their friends, teachers, even their parents cannot relieve this kind of stress.

Other people, including their parents and peers, can also cause students’ stress. In China, the majority of students are the only child of their family. They get the meticulous care of their parents, even their grandparents. However, they also bear the high expectations of them. Some parents have unrealistic expectations of their child. Besides, some parents enjoy making a comparison of their child with others’. They always believe that their child is more superior and can achieve anything if they want. But students are not sure whether they can meet their parents’ high expectations and requirements. When students are set in a place where the expectations are out of their reach, they will feel frustrated and suffer from anxiety. What’s worse, as they are often compared with others’ performance, they can’t help stepping into a world, which was filled with severe competitions, which means more pressure to them. In addition, students have to face fierce competition from their peers. They have to compete with other students who are also excellent in all the courses. This peers’ pressure frequently causes mental problems such as anxiety, loss of sleep and health problems.

The pressures that come from school and others, in my opinion, are external factors. If these external factors disappear, students will not suffer these stresses any more. However, there are also internal factors that make things worse. These internal factors are the invisible pressure of the students, and they are difficult to get rid of. Students worrying about their unpredictable future is one of the internal factors

that cause the students’ stress. According to a survey across several universities in Wuhan, conducted by Wuhan Yangtze Business University, over 72 percent of student participants were worried about finding a job. Nowadays, students can easily get access to all the information of the realistic society. Some reports like the surplus of labors, unemployment and the devaluation of diploma are very familiar to them. They make them believe that once they graduate, they are unemployed. According to MSNBC, 50 percent of college students change their major once. And some students change two or three times during their college years. This uncertainty about career and prospects for the future cause students additional stress.

Facing these causes of stress, what can we do? Considering the great damage of overdue pressure, students should learn how to relieve pressure. Research shows that doing exercise, watching television, listening to music, talking with friends and family etc. can help students to reduce stress.

The cause of stress for students is various and complicated. No matter from study, others and unpredictable future can cause students’ stress. As we all know, things can easily go wrong when people are under stress. Stress is often a factor in the development of long-term sickness. So, as the students in this modern society, it is important for us to realize these pressures and be able to handle pressure in our daily life. Only in this way, can we perform well, not only in school, but also in our whole life.

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