初三英语阅读题
ItseemsthatstudentsinShanghaiarenotashappyastheyshouldbe.That'swhatanarticleinalocalnewspapersaidrecently.
Thepaperdidasurveyofsomestudentsandaskedthemiftheywerehappy.60%ofthestudentssaidtheywerehappy,butalmost40%saidtheywereunhappy!However,whenthepaperaskeddeafstudentsthesamequestion,almost90%saidtheywerehappy.It'ssurprisingwhenyouthinkaboutit.Thosestudentswhohaveadisabilityarehappierthantheheathierstudents.
WhenIaskedmystudentsiftheywerehappy,mostsaidyes,buttheyalsosaidtheyhadalotofpressure:toomuchhomework,notenoughfreedomandnotenoughmoney.Andsomeworryaboutthefuture,suchasgettingagoodjob,andfindingagoodhusbandorwife.Clearly,somestudentshandlethepressurebetterthanothers,andthedeafstudentsseemtohandlethepressurebestofall.Theydon'tletitgetthemdown.
Icanonlyimaginewhythisis.Maybeithasalottodowith"overcomingadversity".Thedeafstudentshavealreadyhadtodealwithabigproblemintheirlives.Theycan'thear,sotalkingtootherpeopleisverydifficult,ifnotimpossible.Tocommunicatewithothers,they'vehadtolearnsignlanguage.Afterlearning,they'vefoundnewfriendsandthey'vealsofoundthejoythatcomeswith"overcomingadversity".
Wecanalllearnalessonfromthesedeafstudents.
Howmanydeafstudentssaidtheywerehappyinthesurvey?
2.Whydidthewriter'sstudentssometimesfeelunhappy?
3.Arethedeafstudentsabletohandlethepresurebetter?
4.Whydothedeafstudentsfeelhappier?
5.Whatcanyoulearnfromthedeafstudents?