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2019版高考英语一轮复习Unit3Inventorsandinventions达标巩固练含解析新人教版选修8 2019版高考英语一轮复习Unit3Inventorsandinventions达标巩固练含解析新人教版选修8 PAGE / NUMPAGES 2019版高考英语一轮复习Unit3Inventorsandinventions达标巩固练含解析新人教版选修8 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions 李仕才 *** 阅读理解。 Nowadays a third of primary schoolchildren in China are suffering from psychological ill-health as a result of classroom stress and parental pressure, according to a study published on Tuesday. The problem is so bad that urgent measures are needed, warns the study, led by British and Chinese researchers. The investigation surveyed 2, 191 pupils aged 9 to 12 in nine schools in urban and rural Zhejiang, a relatively prosperous coastal province in eastern China.  Eighty- one percent of the youngsters said they worried “a lot ” about exams, 63 percent feared being punished by their teachers, 44 percent had been physically bullied at least sometimes — with boys likelier to be victims than girls —and 73 percent had been physically punished by their parents. Most of the children complained they struggled to cope with the amount of homework they were assigned. Over one-third reported headaches or abdominal pains — psychosomatic symptoms of stress — at least once a week. The most stressed children reported incidence of aches or pains of four times a week. The investigation, led by Therese Hesketh, a professor at University College London (UCL) Centre for International Health and Development, pointed the finger at extreme competitiveness in China ’s education system, from the onset of primary school. “The competitive and punitive educational environment leads to high levels of stress and psychosomatic symptoms, ” the authors say.  “Measures to reduce unnecessary stress on children in schools should be introduced urgently. ” The paper appears in Archives of Disease in Childhood, a peer-reviewed journal of the British Medical Association (BMA). The “urban ” setting for the study was Hangzhou, the