Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. Teenagers today live in a very competitive world. It is more important than ever to succeed at school if they hope to have a chance in the job market afterwards. It’s no wonder that many young people (8) ___________ about letting down their parents, their peers and themselves. To try to please everyone, they take on too many tasks ...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Teenagers today live in a very competitive world. It is more important than ever to succeed at school if they hope to have a chance in the job market afterwards. It’s no wonder that many young people (8) ___________ about letting down their parents, their peers and themselves. To try to please everyone, they take on too many tasks until it becomes harder and harder to balance their homework assignments, parties, sports activities and relationships. The result is that young people suffer stress. There are different ways of dealing with stress. Everyone knows that caffeine, in the form of coffee or soft drinks, keeps you awake and alert. But caffeine is a drug which can become (9) ___________. In the end, like other drugs, caffeine only leads to more stress. There are better ways to deal with stress. Physical exercise is a good stress reliever (10) ___________ it increases certain chemicals in the brain which calm you down. It is also advisable that you should get enough sleep at night and spend more time hanging out with your mends or taking pan in outdoor activities.