A survey of English schoolchildren shows boys and girls are worrying aboutthe way they look. The ___26___ found that over half of male schoolchildrenlacked confidence because of their body ___27___ .The figure for girls was slightly___28___ , at 59 percent. Researchers questioned 693 teachers about how theirstudents ___29___ about their bodies. All the children had taken lessons on bodyimage and self-esteem.
Teachers said many children were very ___30___ if otherssaid bad things about their appearances. Around 55 percent of teachers reportedthat girls were extremely sensitive to comment ___31___ their looks; the figurefor boys being easily hurt by teasing(取笑)was 27 percent.Teachers gave a number of ___32___ why children as young as four years oldwere stressing out about their shapes. Over 90 percent of teachers ___33___ theInternet and television. Children see images of “perfect”bodies every day andthey feel they have to look that way too. Many children are on diets to makethemselves ___34___ to the opposite sex. One elementary school teacher said :“Iwork with four to five-year- olds and some say things like, ‘I can ’t eat cheese , itwill make me ___35___ ’”, A teachers ’ spokeswoman warned that children tryingto look like “celebrities in the media only lead to misery ”.
A. about F. fat K. questions B. attractive
G. felt L. reasons C. blame H. for
M. shape D. complete E. discover I. higher
N. study J. lazy O. upset
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