选择性必修第二册 -【导与练】2024高考英语一轮复习高中总复习第1轮能力提升题组训练（新教材，外研版）

选择性必修　第二册 Unit 1　Growing up 题组训练1 Ⅰ.阅读 A (2023·湖北高中联盟高三5月模拟) In our fiercely competitive society,achievement has become the top priority for many.According to a national survey of 10,000 students,almost 80 percent of youth identified individual achievement or happiness as most important to them,while only 20 percent selected caring for others. Our youth often strive to be successful even if it comes at a cost to their mental health,which may help explain increasing rates of anxiety and depression among the youth. Actually,youth attitudes about achievement start with adults.Young people follow in the footsteps of adults.They can see how we treat success and productivity as symbols of honour.We reward the youth for being straight-A students.We encourage them to boost their resumes with endless extra-curricular activities.We may tell our children that we value kindness and empathy but do not always promote these values with the same enthusiasm and efforts. Our current obsession with achievement is likely fueling anxiety while damaging the fabric of our society.If we want to heal individually and collectively then we need to examine some relationships.This process starts by recognising that success is not equal to sustained happiness.It makes more sense to achieve with the aim of making a positive contribution to the life of others.If you judge success only by individual measures such as money,power,or fame,you will probably be disappointed. Furthermore,let’s break the myth that kindness is a barrier to achievement.There is a false statement that kindness is weakness.However,the opposite is true.Evidence suggests that children who care for others achieve more than those who do not. Kindness and achievement are not mutually exclusive.One can strive to achieve their individual goals and be kind to others. Our drive to achieve is not necessarily a bad thing.It can have a positive impact on the lives of others.The problem occurs when we pursue success only for individual p