Name-calling and teasing are overwhelmingly the main type of
classroom bullying, says a study funded by UNESCO. However, the
study does (47) some good news. The research in the British
part of the program has found that the problem of bullying in schools has
(48) . A decade of anti-bullying initiatives has led to the
first recorded drop in the number of victims and a (49) fall
in the number of young bullies. This is the first (50) study
to show school bullying on the decrease. The research, being published in the
year 2000, was carried out by psychologist Peter Smith, of Goldsmith’s College,
London. The war on (51) and name-calling has been so
successful that Britain is no longer the bullying capital of Europe, showing
major improvements in (52) with other European
countries. The international research shows that there has been
a (53) of at least 72,000 in the number of English teenagers
who say they have been bullied, compared with 10 years ago. Meanwhile the
number of perpetrators(作恶者) has more than halved, (54)
from 550,000 to 240,000 over the same period. Back in
1990, Smith (55) interviews with 7,000 Yorkshire children
aged between 10 and 16. He found that the proportion of pupils suffering
(56) at the hands of bullies ranged from 15% in West
Yorkshire to 13.1% in Sheffield. Last year he repeated the exercise, questioning
2,300 pupils from across England. He discovered that only 12.2% of pupils were
bullied. A) combination
F) abstract
K) delighted B) decreased
G) decline
L) suddenly C) dramatic
H)
involving M)
shrinking D) substantial
I) conducted
N) reveal E) violence
J) regularly
O) comparison