Many teenagers（青少年） feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members don’t know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it’s quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for some ideas.
It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a group of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among them on the phone. The talk between friends is very important in children’s growing up, because friends can discuss something. These things are difficult to say to their family members.
However, parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them. Some parents even stop (阻止)their children from meeting their good friends. Do you think of the following questions?
Who chooses your friends? Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you? Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like? Your answers are welcome.
1. When teenagers have something difficult to say to their parents, they usually _______
A. stay alone at home
B. fight with their parents
C. discuss it with their friends
D. go to their brothers and sisters for help
2. The sentence “Your answers are welcome.” means“ ____ ”.
A. You are welcome to discuss the questions with us.
B. We’ve got no idea, so your answers are welcome.
C. Your answers are always right.
D. You can give us all the right answers.
3. Which of the following is the writer’s attitude（态度）?
A. Parents should choose friends for their children.
B. Children should choose everything they like.
C. Parents should understand their children better.
D. Teenagers should go to their friends for help.
Daniel has many friends. They look different and they have different personalities, but they are all friendly and helpful. He’d like to introduce some of them to us.
Name | Age | Appearance and hobbies |
Amy (volleyball player) | 17 | She is very tall (1.87 meters)! She has a baby face. Her fans say she’s very beautiful. She likes listening to pop songs and drawing. |
Tom (skiing player) | 18 | He is always smiling so people say that he is a “sunny boy”. He is a “black horse”. He won the first gold medal(金牌) for his city this year. He likes reading and playing games. |
Millie (singer) | 16 | People call her “Baby”. She’s a tall girl with black glasses and short hair. She likes wearing men’s clothes, so she looks like a boy. She likes singing, of course. She is good at playing basketball! |
1.Why do people say Tom is a “sunny boy”?
A. Because he likes reading.
B. Because he likes playing games.
C. Because he is always smiling.
D. Because he is a skier.
2.Which of the following is not true about Millie?
A. She is very tall. B. She wears black glasses.
C. She likes wearing a dress. D. She has short hair.
3. Which sentence is wrong?
A. “Baby” does well in playing basketball.
B. Millie is the youngest of the three.
C. Amy has a baby face.
D. Tom likes black horses.
All over the world, people have all kinds of friends. Dogs are people’s honest friends. Cats, elephants, camels, horses, cows are people’s helpful and useful friends. But do you think that computers are people’s friends, too？Now let me tell you about it.
We live in the “computer age”. People, like scientists, teachers, writers and even students, use computers to do work. But more than 30 years ago, couldn’t do much work. They were very big and expensive. Very people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and . And they can do a lot of work. Many people like to use them. people have them at home.
Computers become very important because they can work than men and make fewer mistakes. Computers can people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them and children use them to play games. Computers can also remember what you put into them. Computers are very and helpful. It is true that they are our good friends. Do you think so?
1.A. anything B. nothing C. something D. little
2.A. many of B. all kinds of C. a lot D. very much
3.A. scientists B. teachers C. students D. computers
4.A. few B. little C. a few D. a little
5.A. cheap B. cheaper C. expensive D. more expensive
6.A. More and more B. Fewer and fewerC. Less and lessD. More or less
7.A. slow B. slower C. fast D. faster
8.A. help B. make C. use D. stop
9.A. study B. to study C. studying D. to eat
10.A. beautiful B. careful C. interesting D. wonderful
. This computer is the best one ____ the shop, but it is also the most expensive ___all the computers.
A. in, ofB. in, in
C. of, ofD. of, in
—Mum, could I have __________ bread?—Of course.
A. any moreB. some more
C. more someD. many more
----What’s your best friend like?
----________________________
A. He is fine. Thank you. B. He is a doctor.
C. He likes watching TV. D. He is helpful and generous.
