Teenager means people from 13 to 19 years old. Although they’re young, they have to make many important choices by themselves. Who influences teenagers? Teenagers were asked this question and here’s what they said.
It depends on the kind of choice. When teenagers buy things, friends are the most important influence. This is especially true for clothes and music. TV show, advertisements and parents also influence teenagers. In more serious things, parents are probably the most important influence. Some teenagers say it’s best to regard both parents and friends as influences. James, 17-year-old boy says he’s “Just a crazy man”, he also says, :Parents are really important because they can tell you what’s right and wrong.”
Do you depend on parents or others when you decide what to do and how to do it? Whoever you depend on, the correct choice is the most important. Your future is in your hand.
1.Teenagers must decide many important things by ____________.
2.“Who influences teenagers” depends on the kind of __________.
3.Some teenagers think it’s best to _________ both parents and friends as influences.
4.James thinks _______ are really important because they can tell you what’s right and wrong.
5.Whoever you depend on, the _________ choice is the most important.
There are many things we need to know that we do not learn at school. For example, if we want to use our money wisely, we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare the prices of the things in different shops. We need to be able to compare the quality of different brands. We need to know how to make a choice when we shop.
Knowing how to make such choices is a “life skill”, and we need life skills if we are to live useful and happy lives.
Some of these choices are small. For example, will I take an apple for lunch or pear? Will I go to school by bus or on foot? Will I wear the red T-shirt or the blue one to the movies? Other choices are more important. For example, will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I eat junk food because it is tastier? Will I work hard in all my classes or will I only work hard in the classes I enjoy? We make choices like this every day.
We have to realize that the choices we make can affect the rest of our lives. Just as importantly, our choices can also affect other people. The next time you decide to waste time in class, play a joke on someone or talk loudly at the movies, think about this: Who else does your choice affect?
1.This passage mainly tells us that it’s important to _____.
A. make the right choices B. know how to compare prices
C. know how to shop carefully D. learn everything at school
2.We need “life skills” _____.
A. to know how to choose a part-time job B. to compare brands and prices
C. to live useful and happy lives D. to learn things at school
3.According to this passage, we make choices _____.
A. once a year B. some days C. once a month D. every day
4.Which choice is more important according to this passage?
A. Which fruit to take for lunch. B. Which subjects to work hard at.
C. Which T-shirt to wear to the movies. D. How to get to school.
5.From the passage we know that our choices can affect ____.
A. nobody B. the people around us C. just ourselves D. the prices of the things
Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members don’t know as well as their friends do．In large families，it is 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 they are not with their friends．they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication(交际)is very important in children's growing up，because friends can discuss (讨论)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 may even stop their children from meeting their good friends．Have you ever thought 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．
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。
1.Many teenagers think that friends can understand them better．
2.To stop meeting friends is very important to teenagers．
3.When teenagers have something difficult to say to their parents，they usually discuss it with their friends.
4.The sentence “Your answers are welcome” means “Your answers are always right ”．
5.“Parents should understand their children better” is the writer's attitude(态度).
Mr. and Mr. Brown lived in a small house near London with their child. Sometimes Mr. Brown came______from his work very late when his wife and the child were asleep. Then he usually______the front door of his house with his key and came in very ___. He didn’t want to disturb them.
But one night when he was coming home late, he lost his_____. So when he reached his home, he_____the bell, but nothing happened. He ranged it again. Again nothing happened--- ____ moved inside the house. Mr. Brown knocked at the bedroom windows, he spoke to his wife, he shouted,_____she did not wake up. At last he stopped and_____for a few seconds. He had a good_____. Then he began to speak like a small child, “Mother!” he said, “I want to go to the toilet(洗手间)!” He spoke quietly but at once______woke up. Then he spoke to her, and she opened the door for him.
1.A. up B. back C. to D. on
2.A. opened B. closed C. made D. drove
3.A. quickly B. quietly C. quiet D. happily
4.A. bike B. car C. key D. knife
5.A. rang B. knocked C. opened D. made
6.A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody
7.A. and B. but C. or D. why
8.A. sang B. cried C. thought D. thinks
9.A. idea B. plan C. key D. way
10.A. Mr. Brown B. Mrs. Brown C. the child D. neighbor
Would you please ______ my baby when I am cooking.
A. take out of B. take care of C. take part in D. take away from
They need to spend more time _____ their health.
A. in B. on C. at D. of
