Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their
friends. They believe that their family members, especially their parents, don’t
know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only turn to their friends for advice.
It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or many friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication is very important in children’s growing up, because friends can discuss something 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. The question of “choice” is an interesting one. Have you ever thought of the following questions?
Who choose your friends?
Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?
Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like?
1. Many teenagers think their____ know them better than their parents do.
A.friends |
B.teachers |
C.brothers and sisters |
D.classmates |
2.When teenagers stay alone, the usual way of communication is to___.
A.turn to their friends |
B.talk with their parents |
C.have a discussion with their family |
D.talk with their friends on the phone |
3.The passage suggests (暗示) that___ .
A.parents cannot choose friends for their children successfully |
B.perhaps some children’s friends are chosen by their parents |
C.children won’t let their parents choose friends for them |
D.parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them |
4.Which of the following do you think is RIGHT according to the passage?
A.Parents should like everything their children enjoy. |
B.In all families, children can choose everything they like. |
C.Parents should try their best to understand their children better. |
D.Teenagers can only turn to their friends for help. |
What is your favorite English letter? Many of you may say Q. Why? Because
so many of you chat with your friends on QQ. What do you like about QQ? What do you talk about? The CCTV reporter, Miss Wang, interviews three kids. Let’s listen to what they say.
When do you chat on QQ? What do you talk about?
Lin Yuhan, Xi’an: On weekends. We talk about homework and chat with each other.
Tang Xuting, Shanghai: At weekends and when I don’t have much homework. We exchange test answers and chat.
Yang Yuhang, Dalian: Our class goes online together at 4: 00~6: 00pm on weekends. We complain about homework, chat and talk about computer games.
What do you put on your QQ blog(博客)?
Lin: I put good articles I have found online on my blog. I also write articles myself. They are about funny things that have happened in my class.
Tang: I put pictures on my blog. Not my own photos, but pictures from my favorite Japanese cartoons(动画片)like Tennis Prince Conan.
Yang: I put DV films on my blog. I shoot(拍摄)them during sports meetings and school parties. The most popular one is about a dancing teacher, he is so funny that everyone watches it.
How do you like QQ?
Lin: It’s a good space for us to make a record of our lives of both good times and sad times.
Tang: My friends and I may not have time to chat at school. But we can do it on QQ. It’s very helpful to our friendships.
Yang: If you chat with friends on the telephone, your parents sometimes listen to your conversation. There’s no such problem with QQ. You can relax and talk freely.
1.What does Yang Yuhang talk about on QQ on weekends?
①homework ②chat
③test answers ④computer games
A.①② |
B.②③ |
C.①②④ |
D.②③④ |
2.What does Lin Yuhan put on her QQ blog?
A.Some pictures. |
B.Good articles. |
C.DV films. |
D.Japanese cartoons. |
3.Which one is TRUE according to this article?
A.Lin says QQ is very helpful to their friendships. |
B.Yang says he can chat freely with many friends and relax on QQ. |
C.Tang says QQ is a good space for them to make a record of their lives. |
D.Tang says he chats on QQ on weekends though he has lots of homework. |
I can still remember the first day when I met my best friend. I hid behind my mother and she hid behind her grandmother, 36 to look at each other. But we soon lost the 37 and started playing with each other. In the 7th grade, I first lost touch with her. She was 38 family problems and I deserted her to be with the “cooler people.” 39 of my new friends liked her as much as I did 40 they knew she had “problems”. However, every summer we would 41 sit at each other’s home and watch soap operas and talk about everything we liked.
It was last year when I 42 the problem. I guess I was just too busy in high school to realize she needed someone there for her. Well, she made a new “best friend” and 43 did I. Then I didn’t know why, but she started cutting herself.
She was diagnosed with clinical depression(抑郁症). I was very 44 at first, but with the late night calls, we still stayed in 45 . I wanted to be there for her since her new best friend 46 deserted her, when people were calling her 47 , but I knew I still 48 her like a sister.
Yesterday she came 49 me and said this,” I never knew what a best friend was 50 I found you were the only person that would stop me from cutting, the only person that ever made me feel better about myself and my 51 . You don’t know this but I was trying to kill myself one night when you 52 me. I 53 you so much, and you didn’t even know you were 54 me.” We both cried. And I guess a kind of lesson from my life so far is to never 55 your friends.
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It is the first time that I ___ this kind of moon cake.
A.enjoyed |
B.have enjoyed |
C.enjoy |
D.enjoying |
While listening carefully, the students___ what their teacher said.
A.set down |
B.turned down |
C.got down |
D.calmed down |
Sam always pronounces my name wrong. Do you think he does it____ ?
A.on purpose |
B.at present |
C.at an end |
D.right away |