As children enter their teens, they usually begin to pay more attention to their peers (同龄人) or friends. Peer pressure (压力) can be direct or indirect, but it is almost always present. Learning to deal with peer pressure makes a teen mature (成熟的), and able to get along well with others.
Bad peer pressure is when teens feel pressured to do something that they know is wrong, such as smoking, drinking, or drugs (毒品), and it can remain (保持) with them into adulthood. This is the main reason teens have to learn how to deal with it.
Some of the things you can do to deal with peer pressure include:
● Choose friends who share your values. Good friends use positive (正面的) peer pressure to help you be your best self.
● Keep away from situations where people are doing things you don’t want to do.
● Think about your reasons for doing things. Are they good reasons? Are you being true to yourself and your values?
● Practice ways of saying no, giving excuses if necessary.
● Talk to your parents, or other trusted adults, about the kinds of peer pressure you face, and listen to their advice.
● Let the adults know when you need help to get out of a bad situation, and don’t know what to do about it.
Remember that if just one teen stands up to (对抗) peer pressure, usually others will join him or her. Learning to deal with peer pressure will make you confident and mature.
1.According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. Peer pressure includes direct and indirect pressure.
B. Peer pressure comes from smoking, drinking and using drugs.
C. Teens facing pressure can’t tell right from wrong.
D. Teens who face pressure are more mature than those who don’t
2.Teens should learn to deal with peer pressure mainly because ______.
A. it can keep them from making serious mistakes
B. it can influence them even when they have grown up
C. learning to deal with it can help them get along well with others
D. learning to deal with it can make them mature and confident
3.According to the passage, teens should ______.
A. stay away from people who don’t share their values
B. have good reasons for anything they do
C. say no more often than yes
D. ask adults they trust for help
4.Which column(专栏) of a magazine may the passage be from?
A. Social problem. B. School news.
C. For teens. D. Science.
After an absence of thirty years, I decided to visit my old school again. I had expected to find changes, but not a completely different building. As I walked up the school drive, I wondered for a moment if I had come to the right address. The dirty red brick houses had been swept away. In its place stood a bright, modern block. A huge expanse of glass extended (延展) across the face of the building, and in front, there was a well-kept lawn (草坪) where previously there had been “an untidy gravel (沙石) yard”.
I was pleased to find that it was bread time and that the children were all in the playground. This would enable me to meet some members of staff(职员). On entering the building, I was surprised to hear loud laughter coming from what appeared to be the masters’ common room. I could not help remembering the teachers in my time, all dressed in black gowns (长袍) and high collars (领子). And above all, I recalled Mr Garston whom we had nicknamed “Mr Ghastly”, the headmaster who had iron discipline(纪律) on staff and pupils alike. I knocked at the common room door and was welcomed by a smiling young man who introduced himself to me as the headmaster. He was dressed casually in a sports jacket, and his cheerful manner, quickly dispelled (驱散) the image of Mr Ghastly. After I had explained who I was, the headmaster presented me to the teachers all of whom were a little younger than himself, and said he would take me round the school.
Here the biggest surprise of all was in store for (在等待)me. Gone were the heavy desks of old with their deeply carved names; gone too, were the dark classrooms with their ink stained, dark brown walls, and their raised platforms for the teachers. The rooms now were painted in bright colors, and the children, far from sitting straight in their places, seemed almost free to do as they liked. I looked with envy(嫉妒) as I remembered how, as a child, I had looked at the blackboard hardly daring to whisper to my neighbor.
1. “Mr Ghastly” must be ______.
A. the writer’s teacher B. a serious old man
C. the strict headmaster D. a naughty boy
2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. He had expected that the school had completely changed.
B. In the writer’s time, all the teachers were dressed in black gowns and high collars.
C. There was a well-kept lawn in their school when he visited it.
D. An untidy gravel yard had disappeared.
3. From what is said in the passage, it seems clear that the writer ______.
A. disapproved of all the changes that had taken place
B. felt sorry for the children in the school
C. was glad that the school was still the same
D. felt that conditions at the school had improved a lot
Even people who don’t have much talent for acting or singing still dream of being discovered by a talent scout (星探). It seems just like the lottery(彩票), but better you get fame and money.
For me, the dream seemed likely to stay a dream. But everything last week in Beijing. I was eating dinner with some friends. As I was getting ready to pay, a young Chinese woman came running up to me. I was that I must have done something horrible to offend(冒犯) her without it.
“You are a white man,” she said when she got to our table.
“Yes, I am a white man,” I replied.
“Can you speak ?” she asked.
“Yes.”
“Oh good. Come with me now, please.”
I walked outside and saw that a movie was being shot in front of one of the street’s largest _ .
The woman, a talent agent (经纪人), had a foreigner for this movie, but he had forgotten to . She needed to find a white guy who spoke English, and I was the only one . My part was to walk from one end of the street to the other, and then the club. When I got to the club, I was supposed to to my friend and say, “Forget about the girl, man. We are here to party!” It took me three tries to say the line or walk without tripping(绊倒), but I got it right.
The talent scout ran to me afterward. “You are so . I would like you to join my agency.” I know I am not going to be the next Jay Chou. , it seems that my “star” talents are being white and being able to speak English. , next time you are watching a Chinese movie, look in the . If you see a white guy stumbling (蹒跚) on his way into a nightclub, it might just be me on my way to stardom (星途)!
1.A. accepting B. bargaining C. predicting D. winning
2.A. although B. as if C. since D. unless
3.A. began B. changed C. disappeared D. improved
4.A. amazed B. curious C. guilty D. worried
5.A. admitting B. imagining C. pretending D. realizing
6.A. breathlessly B. cautiously C. proudly D. surprisingly
7.A. Chinese B. English C. French D. Cantonese
8.A. cinemas B. nightclubs C. schools D. restaurants
9.A. introduced B. needed C. persuaded D. signed
10.A. come out B. stay up C. turn up D. show off
11.A. away B. around C. beyond D. up
12.A. enter B. name C. recognize D. search
13.A. find B. offer C. turn D. stick
14.A. quickly B. simply C. properly D. reasonably
15.A. finally B. hopefully C. obviously D. unfortunately
16.A. brave B. interesting C. strange D. talented
17.A. In return B. In brief C. In turn D. In fact
18.A. best B. last C. only D. other
19.A. Instead B. Besides C. However D. Otherwise
20.A. background B. connection C. expression D. meaning
He is such ______! He is sure to ruin（毁坏）all the fun here if you invite him to the party.
A. a wet blanket B. a black sheep
C. a white elephant D. a green finger
The place_____ the bridge is supposed to be built should be _____ the cross-river traffic is the heaviest.
A. which; where B. where; in which
C. in which; where D. in which; in which
To tell you the truth, the accident and the damages ______ caused frightened me so much that I almost gave up driving ever since.
A. it B. they C. which D. what
