It is reasonable to say that every teenager can be affected by peer pressure (从众

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It is reasonable to say that every teenager can be affected by peer pressure (从众心理) at some point. Every day, in any high school, peer pressure has a major influence over the behavior of teenagers. It can be as subtle (微妙的) as being persuaded to be late for class or as extreme as a dangerous drug. Whether subtle or extreme, peer pressure can have damaging, sometimes life changing, and even serious results.
“Teens don’t often consider the long-term results that some behavior can cause,” said Terri Price, a researcher. “Peer pressure can be very difficult to handle for many teens because of their fears of not fitting in”. Peer pressure has always been part of teen life, but teens experience it differently than their former generations did in the past. Sources of peer pressure have increased because of the Internet and other electronic communications.
Recognizing peer pressure can be as simple as noticing that you have been asked to do something that you are not comfortable with. “Listen to your instinct （直觉） , which is a sign for whether something is right or wrong. If it feels wrong, then most likely it is. ”says Price.
Teens are in a time of life when they are still discovering who they are. Many teens are influenced by peer pressure because of their insecurities (不安全感). This can make them helpless especially when their self-control is weak or they lack healthy support, causing them to take risky behavior or turn to unhealthy support.
Dealing with peer pressure is a topic of concern for teens. People can say, “Just say no,” but the truth is that the statement is easier said than done.
小题1:The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to .

A．the Internet	B．teen life
C．peer pressure	D．the fear of not fitting in

小题2:You can know whether a teen suffers peer pressure by watching .

A．whether he often surfs the Internet

B．whether he can get security

C．whether it is subtle or extreme

D．whether he feels comfortable with it

小题3:Why are teens easily influenced by peer pressure?

A．Because they don’t have the feeling of safety.

B．Because they are afraid of fitting in or being accepted.

C．Because they need support for their health.

D．Because they have nobody to turn to when in trouble.

小题4:According to the passage, we can know that dealing with peer pressure is

A．easy

B．hard

C．a new topic

D．an impossible task

答案

小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:B

解析

试题分析：
小题1:C 推理题。根据第二段3,4行Peer pressure has always been part of teen life, but teens experience it differently than their former generations did in the past.说明这里的it是指Peer pressure.从众心理是生活的一部分，年轻人体验从众心理的方法和以前的祖先是不一样的。故C正确。
小题2:D 细节题。根据第三段1,2行Recognizing peer pressure can be as simple as noticing that you have been asked to do something that you are not comfortable with.是辨认peer pressure的方法就是观察孩子在做一些他不喜欢的事情时候的表现，故D正确。
小题3:A 细节题。根据第四段第二句Many teens are influenced by peer pressure because of their insecurities (不安全感).说明不安全感是很多年轻人有从众心理的原因。故A正确。
小题4:B 推理题。根据文章最后一段Dealing with peer pressure is a topic of concern for teens. People can say, “Just say no,” but the truth is that the statement is easier said than done.说明处理年轻人的从众心理是比较困难的。故B正确。
点评：文章分析了在年轻人中存在着从众心理并分析了产生从众心理的原因。集中考查了细节题，要求考生在阅读时，抓住段落的主题句，提炼住中心思想。并仔细分析。

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As you grow older, you’ll be faced with some challenging decisions—like whether to cut class or try cigarettes．Making decisions on your own is hard enough, but when other people get involved and try to pressure you one way or another it can be even harder．People who are your age, like your classmates, are called peers．When they try to influence how you act, to get you to do something, it’s called peer pressure．
Peers can have a positive influence on each other．Maybe another student in your science class taught you an easy way to remember the planets in the solar system．Maybe you got others excited about your new favorite book, and now everyone’s reading it．These are examples of how peers positively influence each other．
Sometimes peers influence each other in negative ways．For example, a few kids in school might try to get you to cut class with them; your soccer friend might try to convince you to be mean to another player and never pass him the ball．
It is tough to be the only one who says “no” to peer pressure, but you can do it．Paying attention to your own feelings and beliefs about what is right and wrong can help you know the right thing to do．
You’ve probably had a parent or teacher advising you to “choose your friends wisely．” Peer pressure is a big reason why they say this．If you choose friends who don’t cut class, smoke cigarettes, or lie to their parents, then you probably won’t do these things either, even if other kids do．
If you continue to face peer pressure and you’re finding it difficult to handle, talk to someone you trust．Don’t feel guilty if you’ve made a mistake or two．
小题1:For whom is the passage most probably written?

A．Students．

B．Parents．

C．Teachers．

D．Doctors．

小题2:In the last three paragraphs, the author mainly_____．

A．explains why friendship is so important

B．gives advice on how to deal with peer pressure

C．discusses how peers influence us

D．shows how to make more good friends

小题3:Which of following may help handle peer pressure?

A．Spending more time with classmates．

B．Taking up more relaxing hobbies．

C．Choosing friends with no bad habits．

D．Helping others who are in trouble．

小题4:What is the topic of the passage?

A．Friendship．	B．Making decisions
C．Self-confidence	D．Peer pressure

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The ability to memorize things seems to be a vanishing （消失的） technique．So what can we do to bring out brain cells back into action? A newly published book on memory, Moomvalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, by American journalist Joshua Foer, makes a telling point, one that is an analysis of the importance of memorising events and stories in human history; the decline of its role in modem life; and the techniques that we need to adopt to restore the art of remembering．
As For points out, we no longer need to remember telephone numbers．Our mobile phones do that for us．We don"t recall addresses either．We send emails from computers that store electronic addresses．Nor do we bother to remember multiplication tables （乘法表）．Pocket calculators do the job of multiplying quite nicely．Museums, photographs, the digital media and books also act as storehouses for memories that once we had to keep in mind．
As a result, we no longer remember long poems or folk stories by heart, feats （技艺） of memory that were once the cornerstones of most people"s lives．Indeed, society has changed so much that we no longer know what techniques we should employ to remember such lengthy works．We are, quite simply, forgetting how to remember．
And let"s face it, there is nothing sadder than someone who has lost their mobile phone and who finds they cannot even phone home or call their parents or partners because they cannot remember a single telephone number．That is a sad example of loss of personal independence．So, yes, there is a need for us to he able to remember certain things in life．
Therefore, Foer"s book outlines the methods that need to be mastered in order to promote our memories and regain the ability to recall long strings of names, numbers or faces．In the process, he adds, we will become more aware of the world about us．
The trick, Foer says, is to adopt a process known as " elaborative encoding", which involves transforming information, such as a shopping list, into a series of "absorbing visual images"．If you want to remember a list of household objects—potatoes, cottage cheese, sugar and other items, then visualise them in an unforgettable manner, he says．Start by creating an image of a large jar of potatoes standing in the garden．Next to it, imagine a giant tub of cottage cheese—the size of an outdoor pool—and then picture Lady Gaga swimming in it．And so on．Each image should be as fantastic and memorable as possible．
Using methods like this, it becomes possible to achieve great feats of memory quite easily, Foer says．It certainly seems to have worked for him: he won the annual US Memory Championships after learning how to memorize 120 random digits in five minutes; the first and last names of 156 strangers in 15 minutes; and a deck of cards in under two minutes．"What I had really trained my brain to do, as much as to memorise, was to be more mindful and to pay attention to the world around," he says．
These techniques employed by Foer to master his memory were developed by Ed Cooke—a British writer and a world memory championship grandmaster．He acted as Foer"s trainer during preparations for the book and helped him achieve his championship performances．" Memory techniques do just one thing: they make information more meaningful to the mind, making the things we try to learn unforgettably bright and amusing," said Cooke．
小题1:Which of the following is conveyed in this article?

A．People become more independent with modern equipment．

B．The memory"s role in life is declining in modem society．

C．Memory techniques can make information less meaningful．

D．Ed Cooke is the first one who benefited from Foer"s techniques．

小题2:According to Joshua Foer, people no longer memorize information today because________．

A．museums can do everything for them．

B．they no longer have the ability to memorize things．

C．they have things that can act as storehouses for memories．

D．it is not necessary to memorize anything in modem life．

小题3:One method of memorizing things mentioned in the passage is to ________．

A．link things to famous pop stars

B．find the connection between different things

C．form vivid, unforgettable images of certain things

D．use advanced digital imaging technology to help

小题4:The underlined word "visualise" in the last paragraph most probably means "_______"．

A．imagine

B．undertake

C．remark

D．indicate

小题5:This passage can be sorted as ________．

A．a news report	B．an advertisement
C．a scientific discovery	D．a book review

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下面文章中有5处（第61~65题）需要添加小标题，请从以下选项中选出符合各段意思的小标题，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑,选项中一项为多余选项.

A．Learn Everyday

B．Agree to Disagree

C．Respect Each Other

D．Arrange Some Time to Go Out

E. Develop Healthy Relationships
F. Learn to Listen and Speak
Healthy Relationship Tips
Healthy relationships are effortless, if both the people involved take equal effort to maintain it. Here are a few healthy relationship tips to help you build the dream of your life.
61. ________________
Communication is an art of putting your thoughts into words, so that they are exactly understood by the opposite person. Communication does not mean going on talking unnecessarily. This is the first mistake that couples make. One person in the relationship assumes the role of talker and the other becomes the listener. Their roles remain so forever. The talker forgets to listen and the listener becomes used to listening and not reacting. If your partner takes time to open up, help them out by asking questions. So hear them out and give proper reactions. You will obtain the benefits of a healthy relationship through increased confidence in both of you to open up and hear things out.
62. ________________
Regular conversations take the form of heated arguments amongst many couples. Understand that not every statement needs a reaction. Maybe a certain reaction may lead to an argument with your partner. Just agree with whatever it is and there will be no harm done. Try and reach a mutual (相互的) agreement. If that’s not possible leave the topic for later. If you give it time, maybe both of you will be able to think about it rationally.
63. ________________
Every single day is a blessing. Each moment with your partner is a moment to learn something new and discover the finer nuances (细微差别) of your relationships. Each one of us keep changing everyday, the circumstances around us change everyday and with that our attitude also needs to change. The same applies when you are living with a person. Learning everyday and taking everyday as a challenge will help you perfect healthy relationship tips.
64. ________________
This tip is especially meant for couples with children to maintain healthy relationships. After a certain period, couples complain about romance being lost. To keep your relationship healthy, take some time out from your day-to-day routines to spend some quality time with your partner. This can be done as dinners, indulging in outdoor activities or just hanging out at a coffee shop like old times.
65. ________________
Respect has to be earned. It can only be earned only if you learn to respect. Often, one of the partners plays the role of a dictator to give orders, while the other simply follows. Both sides involved are equally responsible for this mistake. Learn to respect each other and understand that both of you are equally responsible for the relationship.
Creating a healthy relationship takes equal effort from both sides. Sharing, caring, being apologetic, forgiving and having realistic expectations are some of the important ingredients to the recipe of a healthy relationship.

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I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt"s house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then . I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.
I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see-the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.
The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost-having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to "the hard times".
My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.
From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common troubles eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up , and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.
小题1:What can we learn about the author from paragraph 4?

A．She worked as a translator.

B．She attended a lot of job interviews.

C．She paid telephone bills for her family.

D．She helped her family with her English.

小题2:The author believes that _________________ .

A．her future will be free from troubles

B．it is difficult to learn to become patient

C．there are more good things than bad things

D．good things will happen if one keeps trying

小题3:What is the best title of the passage?
A, how I turn to be optimistic B. I am leaving for America
C. my life in America D. the importance of optimism

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If you want to become a fluent English speaker you should take some advice. There are four skills in learning English. They are reading, listening, speaking, and writing. The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills, you should first master the skills of reading and listening.
Read as much as you can. But your reading must be active. It means that you must think about the meaning of the sentence, the meaning of the unfamiliar words, etc. There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammars or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come across, but the fact that you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them, for example, in other passages or books, is enough. It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in it.
As for listening, there are two choices: besides reading, you can listen every day for about 30 minutes. You can only pay attention to your reading and become skillful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. Since you have lots of inputs in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. This never means that you should not practice listening. For listening you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children. Their languages are easy. Or if you are good at listening you can listen to VOA or BBC programs every day. Again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably taking some notes.
If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve quickly, and you can be a fluent English speaker one day.
小题1:According to the writer, which should you improve first among the four skills?

A．Reading and listening.	B．Reading and writing.
C．Writing and speaking.	D．Speaking and listening.

小题2: To improve your reading, when you read you should ______.

A．look up all the new words in the dictionary

B．think about what you are reading actively

C．spend more time studying grammars

D．copy as many words and sentences as possible

小题3:The underlined phrase “come across” in Paragraph 2 can probably be replaced by “______”.

A．meet

B．discover

C．hear

D．look for

小题4:The passage is mainly about how to ______.

A．choose suitable listening materials

B．deal with new words in reading

C．improve your reading ability as quickly as possible

D．become fluent in speaking and writing English

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