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 (与...打架)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 in their lives.
Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among(在......之间) them on the phone. This communication 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 in fact.
However, parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them. Some parents even stop their children from meeting their good friends. 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? Your answers are welcome.
Choose the best answers:（选择正确答案。）
1. Many teenagers think that can understand them better.
A. friends B. brothers
C. sisters D. parents
2. is very important to teenagers.
A. To make friends B. Communication
C. To stop meeting friends D. Both A and B
3. 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
4.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.
5.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.
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 less D. 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. useful D. wonderful
Tom is stronger than ____________ in his class.
A. any other boy B. any boys
C. any boy D. other boy
— Dick, is Nick your twin brother? — Yes, and I’m thirty minutes _____ than him.
A. fatter B. taller
C. heavier D. older
Shall we go to see a film together? ________________.
A. Yes, I shall B. Yes, I will
C. Yes, I’d love D. I’d love to, but I have things to do.
What________ your school life_________ ?
A.does; like B.do; like
C.is; like D.is; likes
