Teenagers Need Friends
Many teenagers 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 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 when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication (交流) is very important in children’s growing up, because friends can discuss 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.
1.Who do many teenagers think can understand them better?
A. Their friends. B. Their brothers.
C. Their sisters. D. Their parents.
2.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
3.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 only go to their friends for help.
When I had something difficult to do, I used to ask my mum for help. But she always said, “Do it yourself, dear.” I was not happy about this at all. I thought she was the laziest mother in the world!
For example, one day, some of my friends would come to my home. My bedroom was really untidy. Books were all over the floor, and I didn’t make the bed. So I asked my mum to help me clean it, but she still said, “Do it yourself, my daughter.”
Because of my “lazy mum”, I have to wash my clothes and clean my room. I have to help my parents do housework. I even have to go to hospital by myself. It is very hard to do everything well on my own, but I have learnt a lot.
As time goes by, I come to understand my mum. She makes me clever and hard-working. How great she is! A good mother is worth (值得) 100 teachers! Don’t you think so?
1.When you have something difficult to do, you should .
A. do nothing
B. ask your mother to do it for you
C. try to do it yourself
D. ask your friends to do it for you
2.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. She tidies up her books and makes the bed.
B. She washes her clothes and cleans her room.
C. She often helps her parents do housework.
D. Her mother always takes her to hospital when she feels uncomfortable.
3.We can know a good mother from the sentence “A good mother is worth 100 teachers!”
A. makes her child clever and hard-working
B. does everything for her child
C. gives her child a lot of money
D. teaches her child by herself
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Someone says, "Time is money. " But I think time is important than money. Why? Because when money is spent we can get it back. However, when time is , it'll never , That is we mustn't waste time.
So we say that is usually limited (有限的). Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do something .
But it is a pity that there are a lot of people, who do not know the importance of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and , They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own .
In a word, we should save time. We shouldn't today's work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to .
1.A. much B. less C. much less D. even more
2.A. cost B. bought C. gone D. finished
3.A. return B. carry C. take D. bring
4.A. what B. that C. because D. why
5.A. money B. time C. day D. food
6.A. sunny B. interesting C. useful D. exciting
7.A. reading B. writing C. playing D. working
8.A. time B. food C. money D. life
9.A. stop B. leave C. let D. give
10.A. waste B. save C. spend D. take
—Shall I give my seat to you as you look so tired?
—____________.
A. Not too bad
B. Not at all
C. Do as you like
D. It couldn’t be better
—Shall we go fishing at 6:00 tomorrow morning?
—________. Will 7:00 be OK？
A. Sure, it’s up to you
B. Sure, no problem
C. Sorry, I can’t make it
D. Sorry, I’m not free today
—Don’t you think there are too many cars on the road?
—I really think so. If there are ______ people driving, there will be ______ pollution (污染).
A. fewer; less B. less; fewer
C. less; less D. fewer; fewer
