Question

    As you grow older, you’ll be faced with some challenging decisions—like ________ to cut class or try cigarettes. Making decisions on your own is hard, but when other people get involved and try to pressure you one way or another, it can be even ________. People who are your age, ________ 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 ________ the planets in the solar system. Maybe you got ________ 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 hard to be the only one who says “no” to peer pressure, but you can do it. ________ 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 ________.” Peer pressure is a big reason ________ 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, ________, even if other kids do.

If you continue ________ 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.

1.A.why B.when C.where D.whether

2.A.hard B.harder C.hardly D.hardest

3.A.like B.with C.all D.as

4.A.remember B.remembering C.to remember D.remembered

5.A.others B.other C.another D.the other

6.A.Pay attention to B.To pay attention to C.Paying attention to              D.Pays attention to

7.A.friendly B.widely C.clearly D.wisely

8.A.why B.that C.how D.which

9.A.also B.either C.too D.as well

10.A.facing B.face C.to face D.faced

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.C

【解析】

文章介绍了随着年龄的增长，你将会面临一些艰难却有着重大意义的抉择——像逃课、抽烟等。当你的同龄人试图影响你做出决定时，他们给你施加的影响叫做“同辈压力”。同辈的压力有积极的影响，也有消极的影响。

1.句意：你将面临一些具有挑战性的决定，比如是翘课还是抽烟。

why为什么；when何时；where哪里；whether是否；根据句意理解及后句中的or可知，这里构成一个固定短语whether … or ...，表示“是……还是……”，故选D。

2.句意：这就更难了。

hard难的；harder更难的；hardly几乎不；hardest最难的；根据句意理解及句子结构分析可知，空格前面有even修饰，英语中形容词的比较级可以用even来修饰，所以空格处应该填比较级，故选B。

3.句意：和你同龄的人，像你的同学一样，被称为同龄人。

like像，喜欢；with有；all所有的；as作为；根据句意理解可知，句子中your classmates是用来举例说People who are your age,的，所以这里指的是“像”，故选A。

4.句意：也许你科学课上的另一个学生教你一个简单的方法来记住太阳系中的行星。

remember记住，动词原形；remembering记住，现在分词或动名词形式；to remember记住，动词不定式；remembered记住，过去式或过去分词；根据句意理解可知，这里空格做的是前面way的定语，英语中动词不定式可以做后置定语，构成一个结构a way to do sth.，故选C。

5.句意：也许你让别人对你最喜欢的新书感到兴奋。

others其他的，别人；other其他的，后接复数名词；another另一个；the other两者中的另一个；根据句意理解及后句and now everyone’s reading it.可知，这里指的是“别人”，故选A。

6.句意：注意你自己的感觉和信仰关于……。

Pay attention to注意，动词原形开头；To pay attention to注意，动词不定式开头；Paying attention to注意，现在分词或动名词开头；Pays attention to注意，动词三单形式；根据句意理解可知，这里空格在句中是做主语，英语中能够直接做主语的是动名词结构，故选C。

7.句意：明智地选择朋友。

friendly友好的；widely广阔地；clearly清楚地；wisely明智地；根据句意理解可知，做选择要明智，所以这里表的是“明智地”，故选D。

8.句意：同龄人的压力是他们这么说的一个重要原因。

why为什么；that那个；how怎么样；which哪一个；根据句意理解及空格前的reason可知，这里是一个定语从句，先行词是reason，所以这里关系词应该用why，故选A。

9.句意：那么你可能也不会做这些事情。

also也，用于肯定句中；either也，用于否定疑问句；too也，用于肯定句句末；as well也，用于肯定句句末；根据句意理解及句子结构分析可知，本句是否定句，所以否定句中的“也”要用either，故选B。

10.句意：如果你继续面临同龄人的压力，……。

facing面对，现在分词或动名词形式；face面对，动词原形；to face面对，动词不定式；faced面对，过去式或过去分词；根据句意理解及前文It is hard to be the only one who says “no” to peer pressure, but you can do it.可知，这里表达的是“继续做另一件事”，英语结构是continue to do sth.，故选C。