The garbage _______ (短信) on cell phones are polluting the teens.

 December is the ________(十二) month of a year.

 Doing more exercise will ______(改善) your health.

 We got up early and c______ the early train back.

The company o_____ the young man a job, but he didn’t take it.

 My busy work made it i______ for me to visit my old mother quite often.

 We are secretly preparing a birthday party to give Mum a s_________.

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The old man felt a bit l_______ with his wife gone.

       Having a teenager at home can be a real headache. Many teenagers smoke, drink and even fight. They often do something dangerous.

       Earlier studies have shown that teenagers are more likely (可能) to make irrational decisions than people from any other age group, including children and adults. Is it that teenagers are too young to tell right from wrong? Not really. So what’s the reason?

       According to Laurence, a teacher from a US university, the reason is that teenagers care a lot about how their peers (同龄人) view them—that is “peer influence”.

       As children enter their teenage years, they spend more time with their friends and classmates, and also they care more about what they think of them. This makes teenagers make decisions without thinking about the costs.

       In a test, a group of teenagers were asked to play a video driving game. When they played with their friends watching around them, they took more chances and drove more carelessly because that would increase their possibility of winning. But when they played alone, they drove more safely.

       Why do peers have such a big influence on teens’ behavior?

       As Laurence sees it, a teenager’s brain is like a car with a good accelerator (油门) but a weak brake (刹车). The “accelerator” is fully developed by teenage years while the “brake” is still not fully developed. When teenagers are watched by their peers, they usually push hard on the accelerator. With their weak brake, it is likely that they are going to end up in an accident.

       But the good news is that a violent (暴力的)teenager doesn’t necessarily become a violent adult. About two-thirds to three-quarters of violent youth grow out of it. “They get more self-controlled.” 

1 What does the underlined word “irrational” in the 2^nd paragraph mean?

A. Quick.               B. Crazy.                    C. Careful.                        D. Correct.

2 Why are teenagers likely to make wrong decisions according to the text? 

   A. They like difficult tasks.

B. They don’t care about costs.

C. They are too young to tell right from wrong.

D. They care a lot about what their peers think of them.

3 How does Laurence explain the influence of peer pressure on teens’ behavior?

   A. By comparing it with how a car works.

B. By comparing it with an accident. 

C. By showing research findings.

D. By giving examples.

4 According to the text, with peers around them, teenagers are more likely to _______ .

   A. use more self-control     

B. perform better than when they are alone

C. become more careful about what they do

D. care about winning without thinking about danger

5 What can we conclude from the text?

A. Teenagers are easy to have traffic accidents.

B. Peer influence is bad on teenagers.

C. Most of the teenagers become less violent when they grow up.

D. Teenagers shouldn’t spend all the free time with their friends.

       For the first time, Zhang Shengyu, a student from Laiyang Middle School in Shandong, didn’t ask her mother to buy her a new schoolbag or any new pens for the beginning of the school term. “My old schoolbag can still be used, so there is no need to buy a new one,” Zhang said, “I’ve decided to be thrifty from now on.”

       As the center of the family’s attention, many of the one-child generation (一代人) do not know about the hardships of life. They sometimes have no idea of the value of things. Many students would throw away pens and erasers that haven’t been used up and buy new ones. Some like to compete with each other to see whose clothes and school things are more expensive.

       On its website in January, the Ministry of Education called on students to form good habits such as working hard, being helpful and thrifty, to avoid wasting food and to pay more attention to study and others.

       Many schools consider teaching the value of money to be an important lesson and encourage their students to be thrifty.

       Students at No. 44 Middle School of Shijiazhuang, Hebei planted many fruit trees in their school. Through taking care of the trees, the students learned how to value things.

       At Tie Yi Middle School in Xi’an, students organized a group to collect waste and reuse them. “What we students do are small things, but I think with everyone’s work, we can make a difference,” said Li Dongdong, 16, a student from the group.

1 The underlined word “thrifty” in Paragraph 1 means ______.

A. giving money to the poor              B. spending lots of money

C. spending no money at all                       D. using money carefully and wisely

2 Many of the one-child generation usually ______.

A. waste things                                      

B. know about the hardships of life

C. don’t know the prices of many things  

D. like competition with each other in study

3 In January, the Ministry of Education called on students to do the followings EXCEPT _________. 

A. working hard                                   B. being thrifty          

C. helping others                                 D. protecting environment

4 We can conclude that Li Dongdong ____________.

   A. took care of trees                     B. planted fruit trees

   C. collected waste                                       D. didn’t ask his mother for a new school bag

5 What is the best title of the passage?

A. School activities                                  B. Waste not, want not

C. Make a difference                    D. The problems of one-child generation