Question

A peer is a person who is about the same age as you. Peers affect your life, whether you know it or not, just by spending time with you.
Peers can have a good effect on one another. Maybe another student in your science class taught you an easy way to remember the planets in solar system. Maybe you got others excited about your new favorite book and now everyone’s reading it.
However, sometimes peers affect one another in another way. For example, one kid in school might try to get another to cut class with him, your soccer friend might try to persuade you to be mean to another player and never pass her the ball, or a kid in the neighborhood might want you to shoplift with him.
Some kids give in to peer pressure because they want to be liked, to fit in, or because they worry that other kids may make fun of them if they don’t go along with the group. Others may go along because they are curious to try something new that others are doing. The idea that “ everyone’s doing it” may influence some kids to leave their better judgments or their common senses behind.
Peer pressure can be extremely strong and hard to get rid of. Experiments have shown how peer pressure can influence someone to change her/ his mind from what she/ he knows for sure is a correct answer to the incorrect answer——just because everyone else gives the incorrect answer! That holds true for people of any age in peer pressure situations.
It can be hard to walk away from peer pressure, but it can be done. Paying attention to your own feelings and beliefs about what is right and wrong can help you know the right thing to do. Inner strength and self- confidence can help you stand firm, walk away and resist doing something when you know better.
【小题1】 What is the passage mainly about ?

A．Peers have a good effect	B．Children give in to peer pressure
C．Peer pressure is hard to resist	D．Peer pressure

【小题2】 The underlined word shoplift in Paragraph Three probably means __________.

A．do some shopping	B．carry goods for shops
C．steal in shops	D．take the lift upstairs in shops

【小题3】The writer will not agree that ____.

A．only children change their correct answers to incorrect ones because of peer pressure.

B．peers have an effect on one another

C．Peer pressure can be got rid of

D．Peers will believe in themselves if there are other peers who agree with them

【小题4】The writer intends to _________ by writing the passage.

A．tell people to follow other’s opinions

B．warn people to stay away from their peers.

C．tell it is hard to walk away form per pressure.

D．persuade people to do the right thing regardless of peer pressure.

【小题5】It can be learned from the passage that_________.

A．A peer is someone older than you.

B．Peers always affect you in good ways.

C．It is easy to get rid of peer pressure.

D．The effects of peer pressure have two sides.

Answer 1

【小题1】D
【小题2】C
【小题3】A
【小题4】D
【小题5】D

解析【小题1】主旨题，选D，综合全文，讲述了peer pressure的好坏两方面。
【小题2】猜词题，选C第三段里提到几种行为都是不好的事，几个选项只有C符合，表示偷东西。
【小题3】推理题:选A，从倒数第二段的句子：That holds true for people of any age in peer pressure situations.说明不仅孩子会这样做，各个年龄的人都这样。
【小题4】写作意图题：选D对最后一段的综合---It can be hard to walk away from peer pressure, but it can be done. Paying attention to your own feelings and beliefs about what is right and wrong can help you know the right thing to do. Inner strength and self- confidence can help you stand firm, walk away and resist doing something when you know better.说明作者想说服虽然有同伴的压力大家要做正确的事。
【小题5】从第二段的Peers can have a good effect on one another. 和第三段的However, sometimes peers affect one another in another way.可知同伴的压力有两个方面。选D。