What is peer pressure（压力）? People who are the same age as you, like your classmates, are called peers. When they try to influence（影响）you to act, or to make you do something, it’s called peer pressure. Everyone has to deal with（处理） it, even the older people.

The influence of peer pressure

Peers can have a good influence on each other. You might  admire （羡慕）a friend who is always good at sports and try to be more like him or her. Maybe you want to make others excited about your new favorite book, and now everyone’s reading it.

Sometimes peers influence（影响） each other in bad ways. For example, a few kids in school might try to get you to cut class with them when you should study at school or a kid in the neighborhood might want you to shoplift （在商店行窃） with him.

Why do people give in（屈服） to peer pressure?

Some kids give in to peer pressure because they want to be liked, or because they worry that other kids may laugh at them if they don’t go along with the group. Others may go along because they want to try something new. The idea that “everyone has to do it ” may influence some kids to leave their common sense （常识） behind.

How to walk away from peer pressure

Choose your friends wisely. If you choose friends who don’t smoke cigarettes, or lie （说谎）, then maybe you won’t do these things either.

Even if you have peer pressure while you’re alone, there are still things you can do. You can be away from peers who pressure you to do something wrong. You can say “no” to them and walk away.

    At last, if you go on to have peer pressure and you’re finding it difficult to deal with, talk to someone you depend on.

1．Does everyone have to deal with peer pressure?

2．What does “cut class” mean in Chinese?

3．Why do kids have to give in to peer pressure?

4．How many ways are talked about to be away from peer pressure?

5．What does this passage mainly talk about?

Dear Alice，

You really have two different questions here，so we’ll discuss them one at a time．

Your problems at school may be a result of a number of things．You don’t say much about how these classmates get along with each other．It’s possible that all the students are feeling a little cautious(谨慎的) in the first term．

It’s also possible that the others are unkind．If this is so，you have to find out why you are the class “outsider．”

In your letter you say you often offer to help others with their work．Is it possible that your classmates don’t understand your offers? Could it seem that you were trying to“buy”friends with these offers?

Is it possible that you took no notice of your classmates when you had your good friend near you? They may have felt hurt at that time．It may take a time for them to believe in you if so．Try to ask one classmate directly what the problem is．If you hear a negative(负面的)answer，at least you’ll know what to do．

Yours truly，

Shelia

1.From the letter we know that Alice was very______.

A．lucky             B．unkind            C．clever            D．unhappy

2.From the letter we can conclude(得出结论)that______.

A．Alice wasn’t pleased with her teachers

B．Alice’s parents made her study too hard

C．Alice didn’t get along well with her classmates

D．Alice didn’t want to go to school any more

3.In the letter Sheila talked about______ possible reasons(原因)for Alice’s problems．

A．four             B．six               C．seven            D．eight

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the letter?

A．Alice felt her classmates weren’t kind to her

B．Alice was very warm-hearted to help her classmates

C．Alice didn’t want to get along well with her classmates

D．The girl asked two questions in her letter．

Dear Alice，
You really have two different questions here，so we’ll discuss them one at a time．
Your problems at school may be a result of a number of things．You don’t say much about how these classmates get along with each other．It’s possible that all the students are feeling a little cautious(谨慎的) in the first term．
It’s also possible that the others are unkind．If this is so，you have to find out why you are the class “outsider．”
In your letter you say you often offer to help others with their work．Is it possible that your classmates don’t understand your offers? Could it seem that you were trying to“buy”friends with these offers?
Is it possible that you took no notice of your classmates when you had your good friend near you? They may have felt hurt at that time．It may take a time for them to believe in you if so．Try to ask one classmate directly what the problem is．If you hear a negative(负面的)answer，at least you’ll know what to do．
Yours truly，
Shelia

1. 1.

   From the letter we know that Alice was very______

   1. A.
      lucky
   2. B.
      unkind
   3. C.
      clever
   4. D.
      unhappy
2. 2.

   From the letter we can conclude(得出结论)that______

   1. A.
      Alice wasn’t pleased with her teachers
   2. B.
      Alice’s parents made her study too hard
   3. C.
      Alice didn’t get along well with her classmates
   4. D.
      Alice didn’t want to go to school any more
3. 3.

   In the letter Sheila talked about______ possible reasons(原因)for Alice’s problems．

   1. A.
      four
   2. B.
      six
   3. C.
      seven
   4. D.
      eight
4. 4.

   Which of the following is NOT true according to the letter?

   1. A.
      Alice felt her classmates weren’t kind to her
   2. B.
      Alice was very warm-hearted to help her classmates
   3. C.
      Alice didn’t want to get along well with her classmates
   4. D.
      The girl asked two questions in her letter．