Your peers are people your age or close to it who have experiences and interests similar to yours. You and your friends make dozens of decisions every day, and you influence each other’s choices and behavior. This is often ________ --- it’s human nature to listen to and learn from other people in your age group.

Sometimes, though, the stresses in your life can actually come from your peers. They may pressure you into doing something you’re uncomfortable with, such as shoplifting, doing drugs or drinking, or taking dangerous risks when driving a car.

The pressure to conform（随潮流） can be powerful and hard to resist. A person might feel pressure to do something just because others are doing it. Peer pressure can influence a person to do something that is relatively harmless--- or something that has more serious consequences.

People may feel pressure to conform, so they fit in or are accepted, or so they don’t feel awkward or uncomfortable. When people are unsure of what to do in a social situation, they naturally look to others for cues（暗示）about what is and isn’t acceptable.

The people who are most easily influenced will follow someone else’s lead first. Then others may go along, too --- so it can be easy to think, “It must be OK. Everyone else is doing it. They must know what they’re doing.” Before you know it, many people are going along with the crowd --- perhaps on something they might not otherwise do.

Responding to peer pressure is part of human nature --- but some people are more likely to give in, and others are better able to resist and stand their ground.

It’s not always easy to resist negative peer pressure. But when you do, it is easy to feel good about it afterwards. And you may even be a positive influence on your peers who feel the same way --- often it just takes one person to speak out or take a different action to change a situation.

1.Which of the following is a kind of peer pressure?

A.Your teachers give you a lot of homework.

B.Your parents expect high scores from you.

C.Your classmates persuade you to cut class.

D.Your relatives invite you to attend a party.

2.Which is most likely to be filled in the blank in Paragraph 1?

A.negative

B.impossible

C.positive

D.uncertain

3.Most people tend to do what others are doing in order to _________.

A.feel a sense of achievement

B.get a feeling of being accepted

C.set a good example for others

D.stand out in a crowd

4.What can we know according to the author?

A.Giving in to peer pressure is unavoidable.

B.Peer pressure usually leads to serious results.

C.Going along with the crowd usually means making a right choice.

D.Everyone can make a difference by resisting negative peer pressure.

5.This passage is mainly about _______.

A.thoughts on peer pressure

B.different types of peer pressure

C.ways to deal with peer pressure

D.the influence of peer pressure on people

 

One good deed deserves another

One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to 　1 a meal at the next house. 　2　 , he lost his courage when a lovely young woman opened the door. 3 a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I 　4 you?”
　 “You don’t owe me 　5 ,” she replied. “My mother has taught me never to accept money for __6 of kindness.” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he felt as if he had got stronger 　7 .
　 Years later the young woman became seriously ill. The local doctors could do nothing, so they sent her to the big city, where specialists were called 　8 to study her disease, Dr Howard Kelly, now famous, 　9 . When he heard the name of the town she came from, he immediately 10 from the chair and went down 　11__ the hospital hall towards her room.　　　　　　　　
　12 his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to his room and tried to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave special attention to her case.
　 After a long struggle, they won the 　13__. Dr Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for 　14　 . He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. Then the bill was 　15　 to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was 16　 that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on it 　17 her attention. She read these words.

“ 18 IN FULL WITH ONE GLASS OF MILK.”
Dr Howard Kelly

Tears of joy ___19___ her eyes as she saw it. She was grateful 　20 love could spread widely through human hearts and hands.

1. A. pay for　　　 B. intend for　　 C. search for　 D. beg for

2. A. Thus　　　　　 B. Moreover　　　 C. However　　　 D. Therefore

3. A. in honor of　 B. instead of　　 C. in addition to　 D. in spite of

4. A. own　　　　　 B. owe　　　　　　 C. cost　　　　 D. spend

5. A. nothing　　　 B. something　　　 C. everything　 D. anything

6. A. acts　　　　　 B. behavior　　　 C. measure　　　 D. benefit

7. A. mentally　　　 B. physically　　 C. thoroughly　 D. luckily
8. A. on　　　　　　 B. in　　　　　　 C. out　　　　　 D. up

9. A. to include　　 B. including　　　 C. included　　 D. is included

10. A. raised　　　 B. rose　　　　　 C. stood　　　　 D. aroused

11. A. cross　　　　 B. over 　　　　 C. through 　　 D. under

12. A. With　　　　 B. Wore　　　　　 C. Putting on　 D. Dressed in

13. A. fight　　　　 B. game　　　　　 C. disease　　　 D. treatment

14. A. help　　　　 B. conclusion　　 C. agreement　　 D. cure

15. A. delivered 　 B. sent　　　　　 C. flied　　　　 D. carried

16. A. positive　　 B. uncertain　　　 C. negative 　　 D. unsure

17. A. paid　　　　 B. fixed　　　　　 C. caught　　　 D. made

18. A. Spent　　　　 B. Took　　　　　 C. Paid　　　　 D. Cost

19. A. flooded　　　 B. floated　　　　 C. full　　　　 D. flew

20. A. what　　　　 B. that　　　　　 C. which　　　　 D. whose