As you grow older, you’ll be faced with some challenging decisions—like whether to cut class or try cigarettes. Making decisions on your own is hard enough, but when other people get involved and try to pressure you one way or another it can be even harder. People who are your age, like 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 to remember the planets in the solar system. Maybe you got others 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 tough to be the only one who says “no” to peer pressure, but you can do it. Paying attention to 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 wisely.” Peer pressure is a big reason why 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 either, even if other kids do.
If you continue to face 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.
小題1:For whom is the passage most probably written?
A．Students.B．Parents.C．Teachers.D．Doctors.
小題2:In the last three paragraphs, the author mainly_____.
A．explains why friendship is so important
B．gives advice on how to deal with peer pressure
C．discusses how peers influence us
D．shows how to make more good friends
小題3:Which of following may help handle peer pressure?
A．Spending more time with classmates.
B．Taking up more relaxing hobbies.
C．Choosing friends with no bad habits.
D．Helping others who are in trouble.
小題4:What is the topic of the passage?
A．Friendship.B．Making decisions C．Self-confidenceD．Peer pressure

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D
文章的主題就是同齡人的壓力。
小題1:推理題。根據(jù)文章第一句As you grow older,可知文章是寫給年輕人的。
小題2:段落大意題。文章最后一段內(nèi)容是關(guān)于如何處理壓力的建議的。故B正確。
小題3:推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第2段可知要選擇一些沒有不良習(xí)慣的朋友。
小題4:主旨大意題。文章的主題就是同齡人的壓力。
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry , but there was not any meat in the house.
Considering that there was no better way. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it：“Give my dog half a pound of meat.”Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently：“Take this to the butcher（* person whose job is selling meat）and he's going to give you your lunch today.”
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.
At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.
The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.
But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled . He said to himeself,“This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today？”
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it！
小題1:Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite  　　　.
A．cruellyB．fairlyC．kindlyD．friendly
小題2:It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it 　　　.
A．might do it much harmB．could do it much good
C．would help the butcherD．was worth many pounds
小題3:The butcher did not give any meat to the dog  　　　.
A．before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith
B．when he found that the words on the paper were not clear
C．because he had sold out all the meat in his shop
D．until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith
小題4:From its experience, the dog found that  　　　.
A．only the paper with Mrs. Smith's words in it could bring it meat
B．the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it
C．Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher
D．a(chǎn) piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat
小題5:At the end of the story, you'll find that 　　　.
A．the dog was clever enough to write on the paper
B．the dog dared not go to the butcher's any more
C．the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog
D．the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal

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