Mr. Smith works in a middle school. There he teaches English. He works hard and he is busy every day. After supper, he always reads some newspapers ___1____ his room. His son, John, often comes in and asks him to tell him a ___2___. He likes his son and does all that the boy wants.

    One Sunday Mrs. Smith was doing some housework and Mr. Smith was ___3___ a newspaper. John came in but he didn’t say anything. About ten minutes later the boy showed a newspaper to Mr. Smith and called out, “There is going to be a baseball match tonight, Dad!”

    Mr. Smith was surprised. He said to ___4___, “The boy is only three years old. How can he read the newspaper?”

    He began to look for the news. __5__ he couldn’t find it. At last the boy showed him an exclamation mark （感叹号）in the newspaper.

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?

元旦就要到了，你和你的几个好朋友要去厦门（Xiamen）度假。请你介绍一下你们的旅行计划。包括吃、住、交通方式，费用，时间，以及所要进行的活动等。 （不少于80词）

Please call Gina ______ 87909978.

A．to           B．at            C．for           D．in

--- Is this _____ jacket?

--- No, it isn’t. It’s ______ jacket.

A．you; she           B．your; her           C．you; her           D．your; she

My daughter has _____ egg and ____ cake for breakfast every morning.

A．the; a             B．an; a              C．the; an                 D．a; an

This movie is ____________, so we don’t like it at all.

A．fun           B．great         C．interesting         D．boring

These are my ___________. They are in the same school.

A．brother             B．parent                 C．cousin            D．sisters

-- How do you spend your weekend?

--- I usually have sports, such as playing football, ______________ and so on.

A．going swimming                                 B．watching TV  

C．having a party                                   D．doing some reading

--- ____________ is my backpack?  

--- It’s under the bed.

A．What          B．How         C．Why         D．Where