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Who Knows Teenagers Better?

  Many teenagers(青少年)feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members don't know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for some ideas.

  It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a group of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time in talking among themselves on the phone. This communication(交际)is very important in children's growing up, because friends can discuss something. These things are difficult to say to their family members.

  However, parents often try to choose their children's friends for them. Some people may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. Have you ever thought of the following questions?

  Who chooses your friends?

  Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?

  Have you got a good friend your parents don't like?

  Your answers are welcome.

1.Many teenagers think that ________.

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A.only important people are their best friends

B.their parents are their best friends

C.their friends know them better than their family members

D.important people can understand them better than their family members

2.When brothers and sisters fight with each other, they ________ go to their friends for help.

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A.seldom

B.never

C.don't

D.often

3.The text tells us that ________ is very important in children's growing up.

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A.Making friends

B.Staying with their family members

C.Talking with their brothers and sisters

D.Their parents's help

4.When teenagers have something difficult to say to their parents, they usually ________.

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A.discuss it with their brothers and sisters
B.discuss it with their friends
C.ask important people for help
D.stop meeting their good friends

5.The writer thinks that ________.

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A.teenagers should understand their parents better

B.teenagers can do everything they like

C.it is necessary for parents to know their children better

D.Teenagers can only go to their friends for ideas

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents' home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站)about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend's. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I'd left the lights on all day, and the battery(电池)was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership - a shop selling cars - was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

"Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?" I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

"Thank you" - two powerful words. They're easy to say and mean so much.

The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City_________.

A. to visit a friend

B. to see his parents

C. to pay at the cash register

D. to have more gas for his car

The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “______”.

A. turned off  B. moved off   C. put up   D. set up

What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A. He had it pulled back to the gas station.

B. The couple sent him a business card.

C. The couple offered to help him.  

D. He called his friend for help.

The battery of the author’s car was dead because_______.

A. something went wrong with the lights

B. the meeting lasted a whole day

C. he forgot to turn off the lights

D. he drove too long a distance

By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show______.

A. how to write a thank-you letter

B. how to deal with car problems

C. the kind-heartedness of older people

D. the importance of expressing thanks

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