题目内容
【题目】 When her five daughters were young,Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity(团结).To show this,she held up one chopstick,representing one person.Then she easily broke it into two pieces.Next,she tied several chopsticks together,representing a family.She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks.This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.
Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California.However,when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975,they didn’t have much money.They moved their family to San Francisco.There they joined Danny’s mother,Diana,who owned a small Italian sandwich shop.Soon afterwards,Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant.The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young.However,Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.
Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves,but one by one,the daughters returned to work in the family business.They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles.Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other,they worked together to make the business successful.Daughter Elizabeth explains,“Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity,and to have unity we must have peace.Without the strength of the family,there is no business.”
Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996,with three generations of Ans working together.Now the Ans’ corporation makes more than $20 million each year.Although they began with a small restaurant,they had big dreams,and they worked together.Now they are a big success.
【1】Helene tied several chopsticks together to show______.
A.the strength of family unity
B.the difficulty of growing up
C.the advantage of chopsticks
D.the best way of giving a lesson
【2】We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the An family______.
A.started a business in 1975
B.left Vietnam without much money
C.bought a restaurant in San Francisco
D.opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles
【答案】
【1】A
【2】B
【解析】
本文为一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了“一根筷子易折断,一捆筷子抱成团”,也就是团结力量大的道理。来自越南的Helen An家族正是靠着团结一心,靠着三代人团结一心,在美国成就了一番大事业。
【1】细节理解题。根据第一段When her five daughters were young,Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity(团结).她的五个女儿小时候,海琳总是告诉他们,团结就是力量,及第一段This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.这个家庭团聚的教训伴随着女儿们成长。可知,海伦把几根筷子系在一起以示家庭团结的力量。故选A项。
【2】细节理解题。根据第二段However,when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975,they didn’t have much money.然而,1975年,当海伦和她的丈夫丹尼离开他们在越南的家时,他们并没有多少钱。可知,他们离开越南时,没有什么钱。故选B项。
【题目】请认真阅读下面短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意:每个空格只填一个单词。
The expression,“ everybody’s doing it,” is very much at the center of the concept of peer pressure. It is a strong influence of a group, especially of children, on members of that group to behave as everybody else does. It can be positive or negative. Most people experience it in some way during their lives.
People are social creatures by nature, and so it is hardly surprising that part of their self-respect comes from the approval of others. This instinct (天性) is why the approval of peers, or the fear of disapproval, is such a powerful force in many people’s lives. It is the same instinct that drives people to dress one way at home and another way at work, or to answer “fine” when a stranger asks“ how are you?” even if it is not necessarily true. There is a practical aspect to this: it helps society to function efficiently, and encourages a general level of self-discipline that simplifies day-to-day interaction.
For certain individuals, seeking social acceptance is so important that it becomes like an addiction; in order to satisfy the desire, they may go so far as to abandon their sense of right and wrong. Teens and young adults may feel forced to use drugs, or join gangs that encourage criminal behavior. Mature adults may sometimes feel pressured to cover up illegal activity at the company where they work, or end up in debt because they are unable to hold back the desire to buy a house or car that they can’t afford in an effort to“ keep up with the Joneses”.
However, peer pressure is not always negative. A student whose friends are good at academics may be urged to study harder and get good grades. Players on a sports team may feel driven to play harder in order to help the team win. This type of influence can also get a friend off drugs, or to help an adult take up a good habit or drop a bad one. Study groups and class projects are examples of positive peer groups that encourage people to better themselves.
Schools try to teach kids about the dangers of negative peer pressure. They teach kids to stand up and be themselves, and encourage them to politely decline to do things that they believe are wrong. Similarly, it can be helpful to encourage children to greet the beneficial influence of positive peer groups.
What is Peer Pressure
Concept of peer pressure | Peer pressure refer to the strong【1】that you must do thing the way other people of your ager do. |
It works in nearly everyone of us, and 【2】us in one way or another, good or bad. | |
A【3】function of peer pressure to society | Being social creature, people expect the approval from their fellow members |
People around will affect how one lives【4】. | |
Peer pressure helps society function efficiently. | |
Influences of peer pressure on 【5】 | The desire to be socially accepted by one’s peers is like a drug. |
Negative influences include lack of 【6】sense, criminal offences and over—consumption. | |
Positive influences are good grades , team 【7】,and the building–up of good 【8】.ect. | |
To avoid the danger of negative peer pressure, kids should learn to be 【9】when necessary, and say 【10】to anything that is wrong or illegal. |