This is time of year when we think about giving and receiving presents.Can you find a little extra to give? On this page we suggest a few organizations you might like to help.

       Littleton Children’s Home

       We don’t want your money, but children’s toys, books and clothes in good condition would be very welcome.

       Also, we are looking for friendly families who would take our children into their homes for a few hours or days as guests.You have so much—will you share it?

       Phone Sister Thomas on 55671.

       Children’s Hospice

       We look after a small number of very sick children.This important work needs skill and love.We cannot continue without gifts of money to pay for more nursing staff.We also need story books and toys suitable for quiet games.

       Please contact The Secretary, Little Children’s Hospice, Newby Road.

       Street Food

       In the winter weather, it’s no fun being homeless.It’s even worse if you’re hungry.We give hot food to at least fifty people every night.It’s hard work, but necessary.Can you come and help? If not, can you find a little money? We use a very old kitchen, and we badly need some new saucepans.Money for new ones would be most welcome indeed.

       Contact Street Food, c/o Mary’s House, Elming Way, Littleton.Phone 27713.

       Littleton Youth Club

       Have you got an unwanted chair?—a record player?—a pot of paint?

       Because we can use them!

       We want to get to work on our meeting room!

       Please phone 66231 and we’ll be happy to collect anything you can give us.

       Thank you!

       The Night Shelter

       We offer a warm bed for the night to anyone who has nowhere to go.We rent the former Commercial Hotel on Green Street.Although it is not expensive, we never seem to have quite enough money.Can you let us have a few pounds? Any amount, however small, will be such a help.

       Send it to us at 15, Green St, Littleton.Please make check payable to Night Shelter.

Reading the passage, you might like to help these organizations which work for

       A.homeless and sick children

       B.less fortunate members of our society

       C.hungry people who have no beds to sleep in

       D.friendly members of our society to help others

We can infer that      

       A.there are too many social problems in this country

       B.people are very poor during the time for giving presents

       C.warm-hearted people like to give away money

       D.this passage is taken from a local newspaper

If your child has grown up, you may take the child’s things to       

       A.Children’s Home and Children’s Hospice

       B.Youth Club and Children’s Home

       C.Children’s Hospice and Night Shelter

       D.Youth Club and Night Shelter

A peer is a person who is about the same age as you. Peers affect your life, whether you know it or not, just by spending time with you.
Peers can have a good effect on one another. Maybe another student in your science class taught you an easy way to remember the planets in solar system. Maybe you got others excited about your new favorite book and now everyone’s reading it.
However, sometimes peers affect one another in another way. For example, one kid in school might try to get another to cut class with him, your soccer friend might try to persuade you to be mean to another player and never pass her the ball, or a kid in the neighborhood might want you to shoplift with him.
Some kids give in to peer pressure because they want to be liked, to fit in, or because they worry that other kids may make fun of them if they don’t go along with the group. Others may go along because they are curious to try something new that others are doing. The idea that “ everyone’s doing it” may influence some kids to leave their better judgments or their common senses behind.
Peer pressure can be extremely strong and hard to get rid of. Experiments have shown how peer pressure can influence someone to change her/ his mind from what she/ he knows for sure is a correct answer to the incorrect answer——just because everyone else gives the incorrect answer! That holds true for people of any age in peer pressure situations.
It can be hard to walk away from peer pressure, but it can be done. Paying attention to your own feelings and beliefs about what is right and wrong can help you know the right thing to do. Inner strength and self- confidence can help you stand firm, walk away and resist doing something when you know better.
【小题1】 What is the passage mainly about ?

A.Peers have a good effectB.Children give in to peer pressure
C.Peer pressure is hard to resistD.Peer pressure
【小题2】 The underlined word shoplift in Paragraph Three probably means __________.
A.do some shoppingB.carry goods for shops
C.steal in shopsD.take the lift upstairs in shops
【小题3】The writer will not agree that ____.
A.only children change their correct answers to incorrect ones because of peer pressure.
B.peers have an effect on one another
C.Peer pressure can be got rid of
D.Peers will believe in themselves if there are other peers who agree with them
【小题4】The writer intends to _________ by writing the passage.
A.tell people to follow other’s opinions
B.warn people to stay away from their peers.
C.tell it is hard to walk away form per pressure.
D.persuade people to do the right thing regardless of peer pressure.
【小题5】It can be learned from the passage that_________.
A.A peer is someone older than you.
B.Peers always affect you in good ways.
C.It is easy to get rid of peer pressure.
D.The effects of peer pressure have two sides.

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