Your peers are people at your age or close to it. Besides close friends,your peers include other children you know who are at the same age — like people in your grade,sports team,or neighborhood. Peers may have positive influence on each other and play important roles in each other's lives:

Positive examples

    Peers set plenty of good examples for each other. Having peers who do well in school or do their best in a sport can influence you to work hard to realize your dream,too. Peers who are kind and helpful can influence you to build these qualities in yourself. Even peers you’ve never met can be role models. For example,watching someone at your age compete in the Olympics or give a piano concert might inspire you to go after a dream of your own.

Feedback (反馈) and advice 

  Your peers can give you feedback as you try out new ideas. They can help you make decisions,too： what courses to take,whether to get your hair cut or let it grow,or how to solve a problem. Peers often give each other good advice. Your peers will be quick to tell you when they think you’re making a wrong decision or doing something dangerous.

Socializing (交际) 

   Being with your peers ——such as classmates or teammates — gives you a chance to learn how to make friends and deal with disagreements with people.

New experiences

   Your peers might get you involved (参与) in clubs,sports,or volunteer groups. Your world would be far less rich without peers encouraging you to try some new food for the first time,or listen to a CD you have never heard before.

53. The first paragraph is mainly about .

   A. who your peers are

   B. how to find peers whose interests are similar to yours

   C. the negative influence of peers on each other

   D. the difference between your close friends and your peers

54. Which of the following may the author agree with?

   A. Peers you have never met cannot influence you.

   B. You can ask your friends to make a decision for you.

   C. You should not play with peers you don't like.

   D. Your peers may encourage you to experience new things.

55. The author mentions that good role models can influence you to.

① work hard to realize your dream

② do something dangerous

③ build good qualities in yourself

④ have fewer friends

A.① ③ B.②④ C. ②③ D.③④

        wonderful Events

49. Who can 't go to watch the horse race?

   A. A single person.    B. A couple.

   C. An adult.         D. A child.

50. People can see the photo show at .

   A. Sunshine Mall   B. City Art Museum

   C. the racetrack   D. Country Club

51. What can you do if you only have time between 5 pm and 6pm on Saturday?

   A. Go to the dance party.

   B. Go to see the photo show.

   C. Go to watch the horse race.

   D. Go shopping.

52. How much will Mr. and Mrs. Brown pay if they want to go to the dance party?

   A. $ 15.   B. $ 25.   C. $ 40.   D. For free.

第二节:阅读下面B、C、D三篇短文，从各小题所给的 四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的一个最 佳答案。(共10小题，计15分)

    A man bought a new pair of trousers for his primary schoolmates,reunion (重聚) dinner. When he tried them on at home,he found that the trousers were longer by 10cm.

   He asked his mother to help him shorten the pants. His mother said she could not do it as she was not feeling well. So the man asked his wife. His wife said she was very tired that night,so she could not help him. Then the man asked his daughter. His daughter apologized for not being able to do it because she had agreed to go dancing with her boyfriend.

   "Ah,well!" The man decided to wear his old trousers to the reunion dinner.

Later that night,his mother thought to herself, " My son is very nice to me. Pll just help him before going to bed. " So she shortened the pants by 10cm.

    Then his wife thought," My husband knows I am always busy and seldom asks me to help him. " So she shortened the man's pants by another 10cm.

   His daughter came home from the dancing party,and thought, " Daddy loves me very much. And he is such a cool daddy,allowing me to go out with my boyfriend. I would help him to shorten his pants. " So she shortened her daddy's pants by anelher 10cm.

   The next day,three ladies told the man that his pants were shortened. He tried them on and found that his pants had become shortef by 30cm!

   He laughed heartily,and said, " I must wear this pair of pants to show niy schoolmates that my mum,my wife and my daughter are such loving people. " At the dinner,his old schoolmates were very envious of his loving family.

   What would you do if it happened to you? Laugh out loud or start yelling?

   Many of us have " high EQ" when dealing with the outsiders,but " low EQ” when dealing with our own family members!

    Please be more patient with your family!Destiny is lucky enough to find the people who love you so much and bear everything of you.

46. When the man was refused by the three ladies,he decided to .

   A. shorten the pants by himself

   C. buy another pair of trousers

   D. wear his old trousers to the reunion dinner

47. The underlined word "envious ” in the passage means""in Chinese.

A71W的   B. 厌倦的   C. 羡慕的   D. 渴望的

48. What is the best title of this passage?

   A. The Pants Shortened by 30cm

   B. A Happy Day

   C. The Reunion Dinner

   D. High EQ or Low EQ Wonderful Events

第一节:阅读下面一篇短文，判断下列句子是否符合短 文内容，符合的用n A”表示，不符合的用” B”表示。(共5 小题，计5分)

  When it's time to teach our kids good manners (礼貌) ，do we realize the basic manners we should teach them?

   If your kid is hungry,he must ask by saying, " May I have something to eat?” That's proper manners. Saying "Thank you" when he receives the food is also necessary. If he breaks something,it's important to say, " Fm sorry."

   Kids must know it's not right to make fun of others. They must be taught that it's impolite to laugh at others’ looks or weight,and they shouldn’t say something like " You’re boring. " In fact,if you have nothing nice to say,it's better to say nothing.

   Sometimes kids may not seem to pay attention to how to greet guests. So they must be taught to greet even a stranger at home with a smile and a word of greeting. Shaking hands and making eye contact (接触) are also important. Without saying hello to somebody who has come will certainly be considered impolite. Besides,when the guests are leaving,the kids should smile and say goodbye.

   Children may not mean to disturb anybody's privacy (隐 私) .However,they have to be taught to knock before entering anyone's room. These basic manners have to be taught at home.

    Stopping another person when he is speaking or cutting in on him midway is impolite. Kids must know that they can have their turn when other people finish talking. Also,paying full attention to what is being said and keeping eye contact are important things that need to be remembered.

   Last but not least,kids usually learn by watching their parents,so set a good example to them.

41. It's proper manners to say n Thank you” when kids receive something to eat.

42. Kids must know it9s all right to make fun of others.

43. It9s not necessary for kids to shake hands and make eye contact with guests.

44. Kids must be taught to knock before entering anyone's room.

45. Stopping another person when he is speaking or cutting in on him midway is impolite.

     Everybody knows that it is dangerous to cross the street without looking both ways in China. However,I had a different 31 in Berkeley,a beautiful city in California,US.

    I didn't know what to do when I had to cross the roads during my first couple of days there. I wondered 32 I should let the car go first or not. Based on my old experiences in China,I would certainly let the car go first. " Who wants to be knocked down by a car?" I said to 33 One day,I was checking for cars while I was waiting to go to the other side of the road. A car came fast toward me,so I 34 and waited. However,to my great surprise,the car stopped right in front of me. To be honest,I was a little confused (困惑的) because in China drivers 35 try hard to drive as fast as possible to cross the road before people step forward. Not knowing what to do for a moment,I saw no sign that the car was going to move,so I offered a " signal" to let him go first.

    The driver waved to me 36 a gentle smile,seemingly saying,You first!” After a polite battle,I 37 and walked across the road first.

   This took place nearly six months ago,38 the scene still comes back to my mind again and again. Good road-crossing manners between drivers and pedestrians (行人) mean peace,39 accidents and most importantly,respect between people. I really hope that more Chinese people will realize this and make crossing the street 40 for all the people.

31. A. decision   B. experience   C. experiment   D. problem

32. A. what   B. how   C. whether   D. when

33. A. me   B. mine   C. myself   D. any

34. A. stopped   B. ran   C. slept   D. jumped

35. A. seldom   B. never   C. usually   D. hardly

36. A. in   B. at   C. with   D. of

37. A. gave out   B. gave away   C. gave back   D. gave in

38. A. so   B. but   C. or   D. if

39. A. fewer   B. less   C. more   D. worse

40. A. difficult   B. safe   C. easily   D. quickly

30. How do you like the talk you listened to yesterday?

—It couldn’t be . I don't even want to talk about it.

   A. good   B. better   C. worse   D. bad

29. A lot of water every year. It's a big problem.

   A. wastes   B. is wasted   C. was wasted   D. wasted

28. You hurry,for we have enough time to get to the airport.

   A. can't   B. mustn't   C. needn’t   D. shouldn’t 

27. —Fll go to Hangzhou after the exam.

— you are there,could you buy some tea for me?

   A. Though   B. Unless   C. While   D. Because

26. —Did he give you any advice about the project?

—Yes. I agree to most of what he said but I don't agree to

   A. something   B. anything   C. nothing   D. everything