Your peers are people your age or close to it. Besides
close friends, your peers include other children you know who are the same
age------like people in your grade, sports team, or neighborhood. Peers may
have a 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(模范). For example, watching someone your age
compete in the Olympics or give a piano concert might inspire you to go after a
dream of your own.
Feedback(反饋) and advice
Your peers listen and 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 mistake or doing something dangerous.
Socializing（交際）
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(參與) 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.
1.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
2.The author makes points of how peers have a
positive influence on each other.
A．three B．four C．five D．six
3.With which of the following may the author agree?
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 cause you to experience new things.
4.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．①③ B．②④ C．②③ D．③④
5.From the fourth paragraph, we can learn that being
with your peers gives you a chance to .
A．influence
other people
B．play an
important role
C．learn how to
make more friends
D．improve your
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