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Your peers are people your age or close to it who have experiences and interests similar to yours. You and your friends make dozens of decisions every day, and you influence each other’s choices and behavior. This is often ________ --- it’s human nature to listen to and learn from other people in your age group.
Sometimes, though, the stresses in your life can actually come from your peers. They may pressure you into doing something you’re uncomfortable with, such as shoplifting, doing drugs or drinking, or taking dangerous risks when driving a car.
The pressure to conform（随潮流） can be powerful and hard to resist. A person might feel pressure to do something just because others are doing it. Peer pressure can influence a person to do something that is relatively harmless--- or something that has more serious consequences.
People may feel pressure to conform, so they fit in or are accepted, or so they don’t feel awkward or uncomfortable. When people are unsure of what to do in a social situation, they naturally look to others for cues（暗示）about what is and isn’t acceptable.
The people who are most easily influenced will follow someone else’s lead first. Then others may go along, too --- so it can be easy to think, “It must be OK. Everyone else is doing it. They must know what they’re doing.” Before you know it, many people are going along with the crowd --- perhaps on something they might not otherwise do.
Responding to peer pressure is part of human nature --- but some people are more likely to give in, and others are better able to resist and stand their ground.
It’s not always easy to resist negative peer pressure. But when you do, it is easy to feel good about it afterwards. And you may even be a positive influence on your peers who feel the same way --- often it just takes one person to speak out or take a different action to change a situation.
小题1:Which of the following is a kind of peer pressure?A．Your teachers give you a lot of homework.B．Your parents expect high scores from you.C．Your classmates persuade you to cut class.D．Your relatives invite you to attend a party.小题2:Which is most likely to be filled in the blank in Paragraph 1?A．negativeB．impossibleC．positiveD．uncertain小题3:Most people tend to do what others are doing in order to _________.A．feel a sense of achievementB．get a feeling of being acceptedC．set a good example for othersD．stand out in a crowd小题4:What can we know according to the author?A．Giving in to peer pressure is unavoidable.B．Peer pressure usually leads to serious results.C．Going along with the crowd usually means making a right choice.D．Everyone can make a difference by resisting negative peer pressure.小题5:This passage is mainly about _______.A．thoughts on peer pressureB．different types of peer pressureC．ways to deal with peer pressureD．the influence of peer pressure on people 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A 解析
本文主要论述了什么是同龄人，同龄人压力的表现，及同龄人压力的积极影响和消极影响。总之，文章论述了关于同龄人压力的看法。
小题1:从第一段Your peers are people your age or close to it who have experiences and interests similar to yours说明peers是你的同龄人或拥有相似的体验和兴趣的人，结合第三段Peer pressure can influence a person to do something that is relatively harmless--- or something that has more serious consequences可知选C。
小题2:从第二段第一句Sometimes, though, the stresses in your life can actually come from your peers句意的转折，谈到同伴的消极影响，即有时生活中的压力实际上可能来自同伙，结合第一段破折号后面的内容可以推断空格处是对同伙持肯定态度，故选Ｃ
小题3:从第四段第一句People may feel pressure to conform, so they fit in or are accepted, or so they don’t feel awkward or uncomfortable可确定正确答案为B。
小题4:从第三段最后一句Peer pressure can influence a person to do something that is relatively harmless--- or something that has more serious consequences说明同龄人压力也可以影响一个人做些相对无害的事情，从而排除A（观点不全面），B项犯了同样的毛病，Ｃ项表达错误，从众并不一定能做出正确选择。故选Ｄ。
小题5:纵观全文，主要论述了什么是同龄人，同龄人压力的表现，及同龄人压力的积极影响和消极影响。故选A，有关同龄人压力的看法。 考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Your peers are peopl.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。
日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
