1 . Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members don't know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they go to their own friends for advice.

It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a group of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication(交流) is very important in children's growth, because friends can discuss something that is difficult to say to their family members.

However, parents often try to choose friends for their children. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their friends. Have you ever thought of the following questions?

Who choose your friends? Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?

Have you got a good friend your parents don't like? Your answers are welcome.

1. Many teenagers think their ________ know them better than their parents do.

A．friends

B．parents

C．brothers and sisters

D．family members

2. When teenagers stay alone, the usual way of communication is ________.

A．to go to their friends	B．to discuss with their friends
C．to have a talk with their parents on the phone	D．to talk with their friends by phone

3. Which of the following is different in meaning from sentence "Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends"?

A．Some parents may even not allow their children to meet their good friends.

B．Some parents may even ask their children to stay away from their good friends.

C．Some parents may even not let their children meet their good friends.

D．Some parents may want their children to stop to meet their good friends.

4. Which of the following sentence is RIGHT?

A．parents should like everything their children enjoy.

B．In all families children can choose everything they like

C．Parents should try their best to understand their children better

D．Teenages can only go to their friends for help.

5. What does the underlined word "communication" means ________.

A．交际

B．通讯

C．谈话

D．信息

2 . It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.

Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and mathematics need not be taught in detail(详细地), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.

Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative (有创造力的) thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements (成果) of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all take an interest in the world.

I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.

1. People with little education usually ______.

A．spend a long time in school	B．have a good chance to get a job
C．spend the best years to choose jobs	D．have fewer chances to get a good job

2. The earliest education was probably to______.

A．make a man lead a better life	B．make people get a way of living
C．teach a man to write and think	D．teach people to read good books

3. The underlined word “well-rounded” in the passage means “_______” in Chinese.

A．圆满的

B．崭新的

C．全面的

D．公平的

4. It is hoped that educated people will be able to ______.

A．take an interest in the whole world

B．develop their abilities to make plays

C．accept education as a way of living

D．learn subjects like language and math

5. The passage mainly tells us that _______.

A．people can get education in a short time

B．education should make a man improve

C．people should be able to get better paying jobs

D．all subjects are so important for a way of living