Milan（米兰）isanoldcitywithalongh-优题课

Teens want structure in their lives, which means they want their lives well-planned. To begin building structure, teens need love and trust. They need to know their parents arc there to give them needed love and support (支持).Teens want to be sure that nothing can prevent parents from shouldering their responsibility for them — not their growing maturity (成熟),misbehavior, nor anger at something they have done. Teens want parents to keep control while allowing them to make some decisions.
There are some ways you can help your teens create reasonable structure and remain close. One way is to spend time together. Parents often mistake their teens’ increased interest in friends for a disinterest in the family.
Teens would like to spend more time doing things with their parents, but watching TV is not counted as spending time together. As your teens mature, it is important for you and your teens spend time alone together, one to one. Your teens need time to talk to you alone without any other family member present.
Talk with your teens about their interests and concerns. Make sure you really show interest in what is happening. When talking with your teens, give full attention and do not stop them.
The way to help your teens become adults is to let your teens into your world. Sharing your emotions and concerns with your teens is important. Avoid causing needless worry.
Trust your teens. Don't expect the worst. Hope for the best. Telling your teens you don’t like their friends will cause the teens not to bring their friends home. If something should go wrong, believe that your teens didn’t do it on purpose.
It is very important that you treat your teens with respect. Teens need the same respect adults show for total strangers. Don’t talk down to your teens.
You need to be supportive o f your teens. What may be a small problem to you may be troubling to your teens. Teens don't have the experiences that adults have had. Let the teens know that you understand how much it hurts when something happens that is upsetting or hurtful to them. As they mature, they can look back at some problems they had and laugh at having been upset by something that now seems unimportant.
The most important things to remember are: talk with your teens, listen to their worries and offer suggestions when needed. This will help your teens to live a well-organized life.
According to Paragraph 1, teens ______________.

A．can control themselves.

B．expect direction and freedom.

C．don’t know how to make decision

D．don’t have responsibility for the family

The underline part “counted as” in Paragraph 3 probably means “____”.

A．compared with	B．used as
C．connected with	D．regarded as

To help teens organize their lives , parents should __________.

A．invite their teens’ friends home.

B．leave their teens’ problems alone.

C．share their feelings with their teens.

D．pay little attention to their teens’ daily lives.

What is the best title of the passage ?

A．Training Teens to Become Responsible Adults.

B．Helping Teens to Build Reasonable Structure.

C．Improving the Relationship with Your Teens.

D．Stepping into Your Teens’ Secret Word.

Have you ever wondered what goes through your mind when you choose where to sit in a new classroom? Or in a waiting room full of strangers? Or on a bus? Researchers have found out some interesting facts.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, we prefer to sit closer to people like ourselves. Girls sit by girls and boys sit by boys. Adults sit together and young people choose another young person to sit near. But it goes further than this. We even choose to sit near someone who looks like us. People with glasses are more likely to sit near other people with glasses. People with long hair sit closer to other people with long hair.
We seem to believe that people with similar habits or hobbies will share similar attitude and we are more likely to be accepted by people like ourselves or even, we think we may be safer with people who look like us. Sometimes that’s true but it's a pity if we always stick to the same people, the same group. The danger in always staying in our comfort zone (舒适区)is that we just recycle the same opinions, the same tastes and the same ideas. We lose the chance to learn something new, find out about interesting things, hear funny stories and discover difference. 
When we always stick to the same people, how can we ever break down the barriers which prevent us from getting to know people with different ideas? And how can we avoid the ignorance (无知),which too often leads to prejudice (偏见) and even fear? If instead you want to live in a society that opens to changes and new things and different opinions, be the cat among the pigeons.
Move out of your comfort zone. Go and sit next to someone different. And don't just sit there in silence. Say hello. Ask a question. Start a conversation. That’s how we make friends. That’s how we learn about people. That’s how we open our minds to new ideas. That's how we live an exciting life.
From the passage, we know that people prefer sitting by someone who

A．is like themselves

B．has a sense of humor 

C．is open-minded

D．lives an exciting life

People like staying in their comfort zone because they may

A． remain comfortable and special

B． be accepted easily and feel safe

C． find out more interesting things

D．discover differences among themselves

What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To tell us just to be ourselves in social life.

B．To introduce ways to learn about the world.

C．To explain how people communicate with others.

D．To encourage us to meet people of different kinds.

Billy’s favorite color is orange. But he can’t see what orange looks like. Billy is blind.
A month after he was born, his mother noticed that his eyes weren’t quite as big as a normal baby’s.”Billy would never be able to see.” the doctor told his mother. After that Billy’s mother began talking to him, describing things she saw outside the window. She described everything to him.
Billy does not only depend on his mother’s descriptions to learn about the world around him. He sees with his cars and his hands, too. He has perfect hearing. When people make phone calls, he can tell the numbers they dial(拨).
Billy loves computer science. He began teaching himself computer programming when he was just seven years old. His dream school would be Stanford University. He gets top grades in his classes, making that a real possibility.
“You can’t let excuses get in the way of your dreams, and if you do that you can’t move forward and reach your goals, “said Billy.
From the passage, we know that_____________.

A．Billy can’t hear.	B．Billy can’t see.
C．Billy can’t walk.	D．Billy can’t talk.

How did Billy’s mother help him?

A．By teaching him how to draw.

B．By asking teacher for advice.

C．By describing everything to him.

D．By sending him to his dream school.

When did Billy begin teaching himself computer programming?

A．When he was 7 years old.	B．When he was in Grade 5.
C．When he was high school.	D．When he was at university.

School Programs

Which school offers Music Programe?

A．Hillbrook School	B．Emerson School
C．Monarch School	D．Almaden School

If you are interested in group classes in art ,you can call

A．650-968-5957	B．650-903-0986
C．650-403-3575	D．650-720-1677

Which program helps improve thinking skills?

A．Sports Program	B．Art Program
C．Development Program	D．Woodshop Program

There was a pilot and four people in a small plane. Suddenly there was something wrong with the machine while it was flying in the air. The smoke was everywhere in the plane. The pilot told the people there were only four parachutes(降落伞). They all became worried and started to make excuses(借口).
“I must go and mend the machine,” said the pilot, taking one of the parachutes. There was nothing he could do，so he jumped out.
The first person stood up. “I’m a doctor”, he said. “I help people live longer and I save lives.” He also took a parachute and jumped out.
The next person said, “I must have a parachute. I am a very clever person. I have to go to an important sport match. I know I’ll win the game because I’ll be the cleverest person there.” He picked up a pack and jumped out.
Two men were left---an old businessman and a young mountain climber. By this time the plane was going down fast. The businessman said, “Young man, I am old but you’re still young. You take the last parachute.” The young mountain climber smiled. “Don’t worry,” he said, “We can both jump to safety because there are still two parachutes. Just now the clever person jumped out with my back pack.”
All the people became worried because ___.
A. they couldn’t find the parachutes
B. they saw the pilot jump out first
C. something was wrong with the plane and one of them might die
The clever man jumped out with ___.
A. a parachute
B. nothing
C. the pack of the climber’s
All the people thought of themselves except ____.
A. the businessman
B. the clever man
C. the doctor
From the story we know ___ would be dead.
A. the clever man
B. the businessman
C. the pilot
____ was a kind-hearted man.
A.The pilot
B. The doctor.
C.The businessman.