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nd a suitable small talk subject.B. small talk depends on the purpose of the conversation.C. in Englishspeaking countries we should talk about the weather.D. agreeing with each other is the key to a successful conversation.BMany teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members, especially their parents, don’t know them as well their friends do. In large families, it is often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice. It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or many friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This munication is very important in children’s growing up, because friend can discuss something difficult to say to their family members.However, parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. The question of “choice” is an interesting one. 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 parent don’t like? 61. When teenagers stay alone, the usual way of munication is to _________.A. go to their friends B. talk with their parentsC. talk with their friends on the phone D. have a discussion with their family 62. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?A. Parents should like everything their children enjoy.B. In all families, children can choose everything they like.C. Teenagers can only go to their friends for help.D. Parents should try their best to understand their children better. 63. The main idea of this passage is that ___________. A. Friends can give good advice B. Teenagers need friends C. Parents often choose their children’s friends for themD. Good friends can municate with each other CHere is a question I have often asked at dinner parties: You39。re on an island with only one other person, your best friend. He39。s dying of cancer. In his final days, he tells you, I have 100,000 dollars in a bank back home. When I die, make sure my son goes to medical school. Then he dies. But his son is a nogood playboy who has no interest in going to medical school and will waste that money away in a very short time. But your son is entering college, and he is willing to bee a doctor. Which one do you give the money to for medical school? I39。ve asked this question of everyone from the president of a famous university to an ordinary young soldier, and it has never failed to get a discussion going. Everyone has an opinion, most of them different, but all of them correct. Sometimes this one topic lasts the whole evening.64. Which of the following is TRUE to the passage? A. Only the clever people can answer the question rightly. B. Some people refuse to answer such a silly question. C. Most of the people have the same answer. D. Everyone at the dinner party seems to be interested in the question.65. What the writer often says at dinner parties is _______. A. a true story B. not a true story C. a strange story D. just a joke66. Why does the writer often ask people such a question? Because ______.A. he wants to offer people a topic in which everyone could say something B. he is interested in such a questionC. he likes to make fun of people at partiesD. he wants to find the answer for a research67. Which of the following decisions is most likely NOT correct?A. You give the money to your friend39。s son.B. You give the money to your son for medical school.C.. You keep the money for your friend39。s son.D. You keep the money for your future medical care DWe’d like to agree with the recent report paring the difference between a TV and a puter: When you use one you turn your brain on, with the other you turn it off.Your brain may not be the only thing the TV turns off. It seems that men who watch a lot of TV are more sedentary(久坐不動的),eat more food and are generally much fatter.Similar results have been found for women.Experts think that watching TV means that not only are you sedentary, but you have to watch food advertisements inducing(引誘)you to eat more.The food that you are being induced to eat may not be good enough for your health.If you are a couch potato, here are some suggestions:●Tape a piece of paper to the back of your remote control(遙控器)or TV Guide, and every time you watch a show, note how long you sit there and what you eat.●Review the record after a week. This can be a shock.●Don’t have a TV in your bedroom。 having a TV in your bedroom greatly increases view