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 can only go to their friends for some ideas.

It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a group of friends. Even when they are not with friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication is very important in children’s growing up, because friends can discuss something. These things are difficult to say to their family member. However, parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. Have you ever thought of the following questions?

         Who chooses your friends?

     1. Many teenagers think that ______ can understand them better.

       A. friends        B. brothers        C. sisters        D. parents

     2. ______ is very important to teenagers

       A. Making friends      B. Communication      C. Stopping meeting friends      D. Both A and B

     3. When teenagers have something difficult to say to their parents, they usually ______.

       A. stay alone at home              B. fight with their parents       

C. discuss it with their friends        D. go to their teachers for help

     4. The sentence “ Your answers are welcome” means“ ________”.

       A. You are welcome to discuss the questions are welcome     B. We’ve got no idea, so your answers are welcome

       C. Your answers are always right         D. You can give us all the right answers

     5. Which of the following is the writer’s attitude?

       A. Parents should choose friends for their children.       B. Children should choose everything they like.

       C. Parents should understand their children better.        D. Teenagers should only go to their friends for help.

 

       In 1989, a plane was accidentally rediscovered in an a ______ survey of Wallis Island, a r _____ place in the South Pacific, a long way west of Samoa. In 1963, the Lancaster bomber c ______ on this island. It was not too badly damaged, but over the years, the crash was forgotten and the w _____remained undisturbed. In the 1980s, a Lancaster bomber in reasonable condition was  rate and w ______ rescuing. The French a ______ had the plane p _____ and moved in parts back to France. Now a group of e _____ are going to have the plane r _____. It has four Rolls- Royce Merlin engines, but the group will need to have only three of them rebuilt. Imagine their surprise and delight when they broke open the packing case and found that the fourth engine was sweet as honey——still in perfect condition. A colony of bees had turned the engine into a hive and it was totally p ______ in beeswax.