《2025年初中英语拓展听力与阅读课堂突破九年级英语全一册译林版》

1. What does the underlined word "irrational" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Quick.
B. Crazy.
C. Careful.
D. Correct.

答案： B
解析：根据上下文“teenagers are more likely to make irrational decisions than people from any other age group”及“Not really”否定“too young to tell right from wrong”，可推测“irrational”意为“不理智的，疯狂的”，B选项“Crazy”最接近，故选B。

2. According to the passage, teenagers often take risks because _______.
A. they like challenging themselves
B. they are too young to tell right from wrong
C. they don't think about costs
D. they care about what their peers think of them

答案： D
解析：由第三段“the reason is that teenagers care a lot about how their peers view them—that is 'peer influence'”可知，青少年冒险是因为在意同龄人看法，D选项符合原文，故选D。

3. How does Laurence explain the peer influence on teens' behaviour?
A. By using a metaphor(比喻).
B. By giving real examples.
C. By presenting research results.
D. By doing experiments.

答案： A
解析：根据倒数第二段“a teenager’s brain is like a car with a good accelerator but a weak brake”可知，Laurence用汽车比喻青少年的大脑，属于比喻手法，A选项正确，故选A。

4. We can learn from the passage that _______.
A. teenagers are easy to have traffic accidents
B. peer influence has a good effect on teenagers
C. most of the teenagers become less violent when they grow up
D. teenagers shouldn't spend all the free time with their friends

答案： C
解析：由最后一段“About two-thirds to three-quarters of violent youth grow out of it. 'They get more self-controlled.'”可知，大多数有暴力倾向的青少年长大后会变得不那么暴力，C选项正确，故选C。