17．I can tell you from experience，both private and public schools have one thing in common．Look around your school．What do you see？Beautiful buildings？Good teachers？I'll tell you what I see：the need to have the most expensive clothing，newest phone，most expensive car，etc．Think about it．Do you find yourself wanting to one-up （胜过） your friends？Be honest．I know I have at some point in time．
In my school parking lot，for example，there are more BWM's and Mercedes than one could possibly imagine．When I look at my 2006Honda CRV，the butterflies in my stomach start flapping their wings wildly．Do people look at me differently because my car is old？
What about my phone？What about text messaging？Earlier this year in my statistics class my teacher asked our class how many texts each student received in the past 24hours．My count was twelve．Twenty minutes later，people started to come up with the answers of 200or more．I firmly believe that people were in competition with each other．Who could get the most texts？Having only twelve texts sent to me made me feel terrible．Was it bad that hardly anyone had texted me？My teacher would never have thought that his question which intended a better understanding of the course made me uncomfortable．
How about the difference between grade levels in high school？Come on．There is a distinct difference from being a senior and a freshman．At gatherings，the senior class boos（喝倒彩） every other grade，sometimes causing fights．Being a senior，I don't want to make negative comments on people in other grade levels．High school is hard enough as it is．Freshman，sophomores and juniors don't need four hundred students to remind them．
Trying to impress everyone is hard．Most of the stress we have as teens is living up to everyone else's expectations．The only people we need to impress are ourselves．Be in competition with yourself and you'll live a happier life．
56．What is the common thing between private and public schools according to the writer？D
A．Good teaching resources．
B．Having a beautiful environment．
C．Great need for advanced technology．
D．Students'competition for material things．
57．How does a person feel if he has a butterfly in his stomach？C
A．Proud． B．Confident． C．Nervous． D．Angry．
58．Why did the teacher ask the students about the number of the texts they received？C
A．He wanted to learn about their social habits．
B．He wanted to make his class interesting．
C．It was connected with what he was teaching．
D．He tried to stop them texting in his class．
59．We can learn from the fourth paragraph thatA．
A．the writer is a considerate person
B．the writer finds it hard to get on well with others
C．students in lower grades should be reminded to behave well
D．fights and quarrels are common between different grades
60．To live a happier life，teens are advisedB．
A．to stop buying expensive things
B．to stop competing with others
C．to do things as they are expected
D．to leave a good impression on others．
分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章向我们说明了私立和公立学校都有一个共同点是学生的物质追求，并讲述了学生之间总是在互相比较，最后作者告诉我们青少年的成长压力往往来自于外界期盼，我们只需要和自己比，自然可以快乐生活．
解答 56．D 推理判断题，根据第一段I'll tell you what I see：the need to have the most expensive clothing，newest phone，most expensive car，etc．可知无论什么类型的学校，学生都有物质追求，因此私立和公立学校之间的共同点是学生的物质追求，故选D．
57．C 推理判断题，根据第二段When I look at my 2006Honda CRV，the butterflies in my stomach start flapping their wings wildly．Do people look at me differently because my car is old？可知如果一个人感觉到他的胃里有一只蝴蝶在飞，他可能是感觉到了紧张，故选C．
58．C 细节理解题，根据第三段Earlier this year in my statistics class my teacher asked our class how many texts each student received in the past 24hours．My count was twelve．Twenty minutes later，people started to come up with the answers of 200or more．可知老师要求学生们谈论他们所收到的课文的数量是因为这和他所教授的科目有关，故选C．
59．A 细节理解题，根据第四段Being a senior，I don't want to make negative comments on people in other grade levels．High school is hard enough as it is．Freshman，sophomores and juniors don't need four hundred students to remind them．可知作者在集会时候不喝倒彩，由此可看出作者是一个体贴的人，故选A．
60．B 主旨大意题，根据最后一段Trying to impress everyone is hard．Most of the stress we have as teens is living up to everyone else's expectations．可知青少年的成长压力往往来自于外界期盼，我们只需要和自己比，自然可以快乐生活，故选B．
点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力．做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确选择．在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
