Section D (10 marks) Questions 76 to 80 are based on the following passage It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstanding between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises: that they talk too much about certain problems-and that they have no sense o humor, at least parent-child relationships. I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they felt themselves when were young. Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes, hairstyles, entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted, so they create a culture and society and their own. Then, if it turns out that their music, entertainers, vocabulary, clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste. Sometimes teenagers are resistant and proud because they do not want their parents to approve of what they do. If they did approve, it looks as if the teenager is betraying his own age group. All this is assuming that the teenager is the underdog: he can not win but at least he can keep his honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after years of childhood, when children were completely under their parent’s control, but it ignores the fact that when they become teenagers, children are beginning to be responsible for themselves. If you plan to control your life, co-operation should be a part of that plan. You can charm other people, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can also impress people with your of responsibility and your initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.
单选题 the first paragraph is mainly about_____________.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】第一段主要探讨的是青少年对父母的批评,首句出现关键词critical。其他选项“家长与青少年间的误解”、“家长对青少年的控制”和“青少年处理危机的能力”都是支持主题句的细节。
单选题 teenagers have strange clothes and hairstyles because they___________
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】第三段提到青少年很难融人成人世界,因此要“创造他们自己的文化来证明他们的存在”。根据第三段末句可知“对于成为有风格和品味的领导者”,他们没有那么强烈的欲望,A项错误。C项“没有其他放松的方式”与文中additiqnal enjoyment矛盾。D项“惹怒家长”不是他们的动机/目的。
单选题 teenagers do not want their parents to approve of what they do because they _______________.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】倒数第二段第二句提到“如果家长赞同孩子的做法,青少年就觉得背叛了自己的同龄人。”
问答题 Question 79 to 80 Translate the sentences in the passage into Chinese 79 I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they felt themselves when were young
【正确答案】我认为,父母常常低估他们十几岁的孩子,而且还忘记了他们自己小时候的感受。
【答案解析】(“it is true that”可略去不译,when引导的时间状语从句可以译为定语“自己小时候”。)
问答题 You can charm other people, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want.
【正确答案】你可以用你的责任感和主动性去影响别人,因而他们(父母)才能给你权利去做你想要做的事情。
【答案解析】(impress sb.with sth.“用…感染某人,使某人印象深刻”。authority权利。what you want to do是宾语从句。so that因此,因而。)