单选题 It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are eager to control and dominate; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems -- and they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships. I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.
Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainment and music. This is not their motives. They feel isolated from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, it turns out that their music or entertainment irritates their parents. This gives them additional joy.
Sometimes you are resistant, and proud because you don't want your parents to approve of what you do. If they do approve, it looks as if you are opposed to your own group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are loser: you can't win but at least you can keep your honor. This is negative way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you are completely under your parents' control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself.
If you plan to control your life, cooperation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially your parents, into doing things the way you- want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.

单选题 The author is primarily addressing ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】推理题。本文讨论了孩子和父母间的关系。作者是从孩子的角度来时论这个问题的，作者从第三段开始，使用了大量的人称代词you，根据your parents, your own group这些词的提示，我们可以推断出，本文是写给青少年的，因此，[D]正确。
单选题 The first paragraph is mainly about ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】主旨题。本题提问第一段的大意，文章第一段第一句是主题句：孩子们不时批评父母，责备父母不理解他们，随后的句子都是围绕这个主题“他们抱怨父母跟不上时代…”展开的，因此，[A]正确。
单选题 Teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles because they ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】推理题。文章第二段第二、三句提到，激怒父母不是他们的动机，他们只是感到被成人(父母)孤立了，所以，创造自己的文化和社会等证明自己的存在。因此，[A]正确。
单选题 Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of whatever they do because they ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】推理题。文章第三段中提到，在度过完全受父母保护的童年时代之后，…孩子开始叛逆和以不需要得到父母的批准为荣…因此，[D]正确。
单选题 To improve parent-child relationships, teenagers are advised to be ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】细节题。由文章最后一段的第一句“If you plan to control your life, cooperation can be part of that plan."可知，如果孩子计划控制自己的生活，合作是其中一部分，也就是说，为了改善父母和孩子之间的关系，建议青少年要采取合作的态度。因此，[C]正确。