单选题 Many parents complain that their teenage children are rebelling. They greet their children's teenage with needless dread. While teenagers may assault us with heavy-metal music, wear strange clothes, have strange hair styles, and spend all their time dating or meeting friends, such behavior scarcely adds up to full-scale revolt.
Take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly on their wings, most of them are clutching at one another's hands for reassurance. Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing it. It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. They have come out of their cocoon—into a larger cocoon.
Teenage rebellion, according to psychologist Laurence Steinberg, coauthor of You and Your Adolescent, has been greatly overstated. Many other psychologists agree. The idea that teenagers inevitably rebel is a myth that has the potential for great family harm. This notion can damage communication during this critical time for parents to influence youngsters.
Still adolescence is often a trying time of transition for child and parent. Teenagers need to establish themselves as individuals—in their own minds and in the eyes of others. This search isn't about rebellion: it's about becoming a person of one's own. " Teenagers ought to be growing away from their parents and learning to stand on their own two feet, " says Steinberg.
Here is one way parents can help: don't stereotype. " Parents who expect teenage rebellion may actually stir it up, " says Kenneth I. Howard, a member of a research team that collected survey data on more than 20,000 teenagers over a 28-year period.
Howard cautions parents not to resort to suppression at the first sight of adolescent independence, fearful that giving in even slightly now means drugs cannot be far behind. When parents overreact, teenagers assert themselves more, parents clamp down harder, and a full-scale blowup results.
In fact, psychologists say that there is no inevitable pattern to teenage behavior, and no such creature as a typical teenager. Your teenager is now larger, stronger, older and smarter than before, with an additional supply of hormone raging through the bloodstream. But he or she is still the same human being you have lived with since birth. Given a chance, your son or daughter will continue to behave in ways you have established.

单选题 According to the writer, parents' fear for their children's teenage is______.
[A] ridiculous [B] unnecessary
[C] unreasonable [D] sensible

单选题 " A larger cocoon " as mentioned in paragraph 2 refers to the situation that______.
[A] teenagers disagree with their parents
[B] teenagers want to be independent
[C] teenagers cannot escape from the popularity wave
[D] teenagers need support from their fellow teenagers

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 语义理解题。本题问第二段提到的“更大的束缚”指的是哪种情况。cocoon本意指“茧”，这里可引申为“束缚”的意思。在第二段中作者提到了两个“束缚”：第一个是“…teenagers are…showing that they disagree with their parents”(…青少年…表达他们与父母的分歧)，即青少年想要挣脱父母的束缚，成为一个独立的人；接着作者提到大多数青少年现在还不敢振翅高飞，而是紧握彼此的手以获取安慰，他们之所以如此想、如此做是因为大家都这样。下文又提到对于他们来说越来越难以对抗流行的浪潮。第二段最后一句提到“They have come out of their cocoon—into a larger cocoon.”(他们只是冲破了一重束缚而又陷入了更大的一重束缚而已。)也就是说，流行的浪潮成了他们难以摆脱的更大的束缚了。因此C项正确。A项为第一种束缚；B、D两项是青少年想要达到的目的而不是束缚。

单选题 Overstating teenage rebellion will lead to the following consequences EXCEPT______.
[A] it can do harm to the family
[B] it can damage parents' influence
[C] it can prevent teenagers from being individuals
[D] it can impair teenagers' ability to make correct judgment

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 判断题。本题的关键词是overstate，这个关键词出现在文章第三段中，因此第三段是本题的答案所在。D项在文中未提及，因此为正确答案。A、B均在第三段中提到；第四段第一、二句提到“Still adolescence is often a trying time of transition for child and parent. Teenagers need to establish themselves as individuals…”(但青春期对于孩子和父母来说仍然是一个艰难的过渡时期。青少年需要树立自己的个性、成为独立的人…)，由此可知青春期对于青少年成为独立的个体至关重要，若父母对孩子的反叛处理不当则会产生不良后果，故C项可排除。

单选题 According to the psychologists, it is beneficial for parents to______.
[A] show fear [B] use suppression
[C] clamp down harder [D] treat teenagers as they used to

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。末段指出心理学家认为青少年行为没有必然的模式可循，也没有什么典型青少年之说。由第三句“…he or she is still the same human being you have lived with since birth”(他或她仍是从出生到现在一直与你生活在一起的同一个人)可知，心理学家们认为孩子还是原来的孩子，建议父母应以平平常的心态对待处于青春期的孩子，因此D项正确。第六段提到“Howard cautions parents not to resort to suppression…parents clamp down harder, and a full-scale blowup result(霍华德劝诫父母们不要采取压制手段…父母施加更大的压力会导致矛盾彻底激化)，可见心理学家的建议是父母们最好不要采取压制(suppression)手段，害怕(fearful)也是不可取的态度，故A、B、C三项均不正确。