单选题 It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for the most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern way; that they are possessive and dominant; that they don't trust their children to deal with the crisis; that they talk too much about certain problems and that 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 entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture of society of their own. Then, it turns out that their music and entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents. This gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and they are leaders in style and taste. Sometimes you are resistant and proud because you don't want your parents to approve what you do. If they did approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are an underdog: you can't win but at least you can keep your honor. There is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you are completely under your patents' 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 your parents with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.
单选题 The author is primarily addressing to ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:本题是推理题。从最后一段的口气以及文中多次出现的your parents,可以判定B是正确的。
单选题 The first paragraph is mainly about ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:本题是主旨题。参阅文章第1段的主题句:“It is natural for…misunderstandings between them.”
单选题 Teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles because they ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:本题是细节题。参阅文章第3段第3句:“They feel cut…yet been accepted.”
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】解析:本题是推理题。根据文章第4段第2句的“If they did…your own age group.”,以及第4、5段的内容可以肯定,D是正确的选项。
单选题 According to the author, which statement the passage DID'T refer to?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:本题是细节题。选项A、B和D 3项在文中都可找到相应语句,唯有C作者没有提。
单选题 According to the author in what way teenagers can be given authority to do what they want to do?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:本题是细节题。参阅文章最后一段最后一句“You can impress…want to do.”
单选题 What's the main idea of this passage?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:本题是主旨题。纵观全文,不难看出父母应该给青少年更多的权利让他们慢慢独立。