Question

Parents should stop complaining themselves because there’s not a lot they can do about it. I mean the teenager problem. Whatever you do or however you choose to deal with it, at certain times a wonderful, reasonable and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal.

I’ve seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted(坚持) that her son, right from a child, should stand up whenever anyone entered the room, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman. I saw him last week when I called round. Sprawling（四肢摊开）himself on the sofa in full length, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in, and his greeting was only a quick look at me. His mother was ashamed. “I don't know what to do with him these days,” she said. “He’s forgotten all the manners we taught him.”

He hasn't forgotten them. He’s just decided that he’s not going to use them. She admitted（承认）that she would like to come up behind him and throw him down from the sofa onto the floor.

Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, “I don’t like your dress; it’s ugly.” One of the daughters has recently been driven out of school. The other has left home.

“Where did we go wrong?” her parents are now very sad. Probably nowhere much. At least, no more than the rest of that unfortunate race, parents.

1.This text is most probably written by ______.

A. a specialist in teenager studies 

B. a headmaster of a middle school

C. a parent with teenage children 

D. a doctor for mental health problems

2.The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to ______.

A. the change from good to bad that’s seen in a child

B. the way that parents often complained about themselves

C. the opinion that a child has of his parents

D. the advice that parents want their children to follow

3.The boy on the sofa would most probably be described as ______.

A. clever       B. quiet          C. unusual         D. rude

4.From the second example we can infer that the parents of the two daughters ______.

A. pay no attention to them

B. are too busy to look after them

C. have come to hate them

D. feel helpless to do much about them

5.What is the author' s opinion about the sudden change in teenage children?

A. Parents have no choice but to try to accept it.

B. Parents should pay still more attention to the change.

C. Parents should work more closely with school teachers.

D. Parents cause the change in their children.

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：父母应该停止抱怨自己因为没有很多他们可以做的事。我指的是青少年问题。你做什么或无论你选择如何去处理这一切，在某些时候，一个美妙的，合理的和有帮助的孩子会变成一个可怕的动物。

1.细节理解题。根据短文内容可推知此文最有可能是一位青少年研究专家写的，故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据短文可知it指代的是看见孩子由好变坏的事。故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据生活常识可知选D。

4.细节理解题。根据最后一段“Where did we go wrong?” her parents are now very sad. Probably nowhere much. At least, no more than the rest of that unfortunate race, parents.可知选D。

5.细节理解题。根据短文可知作者对于十几岁孩子的突变所持观点是父母不得不尝试去接受它。所以选A。

考点：日常生活类阅读。