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.A

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：父母应该停止责怪自己，因为青少年问题，没有太多可以做的，无论你做什么，无论你选择如何去处理它，在某一时间里，合理和乐于助人的好孩子也会变成一个可怕的动物。作者讲了朋友们不同的处理方式。

1.推理题。根据文章第一段介绍，可以推测作者应该是研究青少年的专家。故选A。

2.细节理解题。结合文章第一段，这里“it”应该指的是孩子由好变坏的转变。故选A。

3.细节推断题。根据文章第二段最后一句母亲说他已经忘了我教他的所有礼貌，可推知男孩在沙发上的行为应该是不礼貌的，粗鲁的。故选D。

4.细节推理题。根据文章倒数第二段可知，第二个例子的父母让孩子攀爬家具，上桌子，不礼貌地同人讲话，可推知父母不关注她们。故选A。

5.细节理解题。根据文章第一句，父母应该停止责怪自己，因为青少年问题，没有太多可以做的。可知父母没什么能做的，只能接受。故选A。

考点：生活类阅读。