Question

1. You’ll need to help your teen find what hobby really interests him or her. Then, you’ll have to help your teen find all of the necessary things to enjoy his or her new hobby. This may be hard to do in your busy parenting schedule. Here are four great reasons to work it in:

2.By finding an area of interest, a teen can build competence and skill. This leads to positive results and builds your teen’s confidence.

3.Our likes and dislikes help bring out who we are as people. Hobbies help by sending a message, “I like doing this. This makes me feel good about myself. Therefore, this is a part of who I am.”

4.Boredom is like the plague(瘟疫,传染病) to a teen and it can have the same type of terrible results. Bored teens are easy to have a connection with negative peers. Helping teens develop a hobby is helping them stay out of trouble.

5.When your teen is involved in (卷入,介入)a hobby, you can easily find something to praise him or her about. You can use your teen’s hobby to keep balance in your communication with your teen when things have been hard.

A.Hobbies will give you a reason to praise your teen

B.Hobbies help build your teen’s confidence

C.Hobbies stop your teen from getting bored.

D.Encouraging your teen to develop a hobby will take some time and effort on your part.

E.A hobby helps your teen have a sense of his or her identity(身份).

F.Hobbies can be used to keep balance.

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.E

4.C

5.A

【解析】

短文大意：短文从四个方面介绍了帮助孩子找到他或她真正感兴趣的爱好的好处和理由。

1.根据“you’ll have to help your teen find all of the necessary things to enjoy his or her new hobby你必须帮助你的孩子找到所有必要的东西来享受他或她的新爱好”，可知“帮助孩子培养一种爱好很不容易”；备选句子“Encouraging your teen to develop a hobby will take some time and effort on your part.（鼓励你的孩子培养一种爱好需要你花费一些时间和精力）”符合文意，故选D。

2.根据“This leads to positive results and builds your teen’s confidence这会带来积极的结果，并建立你的孩子的信心”，可知本段讲的是“爱好对于孩子建立自信心很有帮助”；备选句子“Hobbies help build your teen’s confidence（爱好有助于建立青少年的自信心）”符合段意，故选B。

3.根据“Our likes and dislikes help bring out who we are as people我们的好恶有助于展示我们是什么样的人”，可知“爱好有助于青少年了解自己的身份”；备选句子“A hobby helps your teen have a sense of his or her identity（爱好可以帮助你的孩子了解他或她的身份）”符合段意，故选E。

4.根据“Helping teens develop a hobby is helping them stay out of trouble帮助青少年培养一种爱好就是帮助他们远离麻烦”，结合全段内容，可知“爱好有助于青少年远离无聊”；备选句子“Hobbies stop your teen from getting bored.爱好可以让你的孩子不无聊”符合段意，故选C。

5.根据“When your teen is involved in a hobby, you can easily find something to praise him or her about当你的孩子有了一个爱好，你可以很容易地找到一些东西来赞美他或她”，可知“人们会利用孩子的爱好去赞美孩子”；备选句子“Hobbies will give you a reason to praise your teen（爱好会给你一个理由去赞美你的孩子）”符合段意，故选A。