Question

Parents should stop blaming themselves because there' s not a lot they can do about it. I mean the teenager (十几岁的孩子) 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 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 1 called round. Sprawling himself (懒散地躺) 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 no more than a quick glance 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 confessed (坦白) 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 blame 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. lazy              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 are at fault for the change in their children.

Answer

1.A

【详解】推断题。根据短文内容我们可以看出那人不可能是校长、家长和医生。只可能是专门研究小孩子的一个教育研究人员，所以答案选择A。

2.A

【详解】细节题。根据第二段所说孩子的行为的变化可以看出。孩子由原来的" whenever anyone entered the room, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman." 变为" Sprawling himself (懒散地躺) on the sofa in full length”。所以答案选择A。

3.D

【详解】推断题。从孩子的 sprawling on the sofa, no attempt to turn off TV , glance 等行为可以看出孩子和以前的gentle比起来，现在是很无礼了。

4.D

【详解】推断题。根据"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.可以看出父母亲非常失望，已经没有办法管他们了，对他们已经失去了希望，所以feel helpless。

5.A

【详解】归纳题。从Parents should stop blaming themselves because there' s not a lot they can do about it. I mean the teenager (十几岁的孩子) 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.和Probably nowhere much. At least, no more than the rest of that unfortunate race, parents.中可以看出，作者希望家长不要对此过多关注，只能接受这样的一个现实。此题也可以运用排除法做。B、C、D三项所讲内容都不符合上面的两句话。