Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.
“I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?’” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”
Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.
Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent—child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue int0 adulthood.
No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend.”
But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”
Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say.
“My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”
1.The underlined word gulf in Para.3 most probably means _________.
A. interest
B. distance
C. difference
D. separation
2.Which of the following shows that the generation gap is disappearing?
A. Parents help their children develop interests in more activities.
B. Parents put more trust in their children’s abilities.
C. Parents and children talk more about sex and drugs.
D. Parents share more interests with their children.
3.The change in today’s parent-child relationship is _________.
A. more confusion among parents
B. new equality between parents and children
C.1ess respect for parents from children
D. more strictness and authority on the part of parents
4.By saying “today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side.” the author means that today’s parents _________.
A. follow the trend of the change
B. can set a limit to the change
C. fail to take the change seriously
D. have little difficulty adjusting to the change
5.The purpose of the passage is to _________.
A. describe the difficulties today’s parents have met with
B. discuss the development of the parent—child relationship
C. suggest the ways to handle the parent—child relationship
D. compare today’s parent—child relationship with that in the past
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular, there was (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies(仙女). Not all of these 1are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are 2and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows 3and pale and has changed so much that it is almost 4to the parents. It was then 5that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and 6the human baby with a fairy Changeling. There were many ways to prevent this from happening: hanging a knife over the baby’s head while he slept or covering him with some of his father’s clothes were just two of the recommended 7. However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been 8. In those cases there was often a way to get the 9baby back. You could 10the Changeling on the fire--then it would rise up the chimney, and you would hear the sound of fairies’ laughter and soon after you would find your own child safe and sound nearby.
11A. babies B. believers C. fairies D. supermen
12A. powerful B. cruel C. frightened D. extraordinary
13A. sick B. slim C. short D. small
14A. uncomfortable B. unbelievable C. unacceptable D. unrecognizable
15A. feared B. predicted C. heard D. reported
1.A. covered B. changed C. replaced D. terrified
2.A. cases B. tools C. steps D. methods
3.A. missed B. stolen C. found D. lost
4.A.1ittle B. pale C. sad D. real
5.A. seize B. burn C. place D. hold
第二节 语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。
Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life. 6.these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop 7.(help) it grow”, is based on the following story.
It is said that a short—tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help 8.rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about 9.day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected.
One day, he came up with an idea 10.he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day.
He was very tired 11.doing this for a whole day, 12.he felt very happy since the crop did “grow” 13.(high).
His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.
This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their 14.(nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often 15.(result) in the contrary to our intention.
In crowded places like_____airports and railway stations,you _______ take care of your luggage.
A.can B.may C.must D.will
—Where’s that report?
—I brought it to you _______ you were in Mr.Black’s office yesterday.
A.if B.when C.because D.before
—How can I apply for an online course?
—Just fill out this form and we _______ what we can do for you.
A.see B.are seeing C.have seen D.will see
We shouldn’t spend our money testing so many people,most of _______ are healthy.
A.that B.which C.what D.whom
