Question

It is natural that young people are not often comfortable when they are with their parents. They say that their ______ don’t understand them. They often think that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are too strict ______ their children; and that they ______ give their children a free hand. It is true that parents often find it difficult to win their children’s ______ and they tend to forget how they themselves ______ when young. For example, young people like to act at once without much ______. It is one of their ways to show that they have ______ up and they can face any difficult situation. Instead, ______ people worry more easily. Most of them ______ things ahead, at least in their minds, and do not like their plans to be upset by something ______.

When you want your parents to let you do ______, you will have better success if you ask ______ you really start doing it.

Young people often make their parents angry with their choices in clothes, in _____  and in music. But they do not mean to cause any trouble; it is just that they feel ______ from the older people’s world, into which they have not yet been accepted. That’s why young people want to make a new culture of their ______. And if their parents do not like their music or entertainments or clothes or their ways of speech, this will make the young extremely ______.

Sometimes you are so proud of yourself that you do not want your parents to ______  “yes” to what you do. All you want is to be ______ and do what you like. It is natural enough, after being a child for so many years, that you were completely under your parents control.

If you plan to control your life, you’d better persuade your parents and try to get them to ______ you. If your parents see that you have a high sense of responsibility, they will certainly give you the ______ to do what you want to do.

1.A. teachers    B. parents    C. friends    D. classmates

2.A. in    B. for    C. with    D. to

3.A. often    B. always    C. seldom    D. usually

4.A. trust    B. hate    C. support    D. envy

5.A. loved    B. studied    C. learned    D. felt

6.A. thinking    B. worrying    C. promising    D. choosing

7.A. stood    B. got    C. grown    D. brought

8.A. young    B. older    C. younger    D. many

9.A. agree    B. plan    C. think    D. sense

10.A. surprised    B. expected    C. amazed    D. unexpected

11.A. everything    B. nothing    C. something    D. anything

12.A. after    B. while    C. before    D. until

13.A. service    B. entertainments    C. behaviors    D. sports

14.A. separated    B. connected    C. controlled    D. contacted

15.A. friends    B. own    C. minds    D. sense

16.A. happy    B. unhappy    C. quiet    D. active

17.A. express    B. speak    C. state    D. say

18.A. left alone    B. looked after    C. watched over    D. cared for

19.A. forgive    B. believe    C. understand    D. trouble

20.A. advice    B. explanation    C. instruction    D. right

Answer

1. B

2. C

3. C

4. A

5. D

6. A

7. C

8. B

9. B

10. D

11. C

12. C

13. B

14. A

15. B

16. B

17. D

18. A

19. C

20. D

【解析】

本文是一篇教育文化类阅读。文章讲述的是年轻人不喜欢和他们的父母在一起，认为父母们不理解他们，作者对此现象进行了分析，并对年轻人提出了一些中肯的建议。告诉他们如何使两代人和睦相处。

1.考查名词辨析。teacher老师；parent父母；friend朋友；classmate同学。根据上一句It is natural that young people are not often comfortable when they are with their parents.可知这里讲的是父母与孩子之间的关系，这里孩子认为他们的家长（parent）不理解他们，故选B。

2.考查固定词组。be strict with对﹍严厉，为固定词组。句意：他们对自己的孩子很严厉（strict）。故选C。

3.考查副词辨析。often经常；always经常；seldom很少；usually通常。根据上一句父母对孩子严厉可知父母很少（seldom）给孩子自由。故选C。

4.考查名词辨析。trust信任；hate讨厌；support支持；envy嫉妒。父母发现赢得孩子的信任（trust）很困难，故选A。

5.考查动词辨析。love喜欢；study学习；learn学习；feel感觉。他们往往会忘记自己年轻时的感受（feel），故选D。

6.考查动词辨析。think考虑；worry担忧；promise承诺；choose选择。由act at once可知是没有多加思考（think）就行动，故选A。

7.考查动词词组辨析。stand up站起来；get up起床；grow up长大；bring up提出。句意：这是他们展示他们已经长大（grow up）并且能够面对任何困难的方式之一。故选C。

8.考查形容词辨析。young年轻的；older年长的；younger更年轻的；many许多的。上面列举的是年轻人不加思考就行动。instead表示转折，开始描写年长的（older）人，他们做事之前喜欢做计划。故选B。

9.考查动词辨析。agree同意；plan计划；think思考；sense感觉到。此空对应下半句and do not like their plans to be upset中的plan，指的是年长者喜欢提前计划（plan）事情，故选B。

10.考查形容词辨析。surprised感到惊讶的；expected预期的；amazed吃惊的；unexpected想不到的。此处指的是年长者不喜欢他们的计划被想不到的（unexpected）事情打乱。故选D。

11.考查代词辨析。everything每件事情；nothing无物；something一些事情；anything任何事情。句意：当你想让父母让你做一些事情的时候，在做之前问一下你的父母会更容易成功。根据句意可知此处是做一些事情（something），故选C。

12.考查连词辨析。after﹍之后；while，当﹍的时候；before﹍之前；until直到﹍。句意：当你想让父母让你做一些事情的时候，在做之前问一下你的父母会更容易成功。由句意可知是在做事之前（before）问，故选C。

13.考查名词辨析。service服务；entertainment娱乐；behavior行为；sport运动。此空对应本段最后一句话And if their parents do not like their music or entertainments or clothes or their ways of speech中的entertainment。句意：年轻人经常在衣服、娱乐（entertainment）和音乐方面的选择让他们的父母生气。故选B。

14.考查动词辨析。separate分离，分开；connect连接；control控制；contact联系。年轻人做这些仅仅是为了从年长者的世界分离（separate）出来，故选A。

15.考查名词辨析。friend朋友；own自己；mind智力；sense感觉。句意：这就是为什么年轻人要创造他们自己（own）的新文化。根据句意可知选B。Aeverything Bnothing Csomething Danything12.Aafter Bwhile Cbefore Duntil13.Aservice Bentertainments Cbehaviors Dsports14.Aseparated Bconnected Ccontrolled Dcontacted15.Afriends Bown Cminds Dsense16.Ahappy Bunhappy Cquiet Dactive17.Aexpress Bspeak Cstate Dsay18.Aleft alone Blooked after Cwatched over Dcared for19.Aforgive Bbelieve Cunderstand Dtrouble20.Aadvice Bexplanation Cinstruction Dright

16.考查形容词辨析。happy高兴的；unhappy不高兴的；quiet安静的；active积极的。句意：如果他们的父母不喜欢他们的音乐、娱乐、衣服或者他们说话的方式，这就会让年轻人非常的不高兴(unhappy），故选B。

17.考查动词辨析。express表达；speak说；state强调；say说。句意：有时你为自己感到骄傲，你不希望你的父母来说（say）你能不能做什么。speak的宾语一般是某种语言，say的宾语一般是说话的内容，故选D。

18.考查词组辨析。leave alone不打扰；look after照顾；watch over看守；care for关心。句意：你想做的事就是不被打扰（leave alone），做自己喜欢的事情。故选A。

19.考查动词辨析。forgive原谅；believe相信；understand理解；trouble麻烦。如果你想要控制你的生活，你最好说服你的父母，试着让他们理解（understand）你。故选C。

20.考查名词辨析。advice建议；explanation解释；instruction指导；right权利。如果你的父母看到你有很强的责任感，他们会给你权利（right）去做你想做的事。故选D。