?2023年河南專升本公共英語基礎(chǔ)訓(xùn)練（十一）

2023年河南專升本公共英語基礎(chǔ)訓(xùn)練（十一）

It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems—and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships.

I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.

Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertai ners and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.

Sometimes you are resistant and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they do approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog(失敗者): you can' t win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents' control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself.

If you plan to control your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.

問題：

1.The author is primarily addressing ____.

A.parents of teenagers

B.newspaper readers

C.teenagers

D.those who give advice to teenagers

2.The first paragraph is mainly about____ .

A.the teenagers' criticism of their parents

B.misunderstandings between teenagers and their parents

C.the dominance of the parents over their children

D.the teenagers' ability to deal with crises

3.Teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles because they____ .

A.want to irritate their parents

B.have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste

C.have no other way to enjoy themselves better

D.want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own

4.Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of whatever they do because they____ .

A.have a desire to be independent

B.feel that they are superior in a small way to the adults

C.are not likely to win over the adults

D.have already been accepted into the adult world

5.To improve parent-child relationships, teenagers are advised to be____ .

A.obedient

B.responsible

C.independent

D.co-operative

答案及解析

1、C 最后兩段中的“you”顯然指的是青少年，所以作者主要針對的也是青少年。故選C。

2、A 第一段的主題句就是第一句“It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them.”即年輕人對父母持批評態(tài)度是很正常的。接下來一一列舉對父母的各種不滿。故選A。

3、D 根據(jù)第三段前四句“Young people often irritate their parents with their choices…cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own.”可知，年輕人穿奇異服裝并不是為了激怒父母，而是感覺自己與并不接受他們的成人世界隔絕了，所以要開創(chuàng)自己的文化和社會。故選D。

4、A 根據(jù)第四段可知，年輕人叛逆、傲氣，不想讓父母插手他們的事情， 而出現(xiàn)這種現(xiàn)象的原因是“It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents' control.”由此可推知，年輕人想竭力擺脫父母的控制，獲得獨(dú)立。故選A。

5、D 最后一段第一句指出“If you plan to control your life, cooperation can be part of that plan.”即合作才是解決問題的辦法。故選D。