Question

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。

Parents often believe that they are good with their teenagers. But during the summer vacation in 2014, Joanna and Henry 1.(notice) a change in their son: suddenly he seemed to like talking 2.to his friends than to his parents. “The door to his room is always shut,” said Joanna.

Tina and Mark noticed the 3. changes in their 14-year-old daughter. “She 4. to sit with me on the sofa and talk,” said Mark. “But now we find that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated like a little girl and sometimes 5.a young lady. The problem is finding out which time is which.”

Before 11, children like to tell their 6. what’s on their minds, “In fact, parents are first on the list,” said Michael Riera, writer of Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers. “But this completely changes during the ten years,” Riera added. “They talk to their friends 7., then maybe their teachers, and their parents last.”

Parents who know what’s going on in their teenagers’ lives are the best to help them. To break down the wall of silence, parents should create chances to understand 8.their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children some freedom. 9.thing parents should remember is that to be a friend, not a manager(管理者), with their children, is a better way 10.( know ) them.

Answer 1

1.noticed.

2.more.

3.similar.

4.used.

5.like.

6.parents.

7.first.

8.what.

9.another.

10.to know.

【解析】

1.1】句意：Joanna 和 Henry注意到他们的儿子的变化。根据题意可知,此句用一般过去时，故填入noticed。

2.2】句意：突然,他似乎更喜欢谈论他的朋友比他的父母。。有than用比较级，根据题意可知,填入more。

3.3】句意：Tina 和 Mark注意到14岁的女儿类似的的变化。。根据题意可知,填入similar.。

4.4】句意：她以前常和我坐在沙发上聊天。used to do 过去常常（表示现在不再）,根据题意可知,填入used。

5.5】句意：有时她想被当作一个小女孩,有时像一个年轻的女士。like在这儿是介词，像…根据题意可知,填入like。

6.6】句意：11岁之前,孩子们喜欢告诉他们的父母他们的想法是什么。根据题意可知,填入parents。

7.7】句意：首先他们跟他们的朋友谈话,其次是他们的老师,最后是他们的父母。根据题意可知,填入first。

8.8】句意：打破沉默之墙,父母应该创造机会了解孩子想说什么。根据题意可知,填入what。

9.9】句意：父母的另一件事要记住的是,一个朋友,而不是一个管理者。根据题意可知,填入another。

10.10】句意：对于孩子, 了解他们是一个更好的方法。。动词不定式修饰ways，作定语。根据题意可知,填入to know。