Question

【题目】For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?

Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. Both feel trapped.

In this article, I’ll describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right. It doesn’t matter what the topic is—politics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an egg—the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority —someone who actually knows something —and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.

【1】Why does the author compare the parent teen war to a border conflict?

A. Both can continue for generations.

B. Both are about where to draw the line.

C. Neither has any clear winner.

D. Neither can be put to an end.

【2】What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.

B. The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict.

C. The teens accuse their parents of misleading them.

D. The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents.

【3】Parents and teens want to be right because they want to ___ ___.

A. give orders to the other

B. know more than the other

C. gain respect from the other

D. get the other to behave properly

【4】What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

A. Causes for the parent-teen conflicts

B. Examples of the parent-teen war

C. Solutions for the parent-teen problems

D. Future of the parent-teen relationship

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】C

【解析】

试题分析：父母与子女之间的冲突是一个普遍的难以解决的难题，这篇文章主要介绍了父母与子女之间冲突的几种情况，并针对此作者想要提出一些自己的建议。

【1】细节分析题。根据第一段第二句Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do? 可知父母与子女之间的矛盾与国界一样很难划清楚边界，故选B。

【2】推理判断题。根据第二段第二句In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it.可知父母和子女都不愿意为开启冲突负责人，父母亲不愿承认，子女也是一样，故选A。

【3】细节分析题。根据最后一段的第三点the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority —someone who actually knows something —and therefore to command respect.可知，父母和子女认为自己是对的，最终目的都是得到对方的尊重，故选C。

【4】细节分析题。根据第三段第一行In this article, I’ll describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap.可知作者在分析父母与子女间冲突的状况的同时，还想提出一些解决的建议，故选C。