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The Best of Friends
The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image (印象) of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive today’s young people seem to be about their families,” said one member of the research team. “They’re expected to be rebellious (叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s more negotiation (商议) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”
So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-years-old Daniel Lazall. “I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”
Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, “Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over.”
【小题1】 What is the popular image of teenagers today?
A.They worry about school. | B.They quarrel a lot with other family members |
C.They have to be locked in to avoid troubles. . | D.They dislike living with their parents. |
A.share family responsibility | B.make family decisions |
C.go boating with their family | D.cause trouble in their families |
A.go to clubs more often with their children | B.give their children more freedom |
C.care less about their children’s life | D.are much stricter with their children |
A.existed only in the 1960s | B.is common nowadays |
C.may be a false belief | D.resulted from changes in families |
A.Harmony in family. | B.Education in family. |
C.Negotiation in family. | D.Teenage trouble in family. |
People who are infected with HIV are often looked down upon because social _____ against the disease runs so deep.
A.preference | B.conflict | C.prejudice | D.status |
第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Years ago a John Hopkin’s professor gave a group of graduate students this task: Go to the slums(平民窟). 31 200 boys, between the ages of 12 and 16, and 32 their background and environment. Then predict their 33 for the future.
The students, after 34 social statistics, talking to the boys, and collecting much data, 35 that 90 percent of the boy would spend some time in 36 .
Twenty-five years later another group of graduate students was 37 the job of testing the 38 . They went back to the same area. Some of the boys— 39 men—were still there,a few had died,some had moved away, 40 they got in touch with 180 of the 41 200. They found that only four of the group had ever been sent to prison.
42 was it that these men,who had lived in a breeding place of crime,had such a 43 good record? The researchers were continually told,“Well,there was a teacher…”
They pressed 44 ,and found that in 75 percent of the 45 it was the same woman. The researchers went to this teacher,now living in a home for retired 46 . How had she had this remarkable influence 47 that group of children? Could she give them any reason why these boys 48 have remembered her?
“No,”she said.“No I really couldn’t.”And then, 49 back over the years,she said musingly,more to herself than to her 50 ,“I loved those boys…”
31.A.Take B.Elect C.Appoint D.Mention
32.A.learn B.inform C.study D.describe
33.A.careers B.statuses C.promises D.chances
34.A.checking B.closing C.storing D.trying
35.A.drew B.concluded C.decided D.confirmed
36.A.hospital B.prison C.camp D.court
37.A.offered B.provided C.given D.served
38.A.result B.accuracy C.effect D.prediction
39.A.by then B.so far C.as usual D.soon after
40.A.and B.so C.but D.then
41.A.exact B.considerable C.mere D.original
42.A.What B.When C.Why D.Where
43.A.surprisingly B.relatively C.similarly D.undoubtedly
44.A.deeper B.further C.higher D.wider
45.A.cases B.samples C.affairs D.examples
46.A.workers B.teachers C.professors D.guards
47.A.against B.versus C.over D.through
48.A.would B.should C.might D.could
49.A.calling B.going C.thinking D.remembering
50.A.students B.relatives C.roommates D.questioners
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