阅读理解

　　The early adolescent (青春期少年) seems to be in a state that is difficult for most adults (grown - ups) to understand. Parents, in particular, are often at lass to be able to deal with someone they thought they knew but who seems changed. Change ability and contradiction arc true to young people at this time. They want to depend on themselves and refuse to accept their parents’ control, appearing at times rebellious (叛逆的). At the same time they almost foolishly follow other young people’ s standards of dress, music and manners. They seem to be completely self - centred materialistic one moment, then suddenly change themselves to an unselfish giving of themselves in the service of some social and political cause. They can be extremely thoughtless or inexperienced one day, terribly sensitive the next. Their spirits can change within minutes from being on top of the world to feeling that everything is hopeless. Consistency is totally missing, and these rapid changes and contradictions seem hard to understand.

1．From the information given in the article, we know parents find adolescents hard to understand because ________.

[　　]

A．they are always self - centred and thoughtless

B．they want to depend on themselves

C．the parents fed lost

D．they lack consistency

2．The topic sentence says, “The early adolescent seems to be in a state that is difficult for most adults to understand. “What do you think the state is like?

A．Foolish.

B．Rebellions.

C．Changeable.

D．Easy to be angry.

3．Adolescents are at times extremely rebellious towards their parents, yet foolishly accept other young people’s standards. This is an example of ________.

[　　]

A．not knowing right from wrong

B．political service

C．lack of consistency

D．independence

4．The writer probably thinks ________.

[　　]

A．adolescents are sensitive

B．adolescents are treated too - softly in today’s society

C．adolescence is a difficult period

D．parents should be more strict with their adolescent children

.

School failure appears to trouble teenage girls more deeply than boys, US researchers said on Tuesday.

  They said adolescent(青春期的)girls who are dismissed or drop out of high school before they graduate are more likely to have a serious depression by age 21 than boys with similar experiences.

  “For girls it is more serious to be school failure,” said Carolyn McCarty, a University of Washington researcher whose study appears in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

  “We already know that it leads to more poverty, higher rates of being on public assistance and lower rates of job stability. And now this study shows it is having mental health implications for girls,” McCarty said in a statement.

  The study was drawn from data on more than 800 people in Seattle, Washington, and included people from 18 schools in high-crime neighborhoods.

  The group was separated evenly by gender(性别)and nearly half were white, 24 percent were black, 21 percent were Asian-American and the rest were from other groups.

  Overall, 45 percent of the girls and 68 percent of the boys in the study experienced a major school failure, but 22 percent of the girls later became depressed compared with 17percent for the boys.

  “This gender shows that while school failure is more typical for girls, it appears to have more severe consequences when it does occur,” McCarty said.

  60. What is the purpose of writing this article?

      A Taking good care of the school boys.

      B Asking the US researchers to search more evidences.

      C Giving help to the graduated students.

      D Paying more attention to the girls experiencing school failure.

 61. Carolyn McCarty is ______________

      A a scientist     B a researcher     C a professor     D a student

 62. The underlined word”it” in para.4 means__________

     A school failure    B a adolescent girl    C a school boy    D a university

  63.Which of the following could be the best title of this passage?

     A School failure appears to trouble teen-age girls more deeply than boys

     B Girls are more possible to experience school failure

     C Gender has decided how much success you will win

     D Adolescent girls are more easily depressed than boys

School failure appears to trouble teenage girls more deeply than boys, US researchers said on Tuesday.

    They said adolescent (青春期的) girls who are dismissed or drop out of high school before they graduate are more likely to have a serious depression by age 21 than boys with similar experiences．

    “For girls it is more serious to be school failure，”said Carolyn McCarty．a university of Washington researcher whose study appears in the Journal of Adolescent Health．

    “We already know that it leads to more poverty，higher rates of being on public assistance and lower rates of job stability．And now this study shows it is having mental health implications for girls，”McCarty said in a statement．

    The study was drawn from data on more than 800 people in Seattle，Washington，and included people from 1 8 schools in high-crime neighborhoods．

    The group was separated evenly (平等的) by gender (性别) and nearly half were white． 24 percent were black，21 percent were Asian-American and the rest were from other groups．

    Overall，45 percent of the girls and 68 percent of the boys in the study experienced a major school failure，but 22 percent of the girls later became depressed compared with 17 percent for the boys．   

    “This gender shows hat while school failure is more typical for girls，it appears to have more severe consequences when it does occur，”McCarty said．

60．What is the purpose of writing this article?

    A．Taking good care of the school boys．

    B．Asking the US researchel"8 to search more evidences

      C．Giving help to the graduated students．

      D．Calling on us to pay more attention to the school failure girls．

61．Carolyn McCarty is          ．   

    A. a scientist    B. a researcher   C. a professor    D. a student

62．The underlined word“it”in Para．4 means               ．

    A. school failure                   B. an adolescent girl

    C. A school boy                     D. a university

63．Which of the following could be the main topic of this passage?

    A．School failure appears to trouble teenage girls more deeply than boys．

    B．Girls are unlikely to be affected by school failure．

    C．Gender has decided how much success you will win．

    D．Adolescent girls are more easily depressed than boys．