It is Saturday afternoon. You and your friends are planning to go to the movies and then spend the night together. Just as you start to get ready, your dad reminds you it is your aunt's birthday and the whole family is going out to dinner to celebrate. How can this possibly end without a huge argument?
One of the greatest sources of tension(紧张情绪)between teenagers and their families is the struggle to balance personal desires with family expectations. As you are getting older, you are becoming more independent and more interested in being with your friends.
However, at the same time，your family is trying to figure out how to deal with these changes. While you once spent most of your free time with your family, you are now often absent from home. Parents may get their feelings hurt. Or they might feel that they are losing control of their family during this period. You might feel angry that so many family demands are placed on you.
There are a few things you can try to make it a little easier to ease(缓解)the tension.
* Make your plans in advance．Ask your parents if there is anything else planned at that time.
* When something with your friends interferes(干扰；冲突)with a family event, try to figure out if there is any way you can do both.
* Suggest something you would really like to do with your family. Sometimes parents feel better just knowing their teenager wants to spend time with them.
Some of the time you won’t be happy with the outcome(结果). You might either have to disappoint your parents or have to miss out being with your friends. However, if you show consideration(体谅)for the feelings of both your family and your friends, you can solve the problem in a tender way.
1.The purpose of the first paragraph is to _________.
A. show a disagreement of views
B. serve as a description of teenager trouble
C. serve as an introduction to the discussion
D. show the popularity of teenager problem
2.The tension between teenagers and their families is caused by the fact that____________.
A. teenagers don’t like to take family demands
B. parents want to keep their family under control
C. parents feel unhappy that their children make so many friends
D. both parents and teenagers don’t pay attention to each other’s feeling much
3.Which of the following is NOT the advice given in the passage?
A. Don’t feel angry if your parents ask you to do something．
B. Try to think of ways to balance family event with friend event．
C. Tell your parents before you decide to spend time with your friends．
D. Advise your parents to do something that you are interested in with you．
4.What’s the purpose of the passage?
A. To inform us of parent and teenager tension．
B. To tell us about a common teenager problem．
C. To persuade parents to show consideration for teenagers．
D. To advise teenagers how to deal with their tension with their family．
Compared to the other parts of the body, our ears don’t ask for much. They don't need to be brushed once a day like your teeth. But they need some special care, especially if you like listening to music with earphones.
Maybe your mum or dad has told you, "Turn that down before you go deaf!" Well, they are quite right. Loud noise might cause hearing loss for a short time or even forever. Think that earphones are a good way to escape from your parents’ eyes? Well. It may not be as good a way as you expect. American doctors have studied a group of 44,000 people who used earphones more than 15 hours per week. The doctors found that 37,000 of them were getting hearing problems.
If you use earphones for too long a time, your ears might feel painful. You could also lose your hearing for the rest of your life.
So don’t wear your earphones too long. Use them less than one hour a day.
Want sharp hearing? Don’t forget to do the following:
Try to stay away from places where there is too much noise, like a disco. If you have to go, wear earplugs.
When swimming, remember to put earplugs into your ears to stop water from getting in.
Never put anything sharp into your ears. If you think you have too much earwax, ask your mum or dad to help you clean it out.
Keep these things in mind! Then you won't be saying "WHAT???" when you are older.
1.Which is the topic paragraph of the article?
A. Paragraph One. B. Paragraph Two
C. Paragraph Five. D. The last Paragraph
2.Using earphones "may not be as good a way as you expect" because _______.
A. your parents know what you're doing
B. it can cause hearing problems
C. it makes your parents angry
D. most of you use them improperly
3.If you want sharp hearing, you should _____.
A. have your ears specially trained
B. often wear earplugs and clean out the earwax
C. take good care of your ears
D. choose what you listen to carefully
4."WHAT???" in the last sentence is an expression showing that the speaker____.
A. has become impatient B. speaks in a loud voice
C. is slow in understanding D. asks for a lot of repetition
One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been 21 me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly 22 . It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could 23 my moves, because she 24 to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I 25 she had strict sleeping habits, 26 I thought she ought to be able to 27 some of this strictness. I said to her, “ 28 , you can stay up late for once. We’re having 29 .” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked 30 . Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.” “No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it 31 , you’re going to play it slowly.” And so we 32 for another ten minutes, until 33 my daughter burst into tears, and 34 that she was beaten.
Clearly I had made 35 . I had started the evening wanting to have a 36 time with my daughter but had 37 my desire to win to become more 38 than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win 39 me well. As a parent, I 40 that it got in my way. So I had to change.
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1.A. guiding 2.A. allowed 3.A. change 4.A. agreed 5.A. knew 6.A. so 7.A. put up 8.A. As usual 9.A. patience 10. A. excited 11. A. well 12.A. discussed 13. A. nervously 14.A. promised 15.A. a mistake 16.A. free 17. A. managed 18.A. important 19.A. offered 20.A. realized |
B. asking B. expected B. repeat B. needed B. learned B. for B. take up B. Go ahead B. luck B. proud B. again B. continued B. immediately B. admitted B. a decision B. different B. recognized B. attractive B. served B. apologized |
C. training C. replied C. hurry C. begged C. guessed C. but C. pick up C. By the way C. fun C. anxious C. fairly C. counted C. strangely C. wondered C. an attempt C. full C. allowed C. practical C. controlled C. imagined |
D. advising D. accepted D. pass D. hated D. heard D. or D. give up D. Come on D. success D. angry D. regularly D. argued D. suddenly D. discovered D. an effort D. happy D. reduced D. interesting D. taught D. explained |
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--- I’m being served. Thank you anyway.
A. May I have the bill? B. Can I take your order?
C. How would you like your coffee? D. What about eating out?
I didn't realize my mistake ________ my teacher had a facetoface talk with me.
A .until B. after C. since D. when
---There is some doubt _____ the concert will be held as the company intends to redecorate the stadium next week.
---What a pity!
A. where B. that C. if D. how
