Why do parents have such a difficult time to communicate openly and honestly with their teens? For this, there are many reasons but most of them stem from not being able to properly understand their teens. It is a dangerous gap because parents will have to communicate with their teens about a wide variety of issues during the most important years of their lives. Thus, parents must know how to communicate openly and honestly with their teens.
Here are a few tips to make communication easier between parents and teenagers.
1. Try not to talk down to your teens. Make them feel as if their views really matter, which not only helps your discussions with your teen but bring you closer to him.
2. Imagine what it would be like to be a teen. Try to remember some of the negative feelings you experienced as a teenager and apply it to your teen's situation.
3. Never make negative remarks to your teen about what she has said or done.
4. Remember how much courage it would have taken for your teen to come and talk to you about his personal issues. So listen respectfully.
5. Don't ignore your teen's feelings because it is usually a cry for help. For instance, if your teen is unusually angry, it may be time to spend a bit of quality time with your teen to determine what is wrong and where he is coming from.
It is, therefore, necessary for parents to strive to keep lines of communication open at all times with their teens. Try to remember what it was like to be a teenager and how vulnerable（脆弱的）you felt. Then you will be well on your way to help your teen communicate more openly and honestly.
1. Why don't teens want to talk about their personal issues with their parents?
A. Because they can't respect their parents.
B. Because they can't understand their parents.
C. Because their parents won't understand them well.
D. Because their parents are not honest.
2. When your son comes to you for help, you should NOT _____.
A. listen respectively B. treat him seriously
C. care about his feeling D. make negative remarks
3. Which of the following has the similar meaning to the underlined phrase “talk down to”?
A. put down B. look down upon
C. chat with D. quarrel with
4.The best title for this passage is _____.
A. Causes of generation gap
B. Relations between teens and parents
C. Suggestions for parents-children effective communication
D. Problems with communication between teens and parents
Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place. Around 1870,it was experiencing an economic boom(繁荣), and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted many people. Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy, came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs. These jobs didn′t pay well, and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new life in the city. As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance known as the tango(探戈舞)came into being.
At the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower classes. It was danced in the bars and streets. At that time there were many fewer women than men, so if a man didn′t want to be left out, his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available women. Gradually, the dance spread into the upper classes of Argentinean society and became more respectable.
In Europe at this time, strong interest in dance from around the world was beginning. This interest in international dance was especially evident in Paris. Every kind of dance from ballet(芭蕾舞)to belly dancing could be found on the stages of the Paris theaters. After tango dances from Argentina arrived in Europe, they began to draw the interest of the public as they performed their exiting dance in cafes. Though not everyone approved of the new dance, saying it was a little too shocking, the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular.
The popularity（流行）of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world. Soldiers who returned to the United States from World War I brought the tango to North America. It reached Japan in 1926, and in 2003 the Argentinean embassy in Seoul hired a local tango dancer to act as a kind of dance ambassador, and promoted tango dancing throughout South Korea.
1.The origin of the tango is associated with _____________.
A. Belly dancers B. American soldiers
C. Spanish city D. the capital of Argentina
2.Which of the following is true about the tango?
A. It was created by foreigners from Spain and Italy.
B. People of the upper classes loved the tango most
C. It was often danced by two males in the beginning
D.A dancer in Seoul became the Argentinean ambassador.
3.Before World War I, the tango spread to __________.
A. America B. Japan C. France D. South Korea
4. What can be the best title for the text?
A. How to Dance the Tango
B. The History of the Tango
C. How to Promote the Tango
D. The Modern Tango Boom
Jane walked into the hospital and shivered (寒颤). She did not like them because ______ were always so cold, and everything in them was so white. Unwillingly, she ______ her mother and father into her grandmother’s room. Up to her chin in blankets, her grandmother looked small and ______. Jane saw a tube in her grandmother’s arm and all types of machines beside her.
Her mother gently kissed her grandmother on the cheek, ______ Jane was afraid to get too close. Her grandmother smiled at her and ______ for her to come closer, and ______ Jane walked over and took her grandmother’s hand. “Hi, Sweetie,” said her grandmother. “Don’t be ______ by all these machines. It’s still me.”
The nurse came in to _____ on her grandmother. She used a thermometer(温度计) to take her grandmother’s _____ and a stethoscope (听诊器) to listen to her heart. Jane found everything the nurse did for her grandmother extremely ______. She asked about the medical instruments, and the nurse ____ how they were used. Jane was all ears, examining each instrument carefully.
The nurse was really ______ toward her grandmother. She softened her pillows (枕头)and made sure she was ______ comfortably. She supplied her with ______, food, and reading materials. Jane could see what a positive ______ the help had on her grandmother. She asked, “Do you enjoy being a nurse?” “Yes, I love taking care of people,” the nurse replied, “and I find it ______ to watch people get better. It’s exciting to be a part of all these different people’s lives.”
As the nurse left the room, Jane ______ at her grandmother and her parents. She was filled with excitement as she ______ herself attending Nursing School and learning to care for sick people. For the first time, she didn’t _____ being in a hospital. She was starting to like the smell and the white walls of the hospital. They were ______ of people trying to help other people.
1.A. patients B. nurses C. doctors D. hospitals
2.A. followed B. led C. showed D. invited
3.A. angry B. kind C. weak D. young
4.A. so B. or C. for D. but
5.A. headed B. longed C. gestured D. looked
6.A. rapidly B. immediately C. surprisingly D. hesitantly
7.A. frightened B. unsatisfied C. discouraged D. disappointed
8.A. visit B. call C. meet D. check
9.A. hand B. temperature C. blanket D. tube
10.A. meaningful B. useless C. perfect D. interesting
11.A. explained B. wondered C. learned D. promised
12.A. hopeful B. special C. attentive D. serious
13.A. recovering B. laying C. sitting D. resting
14.A. machines B. water C. pillows D. support
15.A. behavior B. effect C. attitude D. experience
16.A. tiring B. painful C. satisfying D. amusing
17.A. stared B. laughed C. waved D. smiled
18.A. imagined B. found C. admitted D. enjoyed
19.A. forbid B. love C. mind D. regret
20.A. signals B. signs C. marks D. images
I don’t think the risk they took ______ the poisonous snake is worthwhile.
A. being caught B. of catching
C. caught D. to be caught
--- Did you arrive at the stadium early yesterday afternoon?
--- Yes. It was not yet 2 o’clock I got there.
A. that B. before
C. until D. when
You should make it a rule to leave things _______ you can find them again.
A. when B. where
C. in which D. there
