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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 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-year-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 popularly- held image of teenagers?
A.They worry about their school life. |
B.They live in harmony with their parents. |
C.They have to be locked in to avoid making troubles. |
D.They quarrel a lot with their parents. |
A.share family responsibility | B.cause trouble in their families |
C.go boating with their family | D.make family decisions |
A.go to clubs more often with their children |
B.are much stricter with their children |
C.care less about their children’s life |
D.give their children more freedom |
A.may be a false belief | B.is common nowadays |
C.is based on real facts | D.resulted from changes in families |
A.Negotiation in family. | B.Education in family. |
C.Harmony in family. | D.Teenage trouble in family. |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:C
解析
试题分析:本文讲述了现代家庭中的和谐问题。现在的父母们比起30年前给孩子们更多的自由。孩子们不想想象中的那么反叛了,家庭关系更加融洽了。
小题1:细节题:由第一段第二句话“…locked in their room after endless family quarrels”可知年轻人的给人的形象是和父母吵过架后。选D
小题2:推理题:从第二段最后一句话可知孩子们喜欢参与对事情的决定,喜欢和父母讨论事情,他们并 不想“rock the boat”即“破坏良好(舒适)的现状”。选B
小题3:细节题:由第三段内容So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends.可知现在的父母们给孩子们更多的自由。选D
小题4:推理题:由最后一段内容It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts.可知青少年的反叛或许是一种错误的信仰。选A
小题5:主旨题:通读全文可知本文讲述了现代家庭中的和谐问题。选C
核心考点
试题【The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
France and Spain are the two countries topping the European Quality of Life Index(指数)out today,according to the place comparison website Switch.com.
The French enjoy longer lives,better healthcare,more holidays and cheaper prices.In contrast Britons work three years longer and die two years younger after paying above the European average for fuel,food,alcohol and cigarettes.The amount we spend on healthcare and education is below the European average.
Only Ireland and Poland spend less,but Ireland has more doctors and hospital beds and Poland has more beds than the UK.People in Germany,Spain,France,Italy,the Netherlands and Sweden all enjoy longer life expectancy than Britons.And while we may be giving up work earlier,the average age at which we retire is still the fourth highest in Europe——and the UK state retirement age is set to rise.
Ann Robinson,of Switch.com,said:“There’s more to good living than money and this report shows why so many Britons are giving up on (对……不再抱希望)the UK and heading to France and Spain.We earn substantially more than our European neighbors,but this level of income is needed just to keep a roof over our heads,food on the table and our homes warm” . “It’s giving us a decent standard of living,but it’s not helping us achieve the quality of life that people in other countries enjoy.For too long the focus in the UK had been on standard of living rather than quality of life.”
小题1:In Europe,to enjoy the best quality of life,you’d better live in _______.
A.Britian and Ireland | B.Spain and France |
C.Ireland and Poland | D.Britian and Italy |
A.People in the UK pay more than the European average for fuel,food,alcohol and cigarettes. |
B.People in the UK enjoy the highest quality of life. |
C.People in the UK spend most on the healthcare and education. |
D.People in the UK die two years older than in France. |
A.good enough | B.bad enough | C.ordinary | D.neither bad nor good |
A.Money is a must to make you live a good life. |
B.High standard of living means good quality of life. |
C.High standard of living is one thing and good quality of life is another. |
D.To live a good life,go to Britian. |
When people are feeling bad about themselves,they sometimes think they’ll feel better if there were someone worse off than they are.It’s okey being near the bottom,as long as they’re not actually on the bottom.The easiest way for them to make sure someone else is on the bottom is to make up a rumor that puts him or her there.
If everybody else is spreading rumors,you might feel you have to do the same thing in order to fit in.Unfortunately,the person who the gossip or rumor is about is usually let out of the group for the same reason that you’re let into it.
When you know a secret that nobody knows,or are the first person in your group to hear a rumor,it can make you the center of attention.A rumor or piece of gossip is sometimes like money;telling it to people is like buying their attention.Certain people always want to be at the top of the ladder(梯子).You probably know at least one person who wishes to be the leader,and make all the decisions.One way they do this is by reducing the status(地位)of another person.Spreading rumors and gossip is one way people reduce another person’s status.
Sometimes a period when everyone is happy and getting along just seems kind of dull.Spreading rumors might get two people to start a fight,and that would make life a little more exciting.All those newspapers and TV shows full of gossip about famous people are proving that rumors are a popular form of entertainment.
小题1:We know from Paragraph 2 that some people spread rumors to _______.
A.be more confident | B.feel like part of a group |
C.attract attention | D.be more powerful |
A.love looking down from a high position. |
B.hope to become leaders. |
C.are not afraid of falling down. |
D.are fond of spreading rumors. |
A.Famous people like spreading rumors. |
B.Rumors can make people feel bored. |
C.Some people seek excitement from rumors. |
D.There are many rumors in newspapers. |
A.what rumors mean | B.how hurtful a rumor is |
C.how people spread rumors | D.why people spread rumors |
When you took my bag, I don’t know what you thought you were going to get. With my wages, there"s not much left on a Tuesday. I hope the £5 was useful to you. If you really need a couple of pounds, I suppose you could always cash one of the two checks left in my check book. Of course, I phoned the bank right away and the check-cashing card is no longer valid, so it won’t be of much use to you.
Actually I don’t care about the money too much. We single parents who work to support our families understand only too well what it means to be short of cash. However, I don’t suppose it went very far among the three of you. Sorry about that!
I wish you had left the bag behind and just taken the wallet and check book. There were all kinds of papers and notes that I really need. I really think that was very inconsiderate of you. I mean, how would you like something like that to happen to you?
Well, perhaps the bag will turn up. It wasn’t even an expensive one, just a plain, old brown leather shoulder bag. You probably threw it in the nearest rubbish bin or threw it into the bushes. We"ve looked around, of course, but no one saw which way you went after you left the shop.
I"m not really angry with you. I know how the pressures of modern life can affect us, but I am sad at the loss of my personal things. I feel helpless. The police were very icy, and they just shrugged their shoulders. “It happens all the time,” they told me. Some small comfort, I suppose. But I’ve lost just a little more faith in human nature. And as my young son said when I told him what had happened, “Why? Mummy, why us?” I couldn"t answer that question. I wonder if you can.
小题1: In writing Paragraph 2, the writer wants to .
A.describe the contents of the bag in detail |
B.tell the thieves hardly any money was available |
C.state the fact that she was careless with the money |
D.give some suggestions to the three thieves |
A.The cash in her bag. |
B.The handbag itself. |
C.The papers and notes in the bag. |
D.The check book in the bag. |
A.They are unable to find the thieves. |
B.They show sympathy to the woman. |
C.They have doubts about human nature. |
D.They think the case quite common. |
A.To give the thieves a serious warning. |
B.To express her affection for her valuable bag. |
C.To call people’s attention to their belongings. |
D.To complain about the fall of morality. |
The capital is viewed as modern and dynamic, while being filled deep with history. When asked what other images are thought of by the UK, the reply is often “the Queen, tea and Oxbridge”. So what’s stopping them actually coming? Sebastian Wood ,the British ambassador in Beijing, has described the UK as a “fortress”, and while this is perhaps an exaggeration(夸张),Britain does have a reputation as a country that is harder to access.
The main problem for Chinese tourists is obvious. Although visa applications are now completed online, visitors are still required to visit one of 12 UK centers across the country for a face-to-face interview and fingerprinting. If you don’t live near one of these enters already, you’d have to travel some distance to get there.
Another problem is also to be mentioned. If travelers from China visit the UK, they also want to cover as much ground as possible. But the UK is not included in the Schengen visa, which allows access to a host of 26 European countries such as France and Germany. So it makes the former seem a less worth it.
There is also the issue of cost: £47 for a Schengen visa, £82 for the UK. On top of this, the UK is viewed as stricter in its handing of visas compared with the rest of Europe, fed by urban legends of rejected applications. In the end, the decision comes down to one question: Is Britain worth a visit?
小题1: The underlined word “fortress ” in paragraph2 is something similar to ______.
A.temple | B.apartment | C.castle | D.market |
A.One can apply for a visa online. |
B.One must have a face-to-face interview. |
C.No one can get a visa without a fingerprinting. |
D.No one needs to travel a long distance to get a center. |
A.He can only visit the UK. |
B.He can only visit 26 European countries. |
C.He can visit the UK and France. |
D.He can travel to any country he likes. |
A.He really supports Chinese people to visit the UK. |
B.He suggests Chinese people visit London strongly. |
C.He thinks it is troublesome to visit the UK. |
D.He believes everyone should go to see the Queen and Oxbridge. |
In an effort to start a global conversation about the devastating effects of early marriages, which are currently practiced in more than 50 developing countries, the United Nations designed October 11 as International Day of the Girl Child this year.
Although child marriage is against the law in many countries, and international treaties forbid the practice, it is estimated that about 51 million girls below age 18 are currently married, often under the cover of darkness and in secret. In Afghanistan alone, it is believed that approximately 57 percent of girls wed before the legal age of 16.
Various factors drive parents of child bridges to marry off their daughters, from the community’s pressure to confirm to age-old cultural customs to economic considerations. In poor, developing nations, it is not uncommon for families to settle debts by offering their daughters as payment.
Experts agree that early marriage denies the girl education and robs them of their childhood because most young wives, burdened by grownup responsibilities, do not get a chance to interact with their peers or carry on friendships outside the household. In many cases, the girls are lorded over by their husbands and in-laws, leaving them vulnerable(易受伤害的) to domestic violence as well as physical, sexual and verbal abuse. Underage wives who are lucky enough to escape from their husbands end up living in poverty, or worse. Most girls who enter early marriages are expected to get pregnant right away, which often leads to tragedy for both the mothers, who are still children themselves, and their babies.
Unless international organizations take steps to reverse the troubling trend, it is estimated that over the next decade, 100 million more girls—or about 25,000 girls a day ---will marry before they turn 18.
To learn more about campaign to end the practice of early marriages, please click: Too Young To Wed.
小题1:The purpose of the first paragraph is to _________.
A.attract readers’ attention |
B.introduce the following topic |
C.list the countries practicing early marriages |
D.give readers an example of early marriages |
A.the number of girls involved in early marriages |
B.the causes of early marriages in developing counties |
C.the tragic effects of early marriages |
D.the countries that allow early marriages |
A.urge parents to treat girls equally as boy |
B.call on people to pay more attention to girls’ education |
C.call on people to pay more attention to girls in poor countries or areas |
D.start a global campaign against early marriages |
A.The present girls develop much earlier than before |
B.Some poor parents marry off their young girls for economic problems. |
C.Many young girls receive little or no education for different reasons. |
D.Most girls suffer from domestic violence and have babies too early. |
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