Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They    1    that their parents don’t understand them. They often think their parents are too strict    2    them.
Parents often find    3    difficult to win their children’s trust and they seem to forget how they themselves felt when they were young.
For example, young people like to do things without    4  . It’s one of their ways to show that they grow up and they can    5    any difficult problems. Older people worry more easily. Most of them like to plan things ahead and don’t like their plans to be known. So when you want your parents to let you do    6   , you will have better success if you ask before you really start doing it.
Young people often make their parents angry by the clothes they wear, the music they enjoy, and something else. But they    7    to cause any trouble. They just feel that in this way they can be cut off from the old people’s world and they want to make a new culture    8    their own. And if their parents don’t like their music or clothes or their ways of speech, the young people feel very sad. Sometimes    9    going out with their parents, they just want to stay at home alone and do what they like.
If you plan to do something, you’d better win your parents over and get them to understand you.   10    your parents will certainly let you do what you want to do.
【小题1】
A.thinkB.hopeC.sayD.know
【小题2】
A.withB.inC.toD.over
【小题3】
A.thatB.thisC.oneD.it
【小题4】
A.thinkingB. speaking C.seeingD.reading
【小题5】
A.solveB.findC.knowD.find out
【小题6】
A.everythingB.somethingC.nothingD.anything
【小题7】
A.don’t meanB.meanC.don’t likeD.like
【小题8】
A.atB.toC.overD.of
【小题9】
A.insteadB.instead ofC.besidesD.except
【小题10】
A.OfB.If notC.If soD.However
Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t understand them. They often think their parents are too strict  41  them.
Parents often find  42 difficult to win their children’s trust and they seem to  43 how they themselves felt when they were young.
For example, young people like to do things without much  44 . It’s one of their ways to show that they grow up and they can  45 any difficult problems. Older people worry more easily. Most of them plan things ahead and don’t like their plans to be changed. So when you want your parents to let you do  46 , you will have better success if you ask  before you really start doing it.
Young people often make their parents angry by clothes they wear, the music they enjoy and something  47 . But they don’t mean to cause any trouble. They just feel that  48 this way they can be cut off from the old people’s world and they want to make a new culture of their own. And if their parents don’t like their music or clothes or their way of speech, the young people feel very sad. Sometimes instead of going out with their parents, they just want to stay at home  49 and do what they like.
If you plan to do something, you’d better win your parents over and get them to understand you. 50 , your parents will certainly let you do what you want to do.
【小题1】
A.onB.withC.inD.to
【小题2】
A.itB.thisC.thatD.one
【小题3】
A.forgetsB.rememberC.forgetD.remembers
【小题4】
A.thinkingB.speakingC.readingD.saying
【小题5】
A.knowB.findC.find outD.solve
【小题6】
A.anythingB.nothingC.somethingD.everything
【小题7】
A.elseB.oneC.oldD.more
【小题8】
A.byB.throughC.inD.over
【小题9】
A.sadlyB.aloneC.lonelyD.sad
【小题10】
A.If notB.OrC.If soD.However

Young people and older people don’t always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special programme in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.

Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and build houses. The adults teach them these skills.

There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn phototaking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.

When people live together, rules are necessary. In this programme the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”

One of the teenagers has this to say about his experience, “You stop thinking only about yourself, You learn to think about the group.”

1.In one special programme in New York State, young and older people _______ .

A.don’t work well together.

B.are friendly to one another.

C.teach one another new ways of building houses.

D.spend eight weeks together, working as farmers.

2. All the members work some time every day mainly to _______ .

A.lead a busy life.

B.learn new skills of farming;

C.get used to the life on the farms

D.find value and pleasure in work

3. Living together, _________ .

A.the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules

B.the teenagers have to obey the rules the adults make

C.the members have no free time on weekends

D.the members are not allowed to break the rules they make together

4. The last programme shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the programme is ____ .

A.unpleasant

B.tiring

C.helpful

D.boring

5.The best title for the passage is __________ .

A.The rules of living together

B.Life in New York State

C.Teenagers in the special group

D.Free hours in the special work group

 

 

Questionnaire

Read the questions and answer YES or NO, then you will find out how good you are.

1. When you don’t understand something, you ask questions.

2. You like listening to older people talk about the past.

3. You think that you can learn something interesting from everyone around you.

4. You are brave enough when you have to talk to people don’t know.

5. You enjoy reading books about famous people.

6. You always see and talk to different people.

7. You are interested in learning new ways of doing things.

8. You enjoy sharing experiences with friends and learning from people of all ages.

9. You talk a lot about yourself.

10.Even if you are often wrong, you make your own decisions.

11.You hate teaching what you are good at: sports, technology, whatever.

12.Your parents don’t understand you, so you don’t talk to them much.

SCORE NOW!

Score 2 points if you answer YES to each of the first 8 questions, and 0 if you choose NO.

Score 2 points if you answer NO to each of the last 4 questions, and 0 if you choose YES.

18—24  You are friendly and open minded. You make people feel important by

listening to what they have to say. You’ll probably succeed in learning all kinds of interesting things. Good for you!

10—16  Remember that every single person you know can teach you something. You will greatly make your life rich and colourful.

0—8    About 400 years ago, a famous writer wrote, “No man is an island.” This is still true today. Try to be more open and interested in people around you.

1.If you say “YES” to all these questions, you’ll get ____ points.

A.12

B.16

C.20

D.24

2.When you score 22 points, you are ________.

A.shy and nervous

B.silent and serious

C.open and friendly

D.brave and strong

3.“No man is an island.” in the text probably means that ________.

A.the famous writer was very clever

B.everything is the same as 400 years ago

C.you will feel lonely if on an island

D.you can not live alone in the world

4.The questions are used to test whether you are willing to ________.

A.learn from others

B.help other people

C.do all by yourself

D.depend on others

 

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