The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.

An important new study into teenage attitudes (态度) surprisingly shows that their family life is happier than it has ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive (积极的) 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 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 these parents are 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 LaSalle. “I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. When they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Cromer, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call talk or discussion. For example, when 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(叛逆)is not based on real facts. A researcher explains, “Teenagers were thought to be different from others in a part of time in our social history. But to our surprise, they say they are getting on well with their parents. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled.”

1.The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ______________________.

A.share family duties                      B.cause trouble in their families

C.go boating with their family                D.make family decisions

2.Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents ___________________.

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

3.According to the writer, teenage rebellion ____________________.

A.may be a wrong opinion                  B.is common at present

C.lived only in the 1960s                   D.was caused by changes in families

4.Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?

A.Discussion in family.                     B.Teenage education in family.

C.Harmony in family.                       D.Teenage trouble in family.

 

Imagine this: your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Would life be as easy as when your parents are around? Would it be a perfect holiday for you?

“I can fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup, but that's all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We wouldn't know what to do, or how to look after ourselves," said Zheng Chenyu. "And I'd forget something important. I'd probably watch television and burn the soup. "

“As soon as I leave home, I'll learn to cook. But now parents do almost everything for us. We’re very lazy, "she said.

Most teenagers have only time for their homework. They don't learn any life skills until they go to college.

However, Sima Yige doesn't think so.

“I think I'd be all right. I wouldn't just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook, some sim­ple dishes because my mum showed me," the 13 - year - old boy said. In his opinion, many teen­agers depend too much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like "tidying up your room or even dressing yourself properly."

For most teenagers it wouldn't be a holiday at all.

1.Why would Zheng Chenyu probably burn the soup?

________________________________________

2.When will Zheng Chenyu learn to cook?

________________________________________

3.Translate the underlined sentence "They don't learn any life skills until they go to college. " in this passage.

________________________________________

4.The underlined phrase "depend too much" on in the passage means __________ in Chinese.

5.Would life be as easy for teenagers living alone as when their parents are around?

________________________________________

 

I’m taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and I and our two children are all going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. He has never been overseas(海外的) and he is even more excited than the children. My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house.

We’re going to New York by train, and then take a ship to Europe . When we arrive in Europe(欧洲), we’re going to some countries for sightseeing (观光). We’ll go to places either by train or by bus. We’re going to fly home.

It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip. We’ll go to England, France and Italy. We also talked about how we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time, But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.

1.How many people of the family will go to have a trip?

    A.  Three          B. Four         C. Five            D. Six

2.My father will not go on the trip because ____.

A . he doesn’t like travels           B. staying at home is more interesting

C. he is too old to travel            D. nobody wants to take him along

3.We’re coming back home by_____ .

A. sea          B. plane          C. bus           D. train

4.In Europe we will _____. 

A. go sight-seeing at the seaside      B. to go to different countries by ship

C. buy a lot of presents             D. go from place to place by train or by bus

5.My brother and my children would like to _____.

A. do some shopping in Europe         B. study the Italian language in Italy

C. enjoy a trip by ship                D. learn French in France

 

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