The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families．But it seems that four out of five young people now get on well with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels．
An imortant new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past．"We were sir[rosed bu just how positive today's young people seem to be about their families, "said one member of the research team．"They're exected 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(商议)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．”
(1)
What is the popular image of teenagers today?
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A．
They worry about school．
B．
They dislike living with their parents．
C．
They have to be locked in to avoid troubles．
D．
They quarrel a lot with other family members．
(2)
The study shows that teenagers don't want to ________．
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A．
share family responsibility
B．
cause trouble in their families
C．
go boating with their family
D．
make family decisions
(3)
Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today's parents ________．
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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
(4)
According to the author, teenage rebellion ________．
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A．
may be a false belief
B．
is common nowadays
C．
existed only in the 1960s
D．
resulted from changes in families
(5)
What is the passage mainly about?
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A．
Negotiation in family．
B．
Education in family．
C．
Harmony in family．
D．
Teenage trouble in family．
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Mama' s voice floated through the apartment a s she sang a Mexican folk song that I had heard all my life．“Hola, ” she greeted me when she came out of the bedroom．“Plea se speak to me in 1 , ” I interrupted．She paid no attention and 2 speaking in Spani sh．The word s 3 me of my grandparent s and birthday partie s in Mexico, but I knew my mother' s life would be 4 if she learned to speak Engli sh．We had lived in the United State s for three year s, and she still had difficulty 5 to store owner s and my teacher s．I wa s determined that she should try．“Why won't you speak Engli sh? ” I 6 ．“Don't you want to be 7 to talk to people here? ” “I sabel, ” she whi spered．Mama alway s whi spered when she wa s up set with me．“What? ” I wa s not 8 with her, either．She 9 for the Engli sh word s．“Come with me to the, uh-how do you say it? Meeting．” “What kind of meeting? Where i s it? ” I 10 her, but now she refu sed to an swer．In 11 , we drove acro s s town to the college, where she pulled into a brightly lit parking lot．I wa s 12 ．I had expected a meeting at someone' s 13 -a garden club or a parent s’ group．Then I 14 a sign on a door．My mother wa s 15 night cla s se s to learn Engli sh!
“I don't under stand． 16 you’re learning Engli sh, why won't you speak Engli sh at home? ” I a sked．“You'll learn fa ster if you 17 with me．” “I speak Engli sh here, ” she said in her thick accent．She he sitated, putting the word s together, and then went on, “I speak Spani sh at home 18 you．”
I 19 under stood-she spoke Spani sh at home so that I wouldn't forget the word s, song s, and 20 of Mexico．I said, “O．K．, Mama, e stabien．”
