Question

For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?

Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part，this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. Both feel trapped.

In this article, I’ll describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first no-win situation is quarrel on unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right. It doesn’t matter what the topic is—politics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an egg—the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong，for both wish to be considered an authority—someone who actually knows something—and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.

1.Why does the author compare the parent teen war to a border conflict?

A．Both can continue for generations.

B．Both are about where to draw the line.

C．Neither has any clear winner.

D．Neither can be put to an end.

2.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.

B．The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict.

C．The teens accuse their parents of misleading them.

D．The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents.

3.Parents and teens want to be right because they want to__________.  

A．give orders to the other	B．know more than the other
C．gain respect from the other	D．get the other to behave properly

4.What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

A．Causes for the parent-teen conflicts

B．Examples of the parent-teen war

C．Solutions for the parent-teen problems

D．Future of the parent-teen relationship

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

【解析】文章讲述了孩子和父母之间存在的冲突，举了例子，并分析了原因。

1.B 推理题。根据第一段2,3行Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?说明这二者得相似之处是这样找到合适的界限。不要越界，否则就会有问题。故B正确。

2.A 推理题。根据上句From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness.说明父母认为导致他们之间的矛盾是孩子的不讲道理。同样，孩子认为是父母导致了争吵。站在不同的立场，观点就会不一样。故A正确。

3.C 细节题。根据第三段倒数3,4行both wish to be considered an authority—someone who actually knows something—and therefore to command respect.说明两者都想要得到对方的尊敬。

4.C 推理题。文章最后一段主要讲述的是父母和孩子发生冲突的几种例子。接下来应该讲的是如何解决这样的问题的解决方法。