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【题目】Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests they both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.

“I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?’” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”

Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits(轨道).

Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. And parent—child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.

But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority(权威) on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”

Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these changing roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic(民主的) process that encourages everyone to have a say.

“My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily achieved by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”

【1】The underlined word “gulf” in Para.3 most probably means _________.

A. distance B. interest

C. similarity D. cooperation

【2】The change in today’s parent-child relationship is _________.

A. more confusion among children.

B. less respect for parents from children.

C. new equality between parents and children.

D. more strictness and authority on the part of parents.

【3】By saying “today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side.” the author means that today’s parents _________.

A. can set a limit to the change.

B. follow the trend of the change.

C. fail to take the change seriously.

D. have little difficulty adjusting(适应)to the change.

【4】The purpose of the passage is to _________.

A. describe the difficulties today’s parents have met with.

B. discuss the development of the parent—child relationship.

C. suggest the ways to handle the parent—child relationship.

D. compare today’s parent—child relationship with that in the past.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】B

【解析】

试题分析：本文阐述了亲子关系的发展。

【1】A词义猜测题。从后一句“…move in separate orbits”在分离的轨道上，可知选A。

【2】C细节理解题。从Para. 6 “…family expert warn that…”得知目前的亲子关系的新转变。故选C。

【3】B推理判断题。Para. 7 “the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication…” 使得 the 40-year-olds 能顺应变化的趋势。故选B。

【4】B目的意图题。本文阐述了亲子关系的发展。故选B。

【名师点拨】

猜词悟义，我们要学会“顺藤摸瓜”，通过构词，语法，定义，同位，对比，因果，常识，上下文等线索确定词义。任何一篇文章中的句子在内容上都不是绝对孤立的，都跟句子所在的段落及整整篇文章有关。利用上下文提供的情景和线索，进行合乎逻辑的综合分析进而推测词义，是阅读过程中的一大关键，这也是近年来高考考查的热点。最常见的就是利用上下文语境、常识和语法关系推断词义。

①抓住所需推断词汇前后的“mean”或系动词或破折号等直接定义该词的部分。

②抓住文章主旨与该段所表达的中心。特别对于议论文要牢记论点与论据的相互支撑关系。

③通过例证、比喻、对照、插入语等语法结构推断词义。

比如第52小题，A词义猜测题。从后一句“…move in separate orbits”在分离的轨道上，可知选A。