题目内容
4．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．"
52．The underlined word"gulf"in Para.3most probably meansA．
A．distance
B．interest
C．similarity
D．cooperation
53．The change in today's parent-child relationship isC．
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．
54．By saying"today's parents，the 40-year-olds，were on the‘after'side．"the author means that today's parentsB．
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．
55．The purpose of the passage is toB．
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．
分析 本文是一篇科教类阅读．文章主要介绍了现在社会父母和孩子之间的代沟的逐渐消失，并讨论了这一现象的好处和坏处．
解答 52-55 ACBB
52．A．词义猜测题．根据"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"可知音乐是他们之间的差异．故选A．
53．C．细节理解题．根据"．"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．""可知现在父母和孩子之间的关系变得让父母和孩子更加平等．故选C．
54．B．推理判断题．根据"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"可知现在的父母能够顺应时代的变化去和孩子交流．故选B．
55．B．判断作者意图题．纵览全文并根据"Parents and kids today dress alike，listen to the same music，and are friends．Is this a good thing？"可知文章旨在讨论父母与孩子关系的发展．故选B．
点评 本文是一篇科教类阅读．此类题型主要考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力．细节理解题是针对文中某个细节、某句话或某部分具体内容设置问题，所以在做细节理解题时要结合原文和提干有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，再结合选项选出正确答案．在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要联系上下文根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．在做判断作者意图题时考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者意图．
