Parents often believe that they have a good relationship with their teenagers. But last summer, Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their older son. Suddenly he seemed to be talking far more to his friends than to his parents. “The door to his room is always shut.” Joanna said.

??? Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14-year-old daughter. “She used to cuddle up(依偎) with me on the sofa and talk,” said Mark. “Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated like a young lady. The problem is finding out which time is which.”

Before age 11, children like to tell their parents what’s on their minds. “In fact, parents are first on the list,” said Michael Riera, a writer.

“This completely changes during the teen years,” Riera explained. “They talk to their friends first, then maybe their teachers, and their parents last.”

?? Parents who know what’s going on in their teenagers’ lives are the best to help them. To break down the wall of silence, parents should create chances to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children a mental(脑力的) break, for children also need freedom, though young. Another thing parents should remember is that to be a friend, not a manager, with their children is a better way to know them.

1.The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means that __________.

A. the son is always busy with his studies?????????

B. the son doesn’t want to see anymore

C. the son keeps himself away from his parents?????

D. the son wants to live with his friends

2.What troubles Tina and Mark the most is that __________.

A. their daughter isn’t as happy as before???????

B. they can’t understand what their daughter thinks

C. they don’t know what to say to their daughter?

D. their daughter talks far more to her friends than to them

3.“The wall of silence” in the first paragraph means that __________.

A. teenagers talk a lot with their friends????????

B. teenagers do not talk with their teachers

C. teenagers do not talk much with their parents??

D. teenagers talk little about their studies

4.The better way for parents to know their children is to be a ________.

A. teacher???? B. friend???? C. manager???? D. student

5.What do we learn from the passage?

A. Parents are all happy with their growing children.

B. Parents are teenagers’ best friends.

C. Parents should keep silence before teenagers.?

D. Parents should try to understand teenagers.

阅读理解：

　　Bill is now in China with his parents. He goes to a Chinese school

near here. He gets up at six o'clock and then he washes his face, brushes his teeth and has his breakfast quickly. After that he goes to school. He gets to school at a quarter past eight on weekdays. He never gets to school late. In class he works hard and listens to the teacher carefully. He is very good at all his lessons but Chinese. He's a beginner of it. He finds it a bit difficult to learn Chinese. He says,“ it's not easy to learn Chinese. And it takes time. But I like it. ”He can speak quite a little Chinese now.

　　Bill does not go home for lunch. He has it at school. After lunch he has a short rest. The classes in the afternoon are over at about four o'clock. Bill does not go home before five. He enjoys sport. He usually plays football with us after school. After that he goes home. He gets home at about half past five.

　　He sometimes helps his parents do some housework before supper. After supper. he does his lessons for an hour. Sometimes he watches TV,but he does not watch TV for long. He goes to bed at about a quarter to nine at night.

　　At weekends he turns on his computer. He sends and gets e-mails to and from his friends hack in England. He also gets on the Interact(因特网)to learn about what is going on in the world. He says that the Internet can bring him the world news very quickly. Sometimes his parents take him to some places of great interest in China. He likes going out. Sometimes I ask him to come over to my home for a weekend. Myparents  say they cannot understand what we talk about because there are two languages in our talks, Chinese and English. My mother sometimes says to him,“ Bill, can you talk to my son in Chinese only?” He smiles and answers, “Not today. I'm going to speak good Chinese very soon ,I think. ”He is not very good at Chinese and I am not very good at English, you know. But we like these talks because we can learn While talking.

　　At home he is a good boy, and at school he is a good student. And he is my good friend both in and out of school!

(1) What does the writer of the passage tell us?

[　　]

A. Bill's school life in China.

B. Bill's after-school time.

C. Bill's life in China.

D. Bill's hobbies and school work.

(2) How long is Bill at school on weekdays?

[　　]

A. He is at school for more than eight hours.

B. He is at school for about seven hours.

C. He is at school for less than seven hours.

D. He does not go to school on weekdays.

(3) What does he do after school?

[　　]

A. He has sport with his classmates.

B. He goes to one of his friends' homes.

C. He begins to learn Chinese.

D. He has a short rest.

(4)Which country does Bill come from?

A. He comes from Canada.

B. He comes from Australia.

C. He comes from the USA.

D. He comes from England.

(5)What do you know about his weekends?

A. He sometimes goes to see his friends back home.

B. He sometimes gets on line to read the world news.

C. He sometimes takes his parents out to see the cities in China.

D. He sometimes practise speaking Chinese with his teachers and friends.

(6) What do you know of Bill's Chinese now ?

A. He is very good at his Chinese lessons now.

B. He is only beginning to learn it and can speak a little of it.

C. He finds it hard to learn Chinese and dislikes it.

D. He can talk to his Chinese friends in Chinese without speaking any English.

(7) What do you know of the writer from this passage?

A. The writer of this passage is a Chinese teacher.

B. She is good at English.

C. He is Bill's good friend.

Parents often believe that they have a good relationship with their teenagers. But last summer, Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their older son. Suddenly he seemed to be talking far more to his friends than to his parents. “The door to his room is always shut.” Joanna said.
Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14-year-old daughter. “She used to cuddle up(依偎) with me on the sofa and talk,” said Mark. “Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated like a young lady. The problem is finding out which time is which.”
Before age 11, children like to tell their parents what’s on their minds. “In fact, parents are first on the list,” said Michael Riera, a writer.
“This completely changes during the teen years,” Riera explained. “They talk to their friends first, then maybe their teachers, and their parents last.”
Parents who know what’s going on in their teenagers’ lives are the best to help them. To break down the wall of silence, parents should create chances to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children a mental(脑力的) break, for children also need freedom, though young. Another thing parents should remember is that to be a friend, not a manager, with their children is a better way to know them.
【小题1】The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means that __________.