While children are dogs---loyal and affectionate (情深的)―teenagers are cats.  It’s so easy to be a dog owner.  You feed it, train it, and boss it around.  It puts its head on your knee and gazes at you as if you were a Rembrandt painting.  It bounds indoors with enthusiasm when you call it.

Then around age 13, your adoring little puppy turns into a big old cat.  When you tell it to come inside, it looks amazed, as if wondering who died and made you emperor.  Instead of dogging your doorsteps, it disappears.  You won’t see it again until it gets hungry―then it pauses on its sprint through the kitchen long enough to turn its nose up at whatever you’re serving.  when you reach out to ruffle its head, in that old affectionate gesture, it twists away from you, then gives you a blank stare, as if trying to remember where it has seen you before.

You, not realizing that the dog is now a cat, think something must be desperately wrong with it.  It seems so antisocial, so distant, sort of depressed.  It won’t go on family outings.

Since you are the one who raised it, taught it to fetch and stay and sit on command, you assume that you did something wrong.  Flooded with guilt and fear, you redouble your efforts to make your pet behave.

Only now you’re dealing with a cat, so everything that worked before now produces the opposite of the desired result.  Call it, and it runs away.  Tell it to sit, and it jumps on the counter.  The more you go toward it, wringing your hands, the more it moves away.

Put a dish of food near the door, and let it come to you.  But remember that a cat needs your help and your affection too.  Sit still, and it will come, seeking that warm, comforting lap it has not entirely forgotten.  Be there to open the door for it.

One day your grown-up child will walk into the kitchen, give you a big kiss and say, “You’ve been on your feet all day.  Let me get those dishes for you. ”

Then you’ll realize your cat is a dog again.

72.  What does the word “it ” refer to in the third paragraph?

A.  a cat               B.  a dog                          C.  a child                   D.  a situation

73.  When you call a dog, how will it probably react to you?

A.  excitedly        B.  indifferently                  C.  angrily                   D.  calmly

74.  What can we learn from the passage?

A.  Cats do not easily follow your directions while dogs are more loyal.

B.  Parents had better leave their teenagers alone and don’t care about them.

C.  Parents should consider what they do wrong to educate their children.

D.  You can’t expect Children to be considerate toward their parents.

75.  What is the chief purpose of writing this passage?

A.  To tell us how to raise pets like cats and dogs.

B.  To tell us how a dog changes into a cat.

C.  To tell us the similarities between pets and children.

D.  To tell us how to deal with teenagers aged 13 or so.

Around 55％of people aged 18—34 in Spain are still living in their parents’ homes．The Spanish Government is so worried that it has decided to help them leave the nest．To persuade young people to leave their homes，the Youth Institute started a“Youth Emancipation（解放）”program this month，which offers guidance in finding rooms and jobs．

    Economists say young people’s family dependence is caused by job-loss and the increasing housing prices．

    Cultural reasons also lead to the problem，say sociologists．Family ties in south Europe-Italy，Portugal and Greece-are stronger than those in middle and north Europe，for example，Finland．

    In Spain，especially in the countryside，it is common to find entire groups of aunts，uncles，cousins，nieces and nephews all living on the same street．They regularly get together for Sunday dinner．

    Parents’ tolerance（宽容）is another reason．Spanish parents accept late-night partying and are wary of setting bedtime rules．“A child can arrive home at whatever time he wants．If parents are dissatisfied with him，he’ll put up a big fight and call the father a Fascist（法西斯），”a sociologist at Carlos University in Madrid said．

    Mothers’ willingness to do everything for children worsens the problem．Dionisio Masso，a 60-year-old woman in Madrid，has three children in their 20s．The eldest，28，has fl girlfriend and a job．But life with mum is good．“His mum does the wash and cooks for him；in the end，he lives well，”Masso said．

1．The“Youth Emancipation”program aims at helping young people_________．

    A．fight for freedom                                     B．live on their own

    C．fight against Fascism                                  D．get rid of family control

2．According to the passage，family ties are stronger in Portugal than in ________．

    A．Finland                B．Greece                 C．Spain                     D．Italy

3．The following are the reasons for young people’s family dependence EXCEPT_____

A．parent’s tolerance                                    B．cultural traditions

    C．housing problems                                       D．unwillingness to gel married

4．Which of the following statements is NOT true of Dinoisio Masso?

    A．She is in her sixties．                               B．She lives in Madrid．

    C．She has at least one son．                           D．She has all easy life．

5．The underlined phrase“wary of”in Paragraph 5 means“______”in this passage．

    A．tired of         B．worried about        C．careful of         D．enthusiastic about

Children are naturally　　   about everything around them.

A. curious   B. worried   C. interested   D. serious