The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image(印象)of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.

　　An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past.” We were surprised by just how positive today’s young people seen to be about their families,” said one member of the research team.” They’re expected to be rebellious(叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s more negotiation(商议) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”

　　So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends.” My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-years-old Daniel Lazall.”I always tell them when L’m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Crome,who is now 21,agrees.”Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”

　　Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenagers rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments,” Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over.”

1.What is the popular images of teenagers today?

A．They worry about school

B．They dislike living with their parents

C．They have to be locked in to avoid troubles

D．They quarrel a lot with other family members

2.The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ___

A．share family responsibility

B．cause trouble in their families

C．go boating with their family

D．make family decisions

3.Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents___.

A．go to clubs more often with their children

B．are much stricter with their children

C．care less about their children’s life

D．give their children more freedom

4.According to the authour,teenage rebellion____.

A．may be a false belief                     B．is common nowadays

C．existed only in the 1960s                 D．resulted from changes in families

5.What is the passage mainly about?

A．Negotiation in family                     B．Education in family

C．Harmony in family                       D．Teenage trouble in family

阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项（A,B,C,D,E和F）中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余选项。
_______ 1. Though Lola is a woman reporter, she is brave enough to go deep into the places at war. Next month, she will go to a place at war, she is confident to do her work well and give people the most brief and real reports.
_______ 2. Jane is a modern girl, who is a crazy fan of rock music and films. She has a romantic dream, that is, one day, she will go to a beautiful place to appreciate all the attractive music and films with a cup of coffee in her hand.
_______ 3. Tom is really depressed these days. Owing to his bad management, his company closed. He wants to go to a place to try his fortune so that he can start his business again in the near future.
_______ 4. Jenny, a European woman with her children, is visiting her relatives and friends. They want to relax themselves by enjoying the sunshine on the sandy beaches along the coast and have fun with dolphins.
_______5. Mike and Susan are from Brazil. They have been traveling in cities for a couple of days. This weekend, they would like to have a change and travel to the countryside to have some idea of grape farming and wine producing instead of making city tours around.

苏格兰歌手“苏珊大妈” 凭借选秀节目《英国达人》在2009年脱颖而出。她的故事仿佛一部现代童话，带给无数人启迪。

请你根据下面的素材写一篇80～120词的英语作文，介绍苏珊大妈的经历，并谈谈她的成名经历给你的启发。

1.        苏珊·波伊儿(Susan Boyle) 从小梦想成为职业歌手；

2.        苏珊多次参加选秀节目被拒，但她从不放弃梦想；

3.        2009年4月，47岁的苏珊参加了《英国达人》(Britain’s Got Talent)，一曲《我曾有梦》(I Dreamed A Dreamed)使她成名，并最终圆了她的歌手梦。

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中选出能填入文中空白处的最合适的单词，并将该单词填写在答题卡对应题号的横线上，注意单词的适当形式。

Susan and I loved jazz and we   1.  of becoming musicians. We decided to form a band so that we could   2.  some extra money by playing and singing in a pub(酒吧). The regulars(常客) there were very kind to us. They   3.  we go to record our songs in a studio. We wondered if they were playing a   4.  on us as they were often very humorous to each other.

 5. , to our great surprise, everything was   6.  and we made our record. Imagine our excitement when we heard it   7.  on the radio for the first time! It was almost as   8.  as later when we became millionaires. Now whenever we go to the pub, we play our songs and   9. drinks for the regulars. Although we are   10. , we still like to play in the familiar places.

The Best of Friends

The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image（印象）of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.

An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past.” We were surprised by just how positive today’s young people seen to be about their families,” said one member of the research team.” They’re expected to be rebellious（叛逆的） and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s more negotiation（商议） and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”

So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends.” My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-years-old Daniel Lazall. “I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees.”Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”

Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments. “Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in out social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change fromm helping out with the family business to taking it over.”

67．What is the popular images of teenagers today?

A．They worry about school

B．They dislike living with their parents

C．They have to be locked in to avoid troubles

D. They quarrel a lot with other family members

68．The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ___

A．share family responsibility

B．cause trouble in their families

C．go boating with their family

D．make family decisions

69．Compared with parents of 30 years age, today’s parents___.

A．go to clubs more often with their children

B．are much stricter with their children

C．care less about their children’s life

D．give their children more freedom

70．According to the authors, teenage rebellion____.

A．may be a false belief

B．is common nowadays

C．existed only in the 1960s

D．resulted from changes in families

71．What is the passage mainly about?

A．Negotiation in family

B．Education in family

C．Harmony in family

D．Teenage trouble in family