Most recently, it’s very common in students who need a parent present for job interviews.
Naturally, it’s easy to blame the students in these situations, but the bigger problem is us. We—as parents—are so eager to protect our kids that we fail to realize that this in itself is harming them. As the mother of two young sons, I have to remind myself all the time that the biggest responsibility I have as a parent is to help them develop the skills needed to live in, to live without me. So, I’ll let them fail.
I’ll let them fail because as long as they are safe and warm inside their comfort zones, they will never grow. And failure—along with loss, heartbreak, disappointment, etc.—will be part of growth for them. Call me the anti-tiger mom, but leaving them alone is my way of helping them become equipped to fit in this world as we know it today. From terrorism (恐怖主义) and seemingly endless natural disasters, to our national debt and beyond, if we expect the next generation to stand up to the very real problems of our time, we need to stop feeding them and start teaching them how to fish.
My children are faced with hard situations in their own life almost each day, but they try to negotiate (协商) everything now. It’s a small price to help them learn a skill they’ll use for the rest of their lives, including when I don’t come with them on job interviews. 
【小题1】Why do parents go along with their kids on job interviews?

    As you grow rapidly through your teenage years，you will experience a lot of changes．The changes may seem difficult and they may seem to happen quickly．Don’t panic!You will deal successfully with them!You are a young adult now!

    With more responsibility，you will find more freedom to make your own choices．This is a time to be well informed about your choices so that you can make healthy balanced decisions that will help shape your future．You may already know your career path or you may have no idea at all what you want to do．Both situations are fine!Work hard and the right opportunity will present itself to you．

    Young adulthood means greater freedom and more choices．You will probably want to be independent．But try not to shut your family out of your life．You should learn to think of others even though you are old enough to look after yourseff．Your family have been with you since you came into this world．

    It is also perfectly natural in this time for you to spend more time with your friends than you family．Choose your friends wisely．A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens．

    This period is part of the life cycle．There are some people who will be with you throughout life’s journey and there will be some people with whom you part and go separate ways．Leaving school can be hard．The reality is that you may not ever see all of your classmates again．

    You are a young adult．It is your life．No one can live it for you．The choices that you make from now on will be your choices．So making the fight choices will be important to you．Life is for living．Enjoy your life wisely ！

41．The best tide for this passage would be         ．

  A．The Choices in Life                                       B．The Key to Success

  C．Say Goodbye to the Past                                D．Becoming a Young Adult

42．Who do the underlined words“some people”(Paragraph 5)probably refer to?

  A．your parents            B．your classmates    C．true friends            D．your relatives

43．The author thinks teenage years are            ．

  A．a period of complete freedom

  B．too hard for young people to get through

  C．an important time for the young to make the right choices

  D．a very important period for young students to leave their parents

44．Who is the passage mainly written for?

  A．Teenagers                B．Teachers              C．Young parents        D．Adults

As you grow rapidly through your teenage years, you will experience a lot of changes．The changes may seem difficult and they may seem to happen quickly．Don’t panic! You will deal successfully with them! You are a young adult now!

With more responsibility, you will find more freedom to make your own choices．This is a time to be well informed about your choices so that you can make healthy balanced decisions that will help shape your future．You may already know your career path or you may have no idea at all what you want to do．Both situations are fine! Work hard and the right opportunity will present itself to you.

Young adulthood means greater freedom and more choices．You will probably want to be independent．But try not to shut your family out of your life．You should learn to think of others even though you are old enough to look after yourself．Your family have been with you since you came into this world.

It is also perfectly natural in this time for you to spend more time with your friends than your family．Choose your friends wisely．A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens.

This period is a part of the life cycle．There are some people who will be with you throughout life’s journey and there will be some people with whom you part and go separate ways．Leaving school can be hard．The reality is that you may not ever see all of your classmates again.

You are a young adult．It is your life．No one can live it for you．The choices that you make from now on will be your choices．So making the right choices will be important to you．Life is for living．Enjoy your life wisely!

1.The best title for this passage would be           .

       A．The Choices in Life                              B．The Key to Success

       C．Say Goodbye to the Past                      D．Becoming a Young Adult

2.Who do the underlined words “some people” (Paragraph 5) probably refer to?

       A．your parents        B．your classmates   C．true friends          D．your relatives

3.The author thinks teenage years are           .

       A．a period of complete freedom

       B．too hard for young people to get through

       C．an important time for the young to make the right choices

       D．a very important period for young students to leave their parents

4.Who is the passage mainly for?

       A．Teenagers            B．Teachers             C．Young parents      D．Adults

Many crimes and social problems are caused by children. Despite the damage these teenage criminals cause, parents are not responsible in most countries. This article will discuss whether parents should be forced to pay for their children’s crimes.
There are many reasons why parents should not be responsible for crimes committed by teenage children. First of all, teenagers today are independent. They often move out of the parents’ house at 18 years of age or younger. They are expected to learn to take care of themselves and make their own decisions, and not to stay like small children attached to their parents. Secondly, parents are working. They cannot watch their adolescent children all the time. A third point is that even children from good families can sometimes commit crimes. Parents should not be responsible if they have worked hard to raise their children properly.
However, young troublemakers cause many problems, and I feel we should make parents responsible. Firstly, most juvenile（未成年的）crimes are committed by adolescents whose parents do not care or make any effort to control their children. If parents had to pay fines（罚款）, they might make more effort. Another point is that even though the children may seem mature, they are not really able to make good decisions. Parents should be responsible for raising and teaching their children until they are fully grown. Furthermore, if children know that their parents will have to pay, they will think carefully before getting into trouble.
In summary, there are good reasons both for and against making parents pay for acts committed by their children. However, I feel strongly that if we want to reduce the number of such crimes, we need to make parents take more responsibility.
【小题1】Those who insist that parents should not be responsible for their children’s crimes believe that ________.
a. teenagers are able to deal with things on their own
b. children need to experience difficulties to be fully grown
c. it’s impossible for parents to be with their children all the time
d. parents are not to blame as long as they try their best to educate their children