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爸爸和我都用MSN，妈妈和我都喜欢超女。现代父母和子女真的打成一片了吗？
Sometimes, when Tom Krattenmaker and his 16 year old daughter, Holland, listen to rock music together and talk about pop culture．They both enjoy these moments．
Mr．Krattenmaker, from Pennsylvania, USA, recalled his relationship with his parents when he was a teenager．“I would never have said to my mom, ’Hey, this new album(专辑)is really great－how do you like it?’”，He said, “There was just a complete gap in sensibility(情感)and taste．”
Music was not the only gap．From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations(期望)，earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to be in separate orbits(轨道)．
Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is shrinking(缩小)in many families, according to reports．
The new equality in family
Parents today are more youthful in appearance and attitudes(态度)．They also wear blue jeans and they have casual hairstyles．Those who like sports also enjoy Rollerblading(轮滑)，snowboarding, and rock climbing with their children．
The old authoritarian(权威主义的)method is giving way to a more equal one．Parents will take the “Come, let us reason together” attitude instead of “Because I said so, that’s why．”
The result can be a rewarding closeness among family members．Conversations that would have been awkward(别扭的)on subjects such as sex and drugs now are comfortable and common between western parents and children．Parents realize that children may have important thoughts or feelings that adults need to know．
No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend．”
Downsides(弊端)of being equal
Familyexperts, however, worrythat the new equality can also have downsides－decreasing respect for parents as everyone has a say(发言权)in the family and self indulgence(任性)of the children as the power shifts to them．
Many parents have started making decisions based on what their children want．Parents focus on making their children happy, as opposed to guiding most appropriately(恰当地)．Busy parents have an increase of guilt and are less eager to spend time disciplining(使遵守纪律，责罚)．
In addition, parents tend to encourage children’s independence, making them more responsible for themselves．Some worry that if they tell their child no, or impose(设置)limits, it will hurt the child’s self esteem(自尊)．
问题导入：与从前相比，代的父母与孩子之间，多的是平等交流和民主相处，像是朋友，以分享彼此的好恶和喜乐。很多人认为这是一种进步，人欣喜；也有人认为过分民主会让还缺乏判断力的孩子变得任性、不懂得服从。你和父母之间是怎样的关系？全平等的朋友吗？是家里做决定的人？还是父母？
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The year was 1932. Amelia Earhart was flying alone from North America to England in a small one-engine airplane. At midnight, she ran into bad weather. To make things worse, her altimeter failed. (The altimeter shows the height of the plane above the ground.) At night, and in a storm, a pilot is in great difficulty without an altimeter. At times, her plane nearly dived into the Atlantic Ocean.
Just before daylight, there was further trouble. Amelia noticed fire coming from the engine. Would she be able to reach land? There was nothing to do except keep going and hope.
Amelia Earhart did reach Ireland, and for the courage she had shown, she was warmly welcomed in England and Europe. When she returned to the United States, she was honoured by President Hoover at a special dinner in the White House. From that time on, Amelia Earhart was famous.
What was so important about her flight? Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean alone, and she had set a record of fourteen hours and fifty-six minutes.
(1) The passage shows that Amelia was very __________.
[ ]
A. brave
B. clever
C. warm-hearted
D. lonely
(2) Her flight was important, because ___________.
[ ]
A. Amelia was a woman pilot
B. nobody has broken her record
C. no woman flew the Atlantic alone before
D. Amelia was able to overcome the difficulties during the flight
(3) What was the main reason that made Amelia famous?
[ ]
A. Her small one-engine plane.
B. The great honour she had received at the White House.
C. The warm welcome she had received in England and Europe.
D. Her extraordinary courage and flying skills.
(4) Amelia's successful flight has proved that __________.
[ ]
A. women can do everything
B. women can do things, as men have done
C. men and women are equal (平等) now
D. women pilots are more successful than men pilots
(5) The title for this passage would be ___________.
[ ]
A. Amelia Earhart
B. A Woman Pilot
C. A Flight
D. An Honoured Woman
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Don’t Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports
When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach said that I had lots of potential, and I became captain of my 1 . That was before all the fun was taken out of 2 .
At first, everyone on the team got 3 playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the 4 started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have 5 one on one training, got angry when she didn’t give them more playing time in our 6 . The coach was replaced.
The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was 7 . I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the 8 .Of course, all teams run drills; they are 9 . But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble 10 . Younger people shouldn’t be doing exercises 11 for 18-year-olds.
I was very thin 12 I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn’t eat much, because I was afraid of being too 13 to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual 14 .
Is all this pressure necessary? I 15 up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That’s 16 , because they had so much potential. They were just burned out with all the pressure they 17 from the coach or their parents.
I continued playing football at school and 18 my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing 19 him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I 20 down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it’s a lot easier to do it well.
1.A.class B.club C.team D.board
2.A.playing B.living C.learning D.working
3.A.great B.equal C.right D.extra
4.A.business B.struggle C.attempt D.pressure
5.A.free B.private C.good D.basic
6.A.matches B.courses C.lessons D.programs
7.A.jump B.play C.run D.shoot
8.A.duty B.meeting C.operation D.training
9.A.necessary B.boring &n ?bsp; C.scientific D.practical
10.A.speaking B.moving C.sleeping D.breathing
11.A.used B.intended C.made D.described
12.A.till B.since C.before D.because
13.A.full B.tired C.lazy D.big
14.A.size B.share C.space D.state
15.A.gave B.kept C.ended D.picked
16.A.sad B.shameful C.silly D.serious
17.A.received B.suffered C.brought D.felt
18.A.reconsidered B.rediscovered C.re-formed D.replaced
19.A.at B.by C.for D.around
20.A.fell B.stepped C.slowed D.calmed
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The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment（承担的义务）, self - improvement.
Ask a bachelor（单身汉） why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three - day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
1.According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because ____________ .
A. he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities
B. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single
C. he finds more fun in dating than in marriage
D. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement
2.Raising children, in the author’s opinion is ____________ .
A. a moral duty
B. a thankless job
C. a rewarding task
D. a source of inevitable pain
3.From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from ____________ .
A. hatred
B. misunderstanding
C. prejudice
D. ignorance
4.To understand what true happiness is one must ____________ .
A. have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetime
B. make every effort to liberate oneself from pain
C. put up with pain under all circumstances
D. be able to distinguish happiness from fun
5.What is the author trying to tell us?
A. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain．
B. One must know how to attain happiness.
C. It is important to make commitments.
D. It is pain that leads to happiness.
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The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment（承担的义务）, self - improvement.
Ask a bachelor（单身汉） why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three - day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because ____________ .
A. he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities
B. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single
C. he finds more fun in dating than in marriage
D. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement
Raising children, in the author’s opinion is ____________ .
A. a moral duty
B. a thankless job
C. a rewarding task
D. a source of inevitable pain
From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from ____________ .
A. hatred
B. misunderstanding
C. prejudice
D. ignorance
To understand what true happiness is one must ____________ .
A. have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetime
B. make every effort to liberate oneself from pain
C. put up with pain under all circumstances
D. be able to distinguish happiness from fun
What is the author trying to tell us?
A. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain．
B. One must know how to attain happiness.
C. It is important to make commitments.
D. It is pain that leads to happiness.
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