Question

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 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 seem 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 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-year-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 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. 1.
   What is the popularly- held image of teenagers?
   1. A.
      They worry about their school life
   2. B.
      They live in harmony with their parents
   3. C.
      They have to be locked in to avoid making troubles
   4. D.
      They quarrel a lot with their parents
2. 2.
   The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ______
   1. A.
      share family responsibility
   2. B.
      cause trouble in their families
   3. C.
      go boating with their family
   4. D.
      make family decisions
3. 3.
   Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents______．
   1. A.
      go to clubs more often with their children
   2. B.
      are much stricter with their children
   3. C.
      care less about their children’s life
   4. D.
      give their children more freedom
4. 4.
   According to the author, teenage rebellion _______．
   1. A.
      may be a false belief
   2. B.
      is common nowadays
   3. C.
      is based on real facts
   4. D.
      resulted from changes in families
5. 5.
   What is the passage mainly about?
   1. A.
      Negotiation in family
   2. B.
      Education in family
   3. C.
      Harmony in family
   4. D.
      Teenage trouble in family

Answer 1

DBDAC
试题分析：本文讲述了现代家庭中的和谐问题。现在的父母们比起30年前给孩子们更多的自由。孩子们不想想象中的那么反叛了，家庭关系更加融洽了。
1.细节题：由第一段第二句话“…locked in their room after endless family quarrels”可知年轻人的给人的形象是和父母吵过架后。选D
2.推理题：从第二段最后一句话可知孩子们喜欢参与对事情的决定，喜欢和父母讨论事情，他们并 不想“rock the boat”即“破坏良好（舒适）的现状”。选B
3.细节题：由第三段内容So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends.可知现在的父母们给孩子们更多的自由。选D
4.推理题：由最后一段内容It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts.可知青少年的反叛或许是一种错误的信仰。选A
5.主旨题：通读全文可知本文讲述了现代家庭中的和谐问题。选C
考点：考查社会现象类短文