Have you ever had a dream to make your home a happier place? Maybe there are some points you can follow.

    Sometimes you don’t think your parents are fair ( 公平 ) to you. When you want to dress  1  a modern way, your mum doesn’t like you wearing a mini-skirt. When you are making phone calls to friends, they ask  2  you are speaking to a boy or a girl. Sometimes it seems that you’re not as  3  to your parents as you used to be. How can you become close again?

    Closing the Gap by American writer Jay McGraw gives advice on how to have a better relationship with your parents. He gives ways to help you  4   your parents. When you think, “My parents don’t want me to have any fun,” that usually means your parents want you to be  5  . Both parents and children have  6 . They need to feel they are important and loved. You should  7  your parents your needs, and find out what their needs are. Then, you can think of a way to make all of you  8 . He gives you some ideas:

    ★Make time to  9 . You could talk about your school life and your plans for the future.

    ★Keep a diary. This is to help you understand more about yourself and your feelings.

    ★Show your parents you are growing up. Wash your clothes and help clean the house.

    Your parents will feel that you are no longer a little child. If you follow these steps, soon you will be able to break down the walls between your parents and  10 .

1. A. with          B. in            C. of              D. by

2. A. if            B. what          C. why            D. that

3. A. closer         B. closest        C. the closest       D. close

4. A. listen to       B. understand     C. listen           D. obey

5. A. safe          B. dangerous      C. angry           D. sad

6. A. need          B. needs         C. needed          D. loved

7. A. speak         B. say           C. talk             D. tell

8. A. nervous       B. joyless        C. excited          D. happy

9. A. talk          B. smile          C. learn            D. feel

10. A. you         B. yourselves      C. yourself         D. myself

I have been using the Internet since I was five years old, when my dad first sat me down in front of a computer and connected me the World Wide Web.
I’ve always felt like a master of the Internet world. AOL Instant Messaging, MSN, Gmail, Facebook. Myspace---I’ve got it all under control. I thought there was nothing more to it besides checking my e-mail and wasting my time, until I was introduced to electronic commerce(e-commerce): business on the Internet.
Some online business are run from one- room home offices. Others have hundreds of employee(雇员)spread across five different continent. Have you ever heard of Amazon. com, Yahoo. com?
My friends often said they got cheap textbooks off Amazon.com, or had a good deal(交易)on Steve Madden boots that were on sale at SteveMaden.com. Unfortunately for me, I continued my “e-commerceless” Web-surfing, unaware(不知道)of all the deals I was missing out on.
That is, of course, until my sister finally sold the idea to me.
“Why are all these packages arriving in the mail for you, Katy?” I asked her one day. Strange envelopes had been put on our doorstep for weeks now, each one always addressed to my sister; and we all know little sisters should never be getting more mail than their elders!
“Oh, it’s the things I ordered online!” she answered. I watched speechlessly as she opened them. There was no way our parents were letting her spend that much money- online or off!
“How much did all of this coat?”
“Oh, only about $15in all!” She said excitedly. “Everything on eBay is on sale! It’s way better than going to the mall.”
I felt as if my entire life, there had been a store right in my backyard that I had never walked into! That week, I ordered a used Spanish textbook for my summer course online for 10 percent of the publishing price. A few days later, I bought an iPod protector and a book or two via the wonderful eBay.com.
【小题1】From the first two paragraph we can conclude that the author        

I have been using the Internet since I was five years old, when my dad first sat me down in front of a computer and connected me the World Wide Web.

I’ve always felt like a master of the Internet world. AOL Instant Messaging, MSN, Gmail, Facebook. Myspace---I’ve got it all under control. I thought there was nothing more to it besides checking my e-mail and wasting my time, until I was introduced to electronic commerce(e-commerce): business on the Internet.

Some online business are run from one- room home offices. Others have hundreds of employee(雇员)spread across five different continent. Have you ever heard of Amazon. com, Yahoo. com?

My friends often said they got cheap textbooks off Amazon.com, or had a good deal(交易)on Steve Madden boots that were on sale at SteveMaden.com. Unfortunately for me, I continued my “e-commerceless” Web-surfing, unaware(不知道)of all the deals I was missing out on.

That is, of course, until my sister finally sold the idea to me.

“Why are all these packages arriving in the mail for you, Katy?” I asked her one day. Strange envelopes had been put on our doorstep for weeks now, each one always addressed to my sister; and we all know little sisters should never be getting more mail than their elders!

“Oh, it’s the things I ordered online!” she answered. I watched speechlessly as she opened them. There was no way our parents were letting her spend that much money- online or off!

“How much did all of this coat?”

“Oh, only about $15in all!” She said excitedly. “Everything on eBay is on sale! It’s way better than going to the mall.”

I felt as if my entire life, there had been a store right in my backyard that I had never walked into! That week, I ordered a used Spanish textbook for my summer course online for 10 percent of the publishing price. A few days later, I bought an iPod protector and a book or two via the wonderful eBay.com.

1.From the first two paragraph we can conclude that the author        

2.The writer didn’t find out about e-commerce until       

3.We can infer from the last paragraph that the author       .

4.What’s the purpose of the article?

5.What would be the best title of the article?