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Parents are often upset when their children praise the homes of their friends and regard it as a slur (诬蔑) on their own cooking, or cleaning, or furniture, and often are foolish enough to let the adolescents see that they are annoyed. They may even accuse them of disloyalty, or make some spiteful remark about the friends’ parents. Such a loss of dignity and descent into childish behavior on the part of the adults deeply shocks the adolescents, and makes them resolve that in future they will not talk to their parents about the place or people they visit. Before very long the parents will be complaining that the child is so secretive and never tells them anything, but they seldom realize that they have brought this on themselves.
Disillusionment with the parents, however good and adequate they may be both as parents and as individuals, is to some degree inevitable. Most children have such a high ideal of their parents, unless the parents themselves have been unsatisfactory, that it can, hardly hope to stand up to a realistic evaluation. Parents would be greatly surprised and deeply touched if they realized how much belief their children usually have in their character and infallibility, and how much this faith means to a child. If parents were prepared for this adolescent reaction, and realized that it was a sign that the child was growing up and developing valuable powers of observation and independent judgment they would not be so hurt, and therefore would not drive the child into opposition by resenting and resisting it.
The adolescent, with his passion for sincerity, always respects a parent who admits that he is wrong, or ignorant, or even that he has been unfair or unjust. What the child cannot forgive is the parent’s refusal to admit these charges if the child knows them to be true.
Victorian parents believed that they kept their dignity by retreating behind an unreasoning authoritarian attitude; in fact they did nothing of the kind, but children were then too cowed to let them know how they really felt. Today we tend to go to the other extreme, but on the whole this is a healthier attitude both for the child and the parent. It is always wiser and safer to face up to reality, however painful it may be at the moment.
1. According to the passage, children would arouse parents’ disappointment for
A. admiring their friends’ homes.
B. talking back to their parents.
C. complaining home-made dishes.
D. making some spiteful remark.
2. When adolescents feel disillusion with their parents, it means that they
A. feel disappointed with their parents.
B. are developing into maturity.
C. just want to hurt their parents.
D. are expressing their discontentment.
3. Adolescents in Victorian times
A. had shown more respect for parents than today.
B. always answered back to deal with the problem.
C. admired the authoritarian attitude of their parents.
D. were too afraid to tell what they really thought.
4. What is the tone of the passage?
A. Critical.
B. Humorous.
C. Serious.
D. Ambiguous.
5. What does this passage mainly discuss?
A. Children will become more and more mature when growing up.
B. Parents have to change their ways in educating their children.
C. The conflicts between parents and their children are inevitable.
D. Parents have made mistakes in communication with children.
【文章概要】
本娴静述青少年成长过程中的一些转变，并剖析家长应该若何看待并提出正确教育孩子的一些建议。首段以糊口中的日常现象开篇，指削发长的反映对孩子及家长自身的影响;第2段说了然孩子对怙恃幻想破灭的素质及怙恃正确的做法;第3段指出怙恃应勇于认可错误;最后一段剖明怙恃的权威不能解决问题，如不美观呈现问题，孩子和家长都应采纳面临现实的立场。
【谜底解析】
1.[A]细节判定题。按照题干中的arouse parents’disappointment及各选项内容定位到第1段。第1段指出，家长听到孩子赞扬伴侣的家就会感应不安，经常误觉得孩子是在埋怨家里的饭菜、洁净等。据此剖析，A为正确选项;C是怙恃自己的猜测，并不是孩子本意，所以C可解除。文中指出，家长甚至求全孩子不忠，或是讲些孩子伴侣怙恃的坏话，故D应予解除。B“与怙恃顶嘴”找不到原文依据。
2.[B]细节判定题。按照题干中的feel disillusion定位到第2段。本题考绩孩子对怙恃幻想破灭的素质。文中指出，如不美观怙恃确实体味孩子的这一观点，就会知道这意味着孩子此时正处在走向成熟的阶段……是以B合适原文的意思。按照原文，孩子对家长幻想的破灭是孩子不竭成熟的默示，A、D都是孩子对家长幻想破灭的表象，不是问题的本色， 应予以解除;怙恃体味孩子这一反映的本色之后就不会感应难熬，可见孩子并不是居心危险怙恃.因而C也应予以解除。
3.[D]细节判定题。 按照题干中的Victorian times定位到末段。文中明晰指出，维多利亚时代的怙恃之所以可以镇住孩子，倒不是因为孩子称?筠理的权威，而是他们被这样的气焰吓得不敢说真话。据此，D的表述与原文相符，为应选谜底，同时解除B、C。维多利亚时代的孩子对于怙恃的尊敬还成立在屈就的基本之上，不能是以就判定他们比此刻的孩子更多尊敬怙恃。据此剖析，A也应解除。
4.[C]文章基调题。本文首要论说了孩子在青春发育过程中的转变及其本色，怙恃和孩子之间呈现的常见问题和应对法子，并指出措置不妥可能带来的风险和不良后不美观。鉴于本文阐述严谨。不雅概念明晰，所以可以判定文章的根基论调是“严厉”的，是以C为应选谜底。文章 虽然提到怙恃有错误和不足，但同时也提出体味决的建议和体例，因而本文也不是批判性质的，A也应予解除。
5.[B]全文大旨题。本娴静述青少年成长过程中的一些转变，剖析家长应该若何正确予以看待并提出正确教育孩子的一些建议。由此可知，B为本题谜底。孩子逐渐走向成熟以及他们与怙恃发生冲突都是本文的部门内容，不能庖代全文的内容，是以A、C应解除;本文不仅提到D的内容，还提出体味决建议，因而D也是片面的，应予以解除。