Question

Recently a specialist(專家) in teenager studies does some research on teenage problems. He thinks parents shouldn’t be blamed of themselves because there is nothing they can do to deal with the teenage problem. Whatever they do, sometimes a wonderful, kind and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal.
I’ve seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted that her son, should stand up, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman whenever anyone entered the room. I saw him last week when I visited them. Lying on the sofa, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in. His mother was angry. “I don’t know what to do with him these days,” she said. “He’s forgotten all the manners we taught him.”
He hasn’t forgotten them. He’s just decided that he’s not going to use them. She said that she would like to throw him down from the sofa onto the floor.
Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, “I don’t like your dress, it’s ugly.” One of the daughters has recently been driven out of school. The other has left home.
“Where did we go wrong?” Her parents are now very sad. Probably nothing is wrong with the parents.
【小題1】This text is most probably written by________.

A．A specialist in teenager studies

B．a headmaster of a middle school

C．a parent with teenage children

D．a doctor for mental health problems

【小題2】The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to ________.

A．the change of the children from good to bad

B．the way that parents often blame themselves

C．the opinion that a child has of his parents

D．the advice that parents want their children to follow

【小題3】The boy on the sofa would most probably be described as ________.

A．lazy	B．quiet
C．unusual	D．rude

【小題4】 What is the author’s opinion about the sudden change in teenage children?

A．Parents have no choice but to try to accept it.

B．Parents should pay more attention to the change.

C．Parents should work more closely with school teachers.

D．Parents are a fault for the change in their children.

Answer 1

【小題1】A
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：這篇短文通過兩個事例，說明孩子從懂事到無理的叛逆，父母有時卻無能為力，父母們不得不接受這個不好的事實，不要再自責。
【小題1】細節理解題。根據短文第一段“Recently a specialist(專家) in teenager studies does some research on teenage problems.”描述可知，這篇文章的作者是研究年輕人的專家。故選A。
【小題2】詞義猜測題。It出現在第二段的段首，應該指代上文第一段的最后一句話“Whatever they do, sometimes a wonderful, kind and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal”，即孩子從好變壞的情況。故選A。
【小題3】判斷推理題。根據短文第二段“One strict mother insisted that her son, should stand up, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman ”以及其后的細節描述和該段最后一句話“He’s forgotten all the manners we taught him.”可以看出：一位嚴厲的母親想把她的孩子培養成紳士，但是她的孩子后來對客人的表現卻是很不禮貌。故選D。
【小題4】主旨大意題。根據短文“arents shouldn’t be blamed of themselves because there is nothing they can do to deal with the teenage problem”的描述就表明了作者的觀點，父母不應當總是為此事而責怪自己。應當采取措施面對這個事情。然后又用了“ Probably nothing is wrong with the parents.”作總結，表明父母不得不接受這個不好的事實。故選A。
考點：教育類短文閱讀。