Question

Anna used to wake you up on Sunday morning when you wanted to stay in bed，but now you feel strange if she gets up before lunch.She used to be very quiet，but now she talks all the time—but not to you.She used to hold your hand when you went to visit your friends.Now she doesn't even want to be seen with you when you go to visit your friends.Your Anna might spend hours on the phone or in the bathroom now.At the same time Nick next door has become quiet and dirty.He used to be very polite.Now a simple conversation with Nick becomes very difficult.You've gone from a hero to the most embarrassing adult in the world.Your child has become a teenager!

What makes adolescence(青春期) so difficult？Physical(身體上的) and emotional changes are the reasons that make them change so much.When they are young，children live in a safe and simple land called “childhood”．Parents organize their lives.Parents choose children's clothes，take them to places，and spend time with them.They're there with the children when there is a problem.As children get older，however，they learn about another land—an exciting land，called “adulthood”．Sooner or later their hormones(荷爾蒙) push them into the open sea—away from the safe land or childhood.Adolescence，then，is the journey from childhood to adulthood.Some find the journey quite easy.For others，it's very difficult.

1.The article is probably written about ________.

A. teachers B. teenagers C. parents D. students

2.When Anna was a child，she used to do the follo?wing things EXCEPT ________.

A. speaking little B. getting up early

C. staying with her parents in public D. spending hours on the phone

3.When children get older and older，________.

A. they don't go to visit friends with their parents

B. they stay away from their parents

C. they change physically and emotionally

D. all of the above

4.Why are Anna's teenage years so different from her childhood？________

A. Because her appearance(外表) has changed.

B. Because the hormone in her body changes her.

C. Because parents look at Anna differently.

D. Because teachers look at Anna differently.

5.What is the best title for the article？________.

A. The changes from childhood to adolescence

B. A teenager's life

C. Parents' attitudes towards teenagers

D. Difficult adolescence

Answer 1