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(形象) 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(商議) 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-years-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."
小題1:According to the author, teenage rebellion ________.
A．resulted from changes in families
B．may be a false belief
C．is common nowadays
D．existed only in the 1960s
小題2:What is the passage mainly about?
A．Education in family
B．Negotiation in family
C．Teenage trouble in family
D．Harmony in family
小題3:The study shows that teenagers don't want to ________.
A．go boating with their family
B．share family responsibility
C．make family decisions
D．cause trouble in their families
小題4:What is the popular images of teenagers today?
A．They dislike living with their parents
B．They quarrel a lot with other family members
C．They worry about school
D．They have to be locked in to avoid troubles
小題5:Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today's parents ________.
A．care less about their children's life
B．give their children more freedom
C．go to clubs more often with their children
D．a(chǎn)re much stricter with their children

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:B

試題分析：本文主要講述的是現(xiàn)在的青少年與父母的關(guān)系很融洽，很少出現(xiàn)以前的叛逆的情況，也不給家里帶來麻煩，現(xiàn)代的家庭非常的和諧。
小題1:推理題。根據(jù)文章最后4行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. ”可知青少年的叛逆情況在以前是很常見的，但是現(xiàn)在的情況以及好多了�，F(xiàn)在的青少年與父母關(guān)系很融洽，過認(rèn)為青少年叛逆是一個錯誤的看法，故B正確。
小題2:主旨大意題。本文主要講述的是現(xiàn)在的青少年與父母的關(guān)系很融洽，很少出現(xiàn)以前的叛逆的情況，也不給家里帶來麻煩，現(xiàn)代的家庭非常的和諧，故D項符合文章的中心思想。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句They don’t want to rock the boat(搗亂).”說明D正確。
小題4:推理題。根據(jù)第一段后3行four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image （形象）of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.說明在人們心里還是認(rèn)為青少年和父母的關(guān)系很不好，與父母吵架等等，故B項正確。
小題5:推理題。根據(jù)第三段1,2行So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends.說明現(xiàn)在的父母親對待孩子們更友善，把孩子當(dāng)做自己的朋友，給他們更多的自由空間，故B項正確。
點評：本文主要講述的是現(xiàn)在的青少年與父母的關(guān)系很融洽，很少出現(xiàn)以前的叛逆的情況，也不給家里帶來麻煩，現(xiàn)代的家庭非常的和諧，以推理題的考查為主，要求考生能根據(jù)題目的要求，認(rèn)真分析選項，從文章中找出相關(guān)的內(nèi)容，進(jìn)行合理的推理判斷，得出正確的答案。
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