A few months ago as I wandered through my parents’ house, the same house I grew up in, I had a sudden, scary realization. When my parents bought the house, in 1982, they were only two years older than I am now. I tried to imagine myself in two years, ready to settle down and buy the house I’d still be living in almost 30 years later.
It seemed ridiculous. On a practical level, there’s no way I could afford to buy a house anytime soon. More importantly, I wouldn’t want to. I’m not sure where I’ll be living in two years, or what kind of job I’ll have. And I don’t think I’ll be ready to settle down and stay in one place.
So this is probably the generation gap that divides my friends and me from our parents. When our parents were our age, they’d gotten their education, chosen a career, and were starting to settle into responsible adult lives.
My friends and I – “Generation Y” – still aren’t sure what we want to do with our lives. Whatever we end up doing, we want to make sure we’re happy doing it. We’d rather take risks first, try out different jobs, and move from one city to another until we find our favorite place. We’d rather spend our money on travel than put it in a savings account.
This casual attitude toward responsibility has caused some critics to call my generation “arrogant”, “impatient”, and “overprotected”. Some of these complaints have a point. As children we were encouraged to succeed in school, but also to have fun. We grew up in a world full of technological innovation: cellphones, the Internet, instant messaging, and video games.
Our parents looked to rise vertically(垂直的)--starting at the bottom of the ladder and slowly making their way to the top, on the same track, often for the same company. That doesn’t apply to my generation.
Because of that, it may take us longer than our parents to arrive at responsible, stable adulthood. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In our desire to find satisfaction, we will work harder, strive for ways to keep life interesting, and gain a broader set of experiences and knowledge than our parents’ generation did.                                                                              
By Ariel Lewiton
小題1:When the author walked through her parents’ house, she _______.
A．was frightened that she had no idea what she wanted from life
B．started to think about her own life
C．realized I should buy a house.
D．wondered why her parents had settled down early
小題2:What is the main “generation gap” between the author and her friends and their parents according to the article?
A．Their attitude toward high technology.
B．Their ways of making their way to the top.
C．Their attitude towards responsibility.
D．Their ways of gaining experience.
小題3:Which of the following might the author agree with?
A．It’s all right to try more before settling down.
B．It’s better to take adult responsibility earlier.
C．It involves too much effort to rise vertically.
D．It’s ridiculous to call her generation “arrogant”.
小題4:What can we conclude from the article?
A．The author is envious of her parents enjoying a big house at her age.
B．Growing up in a hi-tech world makes “Generation Y” feel insecure about relationships.
C．“Generation Y” people don’t want to grow up and love to be taken care of by their parents.
D．The author wrote this article so that others would be able to understand her generation better.
小題5:What is the main theme of the article?
A．The sudden realization of growing up.
B．A comparison between lifestyles of generations.
C．Criticisms of the young generation.
D．The factors that have changed the young generation.

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D
小題5:B
本文講述了他們這一代人與父輩之間的生活方式的不同。
小題1:B 細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)第一段可知，作者經(jīng)過(guò)父母房子時(shí)，突然意識(shí)到父母親買(mǎi)此房子時(shí)只比自己大兩歲，并想象到兩年以后自己該是個(gè)什么樣子。故答案為B。
小題2:C細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段This casual attitude toward responsibility has caused some critics to call my generation “arrogant”, “impatient”, and “overprotected”.可知答案為C。
小題3:A推斷題。根據(jù)第四段We’d rather take risks first, try out different jobs, and move from one city to another until we find our favorite place. We’d rather spend our money on travel than put it in a savings account.可知A項(xiàng)正確。
小題4:D推斷題。根據(jù)第五段可知評(píng)論家稱(chēng)他們這一代是自大的，沒(méi)有耐心的，被過(guò)度保護(hù)的，可知她寫(xiě)文章是為了改變別人對(duì)他們這一代人的看法。
小題5:B主旨大意題。本文通過(guò)對(duì)比，講述自己這一輩與父輩不同的生活方式。故答案為B
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