4.Parents and kids today dress alike,listen to the same music,and are friends.Is this a good thing?Sometimes,when Mr.Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter,Elizabeth,listen to rock music together and talk about interests they both enjoy,such as pop culture,he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.
"I would never have said to my mom,‘Hey,the new Weezer album is really great.How do you like it?'"says Ballmer."There was just a complete gap in taste."
Music was not the only gulf.From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations,earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits(軌道).
Today,the generation gap has not disappeared,but it is getting narrow in many families.And parent-child activities,from shopping to sports,involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.
But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents."There's still a lot of strictness and authority(權(quán)威) on the part of parents out there,but there is a change happening,"says Kerrie,a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College."In the middle of that change,there is a lot of confusion among parents."
Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these changing roles and attitudes.They see the 1960s as a turning point.Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic(民主的) process that encourages everyone to have a say.
"My parents were on the‘before'side of that change,but today's parents,the=40-year-olds,were on the‘a(chǎn)fter'side,"explains Mr.Ballmer."It's not something easily achieved by parents these days,because life is more difficult to understand or deal with,but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now."
52.The underlined word"gulf"in Para.3most probably meansA.
A.distance
B.interest
C.similarity
D.cooperation
53.The change in today's parent-child relationship isC.
A.more confusion among children.
B.less respect for parents from children.
C.new equality between parents and children.
D.more strictness and authority on the part of parents.
54.By saying"today's parents,the 40-year-olds,were on the‘a(chǎn)fter'side."the author means that today's parentsB.
A.can set a limit to the change.
B.follow the trend of the change.
C.fail to take the change seriously.
D.have little difficulty adjusting(適應(yīng))to the change.
55.The purpose of the passage is toB.
A.describe the difficulties today's parents have met with.
B.discuss the development of the parent-child relationship.
C.suggest the ways to handle the parent-child relationship.
D.compare today's parent-child relationship with that in the past.
分析 本文是一篇科教類閱讀.文章主要介紹了現(xiàn)在社會父母和孩子之間的代溝的逐漸消失,并討論了這一現(xiàn)象的好處和壞處.
解答 52-55 ACBB
52.A.詞義猜測題.根據(jù)"Music was not the only gulf.From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations,earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits"可知音樂是他們之間的差異.故選A.
53.C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)"."It's not something easily achieved by parents these days,because life is more difficult to understand or deal with,but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.""可知現(xiàn)在父母和孩子之間的關(guān)系變得讓父母和孩子更加平等.故選C.
54.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)"My parents were on the‘before'side of that change,but today's parents,the=40-year-olds,were on the‘a(chǎn)fter'side,"explains Mr.Ballmer"可知現(xiàn)在的父母能夠順應(yīng)時代的變化去和孩子交流.故選B.
55.B.判斷作者意圖題.縱覽全文并根據(jù)"Parents and kids today dress alike,listen to the same music,and are friends.Is this a good thing?"可知文章旨在討論父母與孩子關(guān)系的發(fā)展.故選B.
點(diǎn)評 本文是一篇科教類閱讀.此類題型主要考查學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力.細(xì)節(jié)理解題是針對文中某個細(xì)節(jié)、某句話或某部分具體內(nèi)容設(shè)置問題,所以在做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時要結(jié)合原文和提干有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,再結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案.在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要聯(lián)系上下文根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.在做判斷作者意圖題時考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文,完整了解信息,準(zhǔn)確把握作者意圖.