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【題目】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.”

【1】The underlined word “gulf” in Para.3 most probably means _________.

A. distance B. interest

C. similarity D. cooperation

【2】The change in today’s parent-child relationship is _________.

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.

【3】By saying “today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘a(chǎn)fter’ side.” the author means that today’s parents _________.

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.

【4】The purpose of the passage is to _________.

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.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文闡述了親子關(guān)系的發(fā)展。

【1】A詞義猜測題。從后一句“…move in separate orbits”在分離的軌道上，可知選A。

【2】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從Para. 6 “…family expert warn that…”得知目前的親子關(guān)系的新轉(zhuǎn)變。故選C。

【3】B推理判斷題。Para. 7 “the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication…” 使得 the 40-year-olds 能順應(yīng)變化的趨勢。故選B。

【4】B目的意圖題。本文闡述了親子關(guān)系的發(fā)展。故選B。

【名師點(diǎn)撥】

猜詞悟義，我們要學(xué)會“順藤摸瓜”，通過構(gòu)詞，語法，定義，同位，對比，因果，常識，上下文等線索確定詞義。任何一篇文章中的句子在內(nèi)容上都不是絕對孤立的，都跟句子所在的段落及整整篇文章有關(guān)。利用上下文提供的情景和線索，進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的綜合分析進(jìn)而推測詞義，是閱讀過程中的一大關(guān)鍵，這也是近年來高考考查的熱點(diǎn)。最常見的就是利用上下文語境、常識和語法關(guān)系推斷詞義。

①抓住所需推斷詞匯前后的“mean”或系動(dòng)詞或破折號等直接定義該詞的部分。

②抓住文章主旨與該段所表達(dá)的中心。特別對于議論文要牢記論點(diǎn)與論據(jù)的相互支撐關(guān)系。

③通過例證、比喻、對照、插入語等語法結(jié)構(gòu)推斷詞義。

比如第52小題，A詞義猜測題。從后一句“…move in separate orbits”在分離的軌道上，可知選A。