Parents should stop blaming themselves because there’s not a lot they can do about it. I mean the teenager (十幾歲的孩子) problem. Whatever you do or however you choose to deal with it, at certain times a wonderful, reasonable and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal.

I’ve seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted that her son, right from a child, should stand up whenever anyone entered the room, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman. I saw him last week when I called round. Sprawling himself (懶散地躺) on the sofa in full length, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in, and his greeting was no more than a quick glance at me. His mother was ashamed. “I don’t know what to do with him these days,” she said. “He’s forgotten all the manners we taught him.” He hasn’t forgotten them. He’s just decided that he’s not going to use them. She confessed (坦白) that she would like to come up behind him and throw him down from the sofa onto the floor.

Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, “I don’t like your dress; it’s ugly.” One of the daughters has recently been driven out of school. The other has left home.

“Where did we go wrong?” Her parents are now very sad. Probably nowhere much. At least, no more than the rest of that unfortunate race, parents.

60. The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to ______

A. the way that parents often blame themselves

B. the opinion that a child has of his parents

C. the change from good to bad that’s seen in a child

D. the advice that parents want their children to follow

61. The boy on the sofa would most probably be described as _______

A. lazy             B. rude        C. unusual                       D. quiet

62. From the second example we can infer that the parents of the two daughters ______

A. pay no attention to them                         B. feel helpless to do much about them

C. have come to hate them                          D. are too busy to look after them

63. What is the author’s opinion about the sudden change in teenage children?

A. Parents are at fault for the change in their children.

B. Parents should pay still more attention to the change.

C. Parents should work more closely with school teachers.

D. Parents have no choice but to try to accept it.

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to teach people how to make paper-cuttings

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to make a general introduction of paper-cutting

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A．

people who are good at carving tiny feathers

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a kind of bird

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a kind of pie

D．

something magical

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A．

paper cutting should be made without hesitation

B．

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D．

any wiggling will lead to imprecision in paper cutting

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A．

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If your family didn’t pay attention to your needs when you were a child, you probably have trouble letting others know your needs now.

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If your family didn’t pay attention to your needs when you were a child, you probably have trouble letting others know your needs now.

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D. Joan dislikes the boyfriends her friends bring over

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C. advises Joan on how to refuse people

D. encourages Joan to be brave enough

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If your family didn’t pay attention to your needs when you were a child, you probably have trouble letting others know your needs now.

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D. Joan dislikes the boyfriends her friends bring over

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