There is an old Chinese proverb that states "One Generation plants the trees; another gets the shade," and this is how it should be with mothers and daughters. The relationship between a mother and daughter is sometimes confusing. If close, the relationship can be similar to friendship. However, the mother and daughter relationship has unique characteristics that distinguish it from a friendship. These characteristics include a hierarchy (等級(jí)) of responsibility and unconditional love, which preclude mothers and daughters from being best friends. 
Marina, 27 years old, says, "I love spending time with my mom, but I wouldn't consider her my best friend. Best friends don't pay for your wedding. Best friends don't remind you how they carried you in their body and gave you life! Best friends don't tell you how wise they are because they have been alive at least 20 years longer than you.” This doesn't mean that the mother and daughter relationship can't be very close and satisfying.
While some adult relationships are still troubled, many find them to be extremely rewarding.     This generation of mothers and adult daughters has a lot in common which increases the likelihood of shared companionship. Mothers and daughters have always shared the common experience of being homemakers, responsible for maintaining and passing on family values and traditions. Today contemporary mothers and daughters also share the experience of the workforce and technology, which may bring them even closer together.
Best friends may or may not continue to be best friends, but for better or worse, the mother and daughter relationship is permanent, even if for some unfortunate reason they aren't speaking. The mother and child relationship is closer than any other. There is not an equal relationship. Daughters should not feel responsible for their mother's emotional well-being. It isn’t that they don't care deeply about their mothers. It's just that they shouldn't be burdened with their mother's well being.
The mother and daughter relationship is a relationship that is not replaceable by any other. Mothers never stop being mothers, which includes frequently wanting to protect their daughters and often feeling responsible for their happiness. Mother always "trumps" friend.
小題1:The underlined word “preclude” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_________”.
A．differB．preventC．benefitD．change
小題2:Why do many mothers and adult daughters keep a rewarding relationship?
A．Because they have a lot in common.
B．Because they have common family values.
C．Because they have no generation gap.
D．Because they keep a constant relationship.
小題3:What do we know from the passage?
A．The mother and daughter relationship can be replaced by a best friend.
B．A mother’s love brings her and her daughter a close friendship.
C．The mother and daughter relationship goes beyond best friends’ friendship.
D．Marina has a troubled relationship with her mother.
小題4:The author proves his statements mainly by _________.
A．listing dataB．giving explanationsC．quoting sayingsD．making examples
小題5:What is the best title for the passage?
A．How to be a good mother and daughter
B．Who is a mother’s best friend?
C．A friend in need is a friend indeed.
D．Can a mother be a daughter’s best friend?

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:D

試題分析：
本文論述了“母女關(guān)系”，認(rèn)為母女關(guān)系獨(dú)具特點(diǎn)，不同于友誼，母親與女兒不可能成為最好的朋友。作者認(rèn)為，母女之間有許多共同之處，但是，友誼可能不再，母女關(guān)系永存、不可替代。友誼是雙向的，但是母親永遠(yuǎn)希望保護(hù)女兒、為女兒負(fù)責(zé)，女兒卻不必為母親的幸福承擔(dān)責(zé)任。
小題1:詞義推斷題。母親對(duì)女兒負(fù)有各種層次大小不等的責(zé)任和無條件的愛（a hierarchy of responsibility and unconditional love）。母女之間責(zé)任義務(wù)常常是單向的，不可能像朋友關(guān)系那樣是雙向的。這使她們不可能成為朋友。preclude后面的from提示其含義應(yīng)為prevent. 故B項(xiàng)正確。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。第三段…many find them to be extremely rewarding. This generation of mothers and adult daughters has a lot in common which increases the likelihood of shared companionship.說明母女之間的共同之處有助于增強(qiáng)相互關(guān)系的可能性，因而這是一種rewarding adult relationship. 故答案為A。
小題3:主旨大意題�？v觀全文可知，本文論證的是母女關(guān)系不同于朋友關(guān)系但超越朋友關(guān)系。A，B兩項(xiàng)與文章主旨不符，D項(xiàng)與第二段I love spending time with my mom 一句不符。故C項(xiàng)正確。
小題4:主旨大意題。問的是“論證方法”。本文采用的是“說理”的方法。故B項(xiàng)正確。A項(xiàng)“列數(shù)據(jù)”；C項(xiàng)“引名言”；D項(xiàng)“舉實(shí)例”。
小題5:主旨大意題。全文論述的是母女不可能像最好的朋友。故D項(xiàng)正確。
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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Children have their own rules in playing games. They seldom need a judge and rarely trouble to keep scores. They don’t care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn’t seem to worry them if the game is not finished. Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, so that their personal abilities cannot be directly compared. They also enjoy games that move in stages, in which each stage, the choosing of leaders, the picking-up of sides, or the determining of which side shall start, is almost a game in itself.
Grown-ups can hardly find children’s games exciting, and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again. However, it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid. He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn. He can be confident, too, in particular games, that it is his place to give orders, to pretend to be dead, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss someone he caught.
It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control. Everyone knows the rules, and more important, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win.
小題1:What is true about children when they play games?
A．They can stop playing any time they like.
B．They can test their personal abilities.
C．They want to pick a better team.
D．They don’t need rules.
小題2:To become a leader in a game the child has to ______.
A．play wellB．be popular among his playmates
C．be confident in himselfD．wait for his turn
小題3:What do we know about grown-ups?
A．They are not interested in games.
B．They find children’s games too easy.
C．They don’t need a reason to play games.
D．They don’t understand children’s games.
小題4:The writer believes that _______.
A．children should make better rules for their games
B．children should invite grow-ups to play with them
C．children’s games can do them a lot of good
D．children play games without reasons

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