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   Breaking the Code One school night this month I walked quietly up to Alexander,my 15-year-old son,and touched his cheek gently in a manner I hoped would seem casual. A year ago he would have ignored this disturbance but now he reacted impatiently and leaned back to his computer screen.

  I made a mistake：breaking into my teenager's personal space. "The average teenager has pretty strong feelings about his privacy," Lara Fox and her friend Hilary Frankel told me. Ms. Frankel and Ms. Fox,both17,are the authors of Breaking the Code,a new book that seeks to bridge the generational divide between parents and adolescents. It is being promoted by its publisher as the first selfhelp guide by teenagers for their parents,a kind of "Kids Are from Mars,Parents Are from Venus'¹ that explains the language and actions of teenagers. The girls dealt with issues including hanging out late,money,school pressures,smoking etc.

  Personally,I welcome their opinions. The most common missteps (失策) in interacting with teenagers arise from the war between parents exercising their rights to know what goes on under their roof and teenagers firmly guarding their privacy. Teenagers can be quick to interpret their parents' remarks and respond with anger that masks their vulnerability (脆弱) . Ms. Fox said," What we want above all is your approval. Don't forget,no matter how much we act as if we don't care what you say,we believe the things you say about us."

  Nancy,a New York childraising expert said she didn't agree with everything the authors suggested but found their arguments reasonable. "When your kids are saying, ' You don't get it,and you never will , ，there are lots of ways to respond so that they will listen and that is what the writers point out."

  "My parents helped me see that,”Ms. Fox told me,"even though they used to stay out late and ride their bicycles to school,times have changed and the way parents educate children is different. These days there is a major fear factor in bringing up kids. Parents worry about their child crossing the street."The writers said they hoped simply to throw light on teenage thinking.

(   ) 1. Why does the author mention the book"Kids Are from Mars,Parents Are from 'Venus¹⁷？

   A. It is one of the bestsellers.

   B. It is also written by the two girls.

   C. The two books have the similar theme.

   D. The two books have different opinions.

(   ) 2. The underlined sentence" You don't get it,and you never will" in the 4th paragraph implies that         .

   A. the teenagers don't want to admit their weakness

   B. the teenagers think that their parents will never understand them

   C. the parents do not necessarily force into the world of their children

   D. the generation gap cannot be shortened despite their parents' efforts

(   ) 3. It can be inferred from the last paragraphs that         .

   A. teenagers should guard their privacy

   B. Nancy totally agrees with the two girls' opinions

   C. parents are more concerned about children's safety

   D. the two girls have obtained numerous support from the public

(   ) 4. According to the two girls,teenagers nowadays are         .

   A. independent   B. intelligent   C. sensitive   D. inconsiderate

Answer 1

代溝問題引起越來越多人的關注，該文從兩本關于代溝的新書人手,談到了人們對于代溝的看法，指出了在養(yǎng)育孩子的過程中產生代溝的因素。

1.C細節(jié)理解題。由文中第二段可知，第一本書Breaking the Code尋求彌合父母與青少年之間的代溝，第二本書Kids Are from Mars,Parents Are from Venus探討外出晚歸、金錢、學校壓力以及抽煙等青少年問題。作者以兩本書為例，目的是解釋青少年的行為，給父母提供與孩子相處的自助指南。故答案為C項。

2. A推理判斷題。由前文可知，孩子面對家長的評論，以憤怒做出回應，而這種憤怒掩飾了他們內心的脆弱。"You don't get it,and you never will ,"實則揭示了孩子脆弱的內心，他們不愿承認自己的軟弱，故答案為A項。B項青少年認為家長永遠不會理解他們過于絕對，C 項父母沒必要進入孩子的世界，D項即使父母努力,代溝也不可能縮短，均不符合原文的描述

3. C推理判斷題。由最后一段可知，父母擔心孩子過馬路，故答案為C項。

A項青少年應保護自己的隱私，與題干毫無關聯(lián)。

B項南希完全同意兩個女孩的觀點，與原文描述有誤。

D 項兩個女孩得到了公眾的支持，該選項在原文中沒有提及。

4. C推理判斷題。由第三段可知，如今的青少年用憤怒掩蓋內心的脆弱，即使表面上裝得不在乎父母的話，實際上他們相信父母所說的事。由此判斷，答案為C項sensitive敏感的。

A項independent獨立的，B項intelligent聰明的，D 項inconsiderate不體諒別人的，均不符合題意。