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The evidence for harmony(和谐) may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image （形象）of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it had ever been in the past.“We were surprised by just how positive(肯定的) today’s young people seem to be about their families,” said one number of the research team.“They’re expected to be rebellious(叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds：they want a car and material goods，and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s more negotiation(商议) and discussion between parents and children，and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat(捣乱).”
So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-year-old Daniel Lazall. “I always tell them when I‘m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I’m doing， they’re fine with me.” Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years， there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I’d done all my homework, could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”
Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments(评论),“Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over. ”
小题1:What is the popular images of the teenager today？A．They worry about school.
B．They dislike living with their parents.
C．They have to be locked in to avoid troubles.
D．They quarrel a lot with other family members.
小题2:The study shows that teenagers don’t want to __________.A．share family responsibility
B．cause trouble in their families
C．go boating with their family
D．make family decisions
小题3:Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents ____________.A．go to clubs more often with their children
B．are much stricter with their children
C．care less about their children’s life
D．give their children more freedom
小题4:According to the writer, teenage rebellion __________.A．may be a false belief
B．is common nowadays
C．existed only in the 1960s
D．resulted from changes in families
小题5:What is the passage mainly about？A．Negotiation in family.
B．Education in family.
C．Harmony in family.
D．Teenage trouble in family.
题型：阅读理解难度：中档来源：不详
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:C
试题分析：本文主要讲述的是现在的青少年与父母的关系很融洽，很少出现以前的叛逆的情况，也不给家里带来麻烦，现代的家庭非常的和谐。
小题1:D 推理题。根据第一段后3行four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image （形象）of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.说明在人们心里还是认为青少年和父母的关系很不好，与父母吵架等等，故D项正确。
小题2:B 细节题。根据第二段最后一句They don’t want to rock the boat(捣乱).”说明B正确。
小题3:D 推理题。根据第三段1,2行So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends.说明现在的父母亲对待孩子们更友善，把孩子当做自己的朋友，给他们更多的自由空间，故D项正确。
小题4:A 推理题。根据文章最后4行But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over. ”可知青少年的叛逆情况在以前是很常见的，但是现在的情况以及好多了。现在的青少年与父母关系很融洽，过认为青少年叛逆是一个错误的看法，故A正确。
小题5:C 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述的是现在的青少年与父母的关系很融洽，很少出现以前的叛逆的情况，也不给家里带来麻烦，现代的家庭非常的和谐，故C项符合文章的中心思想。
点评：本文主要讲述的是现在的青少年与父母的关系很融洽，很少出现以前的叛逆的情况，也不给家里带来麻烦，现代的家庭非常的和谐，以推理题的考查为主，要求考生能根据题目的要求，认真分析选项，从文章中找出相关的内容，进行合理的推理判断，得出正确的答案。
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