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.

練習冊系列答案
相關(guān)習題

科目：高中英語 來源：2016年高考英語一輪復(fù)習新人教版必修3 Unit 5 （六）英語試卷（解析版） 題型：書面表達

寫作。

你是高三學(xué)生李華，進入高三以來你發(fā)現(xiàn)你的同桌李雷總是抄作業(yè)，為此你很擔心。所以借此次月考為契機，請你為他寫封信

1. 客觀分析抄作業(yè)的主要原因 2. 分析抄作業(yè)的危害并提出解決方法

注意：1. 字數(shù)100詞左右

2. 可適當增加細節(jié)，使行文連貫；

Dear friend,

I am worried about you because ____________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2017屆內(nèi)蒙古高三上入學(xué)摸底英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

Before I studied psychology, I used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred. While I was right about that, I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke. When someone laughs at a joke, there will usually be more than one reason that makes him laugh—and the more reasons there are, the more powerful the joke will be.

I was attending a stand-up comedy show in Egypt, and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians crossing streets, everyone laughed their hearts out. The main reason those people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly. The joke wasn’t only funny, it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians. That is, people were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got.

The better a joke makes a person feel, and the more it includes other psychological factors, the more the person will like it. For example, if you envy one of your friends, and someone tells a joke that is funny and, at the same time, makes your friend seem stupid, then you will probably laugh at it louder than if you weren’t jealous of him.

In short, we don’t laugh only when we hear something funny; we also laugh when we experience some kind of happiness that results from the other psychological factors involved in the joke. I strongly discourage making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh. All I want to explain is that if your joke supports a person’s emotions, he will certainly like it a lot.

1.What did the author find out after studying psychology?

A. Only good jokes make people laugh

B. Many factors lead to people laughing.

C. Funny things can make people laugh

D. Laughter can make people healthy.

2.Why did the audience laugh loud at the pedestrians?

A. They played a trick on the pedestrians.

B. The pedestrians behaved in a funny way.

C. They could feel the pedestrians’ happiness.

D. Their emotion was approved of by the show.

3.What does the underlined word “belittling” probably mean?

A. Annoy B. Blame

C. Look down on D. Make up to

4.Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年廣東汕頭高一下期末教學(xué)質(zhì)量監(jiān)測英語試卷（解析版） 題型：完形填空

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

After a tornado touched down in a small town nearby, all the local newspapers carried stories featuring some of the families who suffered the hardest. A particular picture ___________ touched me. A young woman stands in front of a totally destroyed home, a pained expression twisting(使扭曲) her features. A young boy, seven or eight years old, stands at her side, eyes downcast. A tiny girl stares into the camera, eyes wide with confusion and___________. This would be a good __________ to teach my children to ___________ those less fortunate than themselves.

I taped the picture to our refrigerator, explaining their ___________ to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and to three-year-old Meghan. “We have so much, and these ___________ people now have nothing,”I said. “We will __________ what we have with them.”

I sorted through our___________ and __________ the boys to go through their toys and ___________ some of their less favorite things.

Brad and Brett___________ the toys they had chosen to donate into a box while I filled it with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her much-loved doll hugged __________ to her chest. She __________ in front of the box that held the___________, gave Lucy a __________ kiss, and then laid her gently on top of the other toys. “Oh, honey,” I said. “You don’t have to give Lucy. You love her so much.”

Meghan nodded seriously, eyes glistening(閃光) with held-back ___________. “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. Maybe she’ll make that other little girl__________, too.”

I stared at Meghan for a long moment. I suddenly __________ that true generosity is 59.___________ that which you cherish(珍愛) most. I, who had wanted to teach, had been taught.

Without a word, the boys went to their rooms. They came back with their __________ toys and placed them in the box next to Lucy. Swallowing back tears, I pulled all three of them into my

1.A. exactly B. especially C. properly D. only

2.A. surprise B. happiness C. fear D. shyness

3.A. way B. opportunity C. loss D. message

4.A. help B. raise C. meet D. keep

5.A. illness B. anger C. question D. difficulty

6.A. strange B. ordinary C. poor D. wild

7.A. deal B. share C. save D. prevent

8.A. pens B. books C. goods D. clothes

9.A. encouraged B. asked C. forced D. ordered

10.A. leave B. donate C. send D. miss

11.A. tried B. got C. turned D. placed

12.A. kindly B. really C. tightly D. rarely

13.A. stopped B. lay C. picked D. carried

14.A. goods B. clothes C. toys D. books

15.A. lovely B. final C. hard D. dark

16.A. lights B. tears C. drops D. emotion

17.A. sad B. nice C. happy D. open

18.A. realized B. held C. showed D. cared

19.A. going B. getting C. putting D. giving

20.A. favorite B. excellent C. perfect D. super

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年吉林長春第十一高中高一下期末英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單句改錯

單句改錯

下面每個句子都只有一處語言錯誤。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。多改或不按格式要求改不得分。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（?），并在其下面寫出該詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下面劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

1.I would rather I met him yesterday.

2.The teacher and writer are respected by all the students in his class.

3.He doesn’t feel completely at the ease among strangers.

4.He picked out the lace of the shoe and eats it as if it was spaghetti.

5.At that time, hunger was a disturbed problem in many parts of the countryside.

6.General speaking, the number of the people who drive after drinking is smaller.

7.At the class meeting, some top students introduced several approaches of the study of English.

8.Several villages were cut down from the outside world, for all the roads to them were destroyed.

9.Charlie’s character, the little tramp, was social failure but was loved for his optimism and determination.

10.That made her succeed later on was the kindness and consideration she showed

to all her patients.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2016年高考一輪復(fù)習 新人教版必修1名詞性從句（1）練習英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單項填空

She has expressed her hope ______ the foreign students will spread the good will and sincerity of the Chinese people to other parts of the world.

A. that B. which

C. whether D. what

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2016年高考一輪復(fù)習 新人教版必修1名詞性從句（1）練習英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單項填空

The little girl who got lost decided to remain _________she was and wait tor her mother.

A. where B. what

C. how D. who

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2017屆全國高考英語閱讀理解匯編（2）英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

閱讀理解。

Public bookshelves are appearing across Germany on street corners，city squares and in suburban supermarkets.In these free?for?all libraries，people can grab whatever they want to read，and leave behind anything they want for others.There’s no need to register，no due date，and you can take or give as many as you want.“This project is aimed at everyone who likes to read.It is open for everybody，” Michael Aubermann，one of the organizers of the free book exchange said.

The western city’s latest public shelf was put up next to Bayenturm.It is the fourth free shelf that Aubermann’s group，the Cologne Citizen’s Foundation，has placed outside.“We set up our other outdoor shelves last year and it’s been working really well，” said Aubermann.The public bookshelves，which are usually financed by donations and cared for by local volunteer groups，have appeared independently of each other in many cities，suburbs and villages.Each shelf holds around 200 books and it takes about six weeks for a complete turnover，with all the old titles replaced by new ones.

Even commercial book stores and online book sellers seem to support the idea of free book exchanges.“We see this project rather as a sales promotion than as competition，” said Elmar Muether.“If books are present everywhere，it helps our business，too.”

So far，the Cologne book group has had few problems with damage or other problems.Aubermann said，“Propaganda (宣傳) is the only kind of literature we do not allow here.”

At another bookshelf in the Bayenthal neighborhood，the lower shelves are reserved for children’s literature only.“It is important that we make it easy for everyone to participate in this ‘reading culture on the street’—from old readers to kids to immigrants，” Aubermann said.

While most of the shelves have so far been put up in upscale_neighborhoods，Aubermann and the 20 volunteers who help look after the project are planning to put up future shelves in poor neighborhoods，where citizens often don’t have as much access to literature.

1.Which of the following is TRUE about the public bookshelves?

A．People can take the books and leave their books at will.

B．People can’t borrow books unless they donate books.

C．People can borrow whatever they like after registering.

D．People have to return the books according to the required time.

2.According to Aubermann，the public bookshelves________.

A．a(chǎn)re financed by local volunteers

B．have been going well since their birth

C．were managed by the local government

D．will hold more books and take a shorter turnover

3.The underlined phrase “upscale neighborhoods” refers to________.

A．communities that have many people

B．communities that have many tall buildings

C．communities that are free to live in

D．communities that are of high grade

4.Which might be the best title for the passage?

A．Public Reading Becomes Popular Worldwide

B．New Trends of Bookshelves in Germany

C．Public Bookshelves Spread Across Germany

D．Reading Culture on the Street in Europe

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年湖南省婁底市高一下學(xué)期期末考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：語法填空

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當?shù)膬?nèi)容（不多于3個單詞）或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

It was now raining heavily. My husband was away. I did not want to ask anyone else to go with me. So I went to the hospital by 1. . I was taken to a small room. Lina 2. (lie) sleeping quietly on a table.

This wasn’t 3. first time Lina had taken too many pills. I knew she would sleep deeply for about twelve hours 4. the poison had stopped doing its harm.

I sat down by Lina’s side and watched her sleep. The room was still. I looked around. The room seemed familiar. “Have I been here before?” I wondered. I looked around 5. . “I’m sure I’ve been in this room,” I told myself. Then I remembered. It was in this very room that I gave birth 6. Lina seventeen years ago. 7. happy I was then!

Lina used to be such a bright, 8. (health) and nice child. “What has turned her into a dope-taker (吸毒者)?” I asked myself. “And why are millions of young people like her __9._ (take) dope to destroy themselves? There must be something 10. (serious) wrong with our society. What is it?”

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習冊答案