Question

Dear Michelle:

Why can't my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back.

He consumes every waking minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well.

His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited.

I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help!

A worried mother

Dear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl:

What's the matter with kids today? Remember that song from "Bye Bye Birdie"?

Well if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills. Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, not should it be.

Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for management, and if management went before experience, there would be little of it.

Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is smart, studies with

intelligence and you have given her good Values.

When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visits the ones that were specifically designed for student the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend's influence.

It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their academic career for puppy love. That being said, there might be some adolescent wisdom in her behavior after all.

Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a good girl and being a steady source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.

Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11th grade rebellion. She deserves a break from perfection.

Michelle

1.From the mother's letter we can learn that her daughter__________.

A. is being fooled by the boy

B. has fallen behind in her studies

C. doesn't talk much with her mother

D. has chosen which college to attend

2.According to Michelle, 17-year-teenagers___________.

A. are too young to manage their life

B. are old enough to live their own life

C. should have management before experience

D. have reached the age of an adult

3.Michelle seems to believe that the daughter will finally __________.

A. come up with the right decision

B. follow her boyfriend's advice

C. worry her parents for unconscious reasons

D. influence her boyfriend's behavior

4.The best title for the passage would be__________.

A. College of kids’ own choice

B. How can I help my girl?

C. How to manage teenagers’ life?

D. A 17-year-old girl and her mother

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章包含兩封信，第一封信是一位媽媽寫給Michelle的，她擔(dān)心女兒生活不能自理，怕女兒受到男朋友的影響而耽誤學(xué)業(yè)。Michelle認(rèn)為青少年還不具備自理生活的能力。等到選擇大學(xué)的時候，女孩會作出正確的選擇。

1.I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out.”可知，女兒不愿意跟媽媽交談，故選C。

2.because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, not should it be.”可知，對于17歲的青少年來說，讓他們學(xué)會管理自己的生活，有點苛刻了，因為他們還沒有能力安排好自己的生活，故選A。

3.and she visits the ones that were specifically designed for student the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend's influence.”可知，Michelle認(rèn)為到選擇大學(xué)的時候，她會遇到一些專為尖子生準(zhǔn)備的備選大學(xué)，到時，她會擺脫男朋友的影響。Michelle認(rèn)為這個女孩會作出正確的決定，故選A。

4.Michelle的回信。一位媽媽擔(dān)心女兒無法料理好自己的生活，甚至耽誤了自己的學(xué)業(yè)。媽媽來信主要是反映女兒的問題，排除D；Michelle認(rèn)為青少年還沒有能力管理自己的生活，排除C；A項不是來信談?wù)摰脑掝}，故選B。

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