Question

Have you ever had a dream to make your home a happier place? Maybe there are some points you can follow.

1. When you want to dress in a modern way, your mum doesn’t like you wearing a mini-skirt. When you are making phone calls to friends, they ask if you’re speaking to a boy or a girl. Sometimes it seems that you’re not as close to your parents as you used to be. How can you become close again?

Closing the Gap by American writer Jay McGraw gives advice on how to have a better relationship with your parents. 2. When you think, “My parents don’t want me to have any fun,” that usually means your parents want you to be safe. 3. They need to feel they are important and loved. You should tell your parents your needs, and find out what their needs are. Then, you can think of a way to make all of you happy. He gives you some ideas:

(1) 4. You could talk about your school life and your plans for the future.

(2) Keep a diary. This is to help you understand more about yourself and your feelings.

(3) Show your parents you are growing up. 5.

Your parents will feel that you are no longer a little child. If you follow these steps, soon you will be able to break down the walls between your parents and yourself.

A. Make time to talk.

B. They seldom talk with each other.

C. Both parents and children have needs.

D. Wash your clothes and help clean the house.

E. A generation gap has become a serious problem.

F. He gives ways to help you understand your parents.

G. Sometimes you don’t think your parents are fair to you.

Answer 1

1.G

2.F

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述營造一個快樂家庭的幾點建議，主要是與父母和諧溝通并幫父母減輕負擔。

1.

2. McGraw寫那本書是教人們如何緩解與父母之間的關系，然后里面講了一個例子說換一種方式去理解父母對你的用意，故選F。

3. should tell your parents your needs, and find out what their needs are.”可知父母與孩子之間都應知道他們自己所需要的，故前面的空選C。

4. could talk about your school life and your plans for the future.”其中心詞為“talk”,那么與此相呼應的選項為A，找時間與父母談談，故選A。

5. your parents you are growing up.”那么后面相應的內容應是如何向父母證明自己長大了，七個選項中只有D項符合，通過做家務事來減輕父母的負擔，故選D。

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