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,
Hmmmmm. 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, nor 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 are specifically designed for students at 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. 1.

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

    1. A.
      is being fooled by the boy
    2. B.
      has fallen behind in her studies
    3. C.
      doesn't talk much with her mother
    4. D.
      has chosen which college to attend
  2. 2.

    According to Michelle, 17-year-old teenagers              

    1. A.
      are too young to manage their life
    2. B.
      are old enough to live their own life
    3. C.
      should have management before experience
    4. D.
      have reached the age of an adult
  3. 3.

    The underlined word "puppy-love" refer to          .

    1. A.
      false love
    2. B.
      foolish love
    3. C.
      pure love
    4. D.
      adolescent love
  4. 4.

    Michelle seems to believe that the daughter will finally          .

    1. A.
      come up with the right decision
    2. B.
      follow her boyfriend's advice
    3. C.
      worry her parents for unconscious reasons
    4. D.
      influence her boyfriend's behavior
  5. 5.

    The best title for the passage would be           .

    1. A.
      College of kids' own choice
    2. B.
      How can I help my girl?
    3. C.
      How to manage teenagers' life?
    4. D.
      A 17-year-old girl and her mother
CADAB
試題分析：文章是一個擔(dān)心的媽媽寫給Michelle的信，說明她女兒出現(xiàn)的早戀的問題并有可能影響大學(xué)的選擇，Michelle幫媽媽分析了情況也給出了自己的建議。
1.細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out.可知可以看出媽媽想救女兒，但是女兒把媽媽排斥在外，不怎么和她說話，選C
2.細(xì)節(jié)題：從Michelle回信的第二段的句子：Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, nor should it be.可知他認(rèn)為現(xiàn)在的17歲的年輕人不會處理自己的生活，選A
3.猜詞題：從媽媽的來信中說女兒和一個男孩戀愛的事情，和后面的句子：there might be some adolescent wisdom in her behavior after all.可知"puppy-love"指的是adolescent love
早戀，選D
4.細(xì)節(jié)題;從回信的第五段的內(nèi)容：When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visits the ones that are specifically designed for students at the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend's influence. 可知Michelle認(rèn)為這個女兒會做出正確的決定的，選A
5.主旨題：文章是一個擔(dān)心的媽媽寫給Michelle的信，說明她女兒的問題，從最后一句話She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help!可知媽媽是想征求意見怎么幫助自己的女兒。選B
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