Comprehension 理解
Answer these questions:
1 What sort of behaviour among parents does the author characterize as‘childish’?
2 Why, according to the author, is it inevitable that adolescents should become disillusioned with their parents?
3 How does our attitude towards adolescents differ from that of the Victorians?
Vocabulary 词汇
Refer to the text to see how the following words have been used, then write sentences of your own using authoritarian attitude (11.19-20).
Summary 摘要
Drawing your information from lines 1-15 (‘Parents… resisting it.’) write a summary of the author's argument that it is inevitable that adolescents should react against their parents. Do not write more than 100 words. Your answer should be in one paragraph.
Composition 作文
A Write a list of ideas in note form which could be used to discuss this subject:
Account for the fact that children seem to grow up more quickly today than they did in the past.
B Drawing on your list of ideas, write a composition of about 400 words.
Key structures 关键句型
A Put the words in parentheses in their correct position in these sentences. In many cases, more than one
position is possible. Do not refer to the passage until you have finished the exercise:
1 Parents are upset when their children praise the homes of their friends. (often) (1.1)
2 Such a loss of dignity and descent into childish behaviour on the part of the adults shocks the adolescents. (deeply)(11.4-5)
3 They realize that they have brought this on themselves. (seldom) (1.7)infallibility. (greatly, deeply, usually) (11.11-12)
B Compare the uses of enough in these two sentences:
1 Parents are… often foolish enough to let the adolescents see that they are annoyed. (11.1-3)
2 Have you had enough tea, or would you like some more?
Write two sentences using enough in the ways shown above.
C Note the form of the verbs used after let and make in these two sentences:
1 Parents are often foolish enough to let the adolescents see that they are annoyed. (11.2-3)
2 Such a loss of dignity makes them resolve that in future they will not talk to their parents. (11.4-5)
Complete the following sentences:
1 They let us ______
2 We made them ______
3 Will you let him ______
4 Why make me ______
D Supply the correct form of the verbs in parentheses in these sentences. Do not refer to the passage until you have finished the exercise:
1 Parents greatly (surprise) ______ if they realized how much this faith means to a child. (11.11-12)
2 If parents were prepared for this adolescent reaction, and ______ (realize) that it _____ (be) a sign that the child ______ _(grow) up and ______ (develop) valuable powers of observation and independent judgment, they not (be)so hurt, and therefore not ______ (drive) the child into opposition by resenting and resisting it. (11.12-15)
E Compare these two sentences:
Instead of saying: The thing the child cannot forgive is the parents' refusal to admit these charges.
We can say: What the child cannot forgive is the parents' refusal to admit these charges. (11.17-18)
Write three statements similar in form to the one above beginning with What.
Special difficulties 难点
A Study the following pairs of words and then write sentences of your own to bring out the difference.
1 enough (1.2) ---- fairly
The water is warm enough to swim in.
The water is fairly warm.
2 loss (1.4)---- lose Our company made a big loss last year.
Try not to lose your ticket.
3 descent (1.4)----decent
The pilot managed an emergency descent and landed in a field.
Decent citizens have nothing to fear from this legislation.
4 belief (1.11)---- loyalty
Try to have more belief in your own ability.
Family loyalty makes it impossible for him to say anything negative about his relations.
5 grow up (1.13)----grow
What do you want to do when you grow up?
Livia grows all her own vegetables.
6 hurt (1.14)---- pain
I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings.
I banged against the table and hurt my knee. My knee hurts.
I had such a pain in the stomach after eating oysters.
7 refusal (1.17)---- denial
A journalist's refusal to identify his source of information has landed him in prison before now.
He gave the statement an unqualified denial.
The journalist's denial that he had handled stolen documents was not believed at the inquiry.
B Write sentences using the following phrases:
on the part of (1.4); before very long (1.6); to stand up to (1.10); nothing of the kind (1.20); on the whole (1.21); to face up to (1.22); at the moment (11.22-23).
Multiple choice questions 多项选择题
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension 理解
1 Adolescents often fail to communicate ______ .
a．when parents feel their children are criticising their cooking
b．because they don't want to talk about the places or people they visit
c．because they don't want to annoy their parents
d．in response to negative behaviour from their parents
2 When adolescents feel disillusion with their parents ______ __.
a．they don't really mean it
b．they want to hurt them
c．it's often a sign they're developing into maturity
d．they are expressing their dissatisfaction with them
3 Adolescents are likely to ______ __.
a．show more respect for parents who don't think they're always right
b．resent and resist parents what ever the parents do
c．respect their parents' infallibility
d．treat their parents unfairly and unjustly
4 In Victorian times, adolescents ______ _.
a．had more respect for their parents than today
b．always faced up to reality, however painful it might be
c．were too afraid to show their true feelings
d．admired the authoritarian attitude of their parents
Structure 句型
5 Parents are often ______foolish ______ show they are annoyed. (11.1-2)
a．so… that
b．so… as to
c．so… to
d．such…to
6 They may even make spiteful remarks about the parents of their ______ . (1.3)
a．friend
b．friends'
c．friend's
d．friends
7 Soon parents will complain that the child never ______ anything to them. (11.6-7)
a．says
b．tells
c．talks
d．speaks
8 ______ parents are unsatisfactory, children won't have high ideals of them. (11.9-10)
a．Until
b．As long
c．If
d．Though
Vocabulary 词汇
9 Such a loss of dignity makes them ______ that they won't talk to their parents. (11.4-5)
a．deny
b．refuse
c．explain
d．decide
10 Disillusionment with parents, however ______they may be, is inevitable. (11.8-9)
a．outstanding
b．satisfactory
c．promising
d．enough
11 Most children have such a high ideal, it can hardly stand up to realistic ______ . (11.9-10)
a．valuation
b．estimate
c．assessment
d．estimation
12 The adolescent always respects a parent who ______ that he is wrong. (1.16)
a．confesses
b．confides
c．explains
d．excepts