All parents know that one of their most important tasks is to prepare their children for an independent life, but any parent can tell you that it’s hard to let go of your children. That balance between keeping your children safe and allowing them to learn from their own mistakes can be heartbreaking. Years of experience means that parents often do know best, but on the other hand, the young, being less bound by tradition, are often more creative, more able to find new solutions to old problems. Revolutions are led by the young.

Good teachers make the growth of critical (批判性的) thinking easier in their students, only to find that this can lead to a questioning of the teachers’ basic beliefs. Schools encourage parents to become involved, but are often embarrassed when parents have reservations about some of the educational methods being used. Governments encourage unimportant groups to empower themselves in order to participate fully in the development process. And they are often surprised when the new leaders of these groups turn around and attack the policies of that same government. The rebellions (叛逆的)young and the newly unimportant groups are important in social development. They are not necessarily representatives of those they want to represent or not realistic in their demands, but their voices must be heard.

Good parents know that just forbidding particular behaviors does not prevent their children from finding ways to engage in these forbidden activities. Indeed, sometimes the forbidden fruit is more inviting, just because it is not accepted by authority. Parents must work with their children to educate them on the facts, know as much as possible about he lives of their children, provide a good example, encourage more wholesome activities but also support their children when they don’t follow what is expected of them. But the most important point is that they also need to learn how to let go.

41．By saying “Revolutions are led by the young”, the author indicates that young people are more 　　.

　　　 A．conventional B．realistic C．creative D．heartbreaking

42．From the second paragraph we know 　　　　.

　　　 A．teachers’ basic beliefs should be questioned by students

　　　 B．schools encourage parents to question their education methods

　　　 C．movement is satisfied with the new leaders’ attack on the policies

　　　 D．the voice of the rebellious young should be heard by the government

43．In nrder to educate children well, parents should 　　　　 .

　　　 A．forbid particular behaviors in their daily life

　　　 B．know them well and set a good example to them

　　　 C．educate them with facts and expect much of them

　　　 D．know as much as possible as their children

44．From the passage we can learn that the author prefers 　　　　.

　　　 A．free parenting　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．traditional parenting

　　　 C．critical parenting　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．smart parenting

45．What is the best title of the passage?

　　　 A．Letting Go – for Children’s Independent Life

　　　 B．Parents’ Tasks – in Children’s Development

　　　 C．Way of Growth – for the Young Groups

　　　 D．Teaching Methods – for Teachers and Schools

阅读理解

　　The early adolescent (青春期少年) seems to be in a state that is difficult for most adults (grown - ups) to understand. Parents, in particular, are often at lass to be able to deal with someone they thought they knew but who seems changed. Change ability and contradiction arc true to young people at this time. They want to depend on themselves and refuse to accept their parents’ control, appearing at times rebellious (叛逆的). At the same time they almost foolishly follow other young people’ s standards of dress, music and manners. They seem to be completely self - centred materialistic one moment, then suddenly change themselves to an unselfish giving of themselves in the service of some social and political cause. They can be extremely thoughtless or inexperienced one day, terribly sensitive the next. Their spirits can change within minutes from being on top of the world to feeling that everything is hopeless. Consistency is totally missing, and these rapid changes and contradictions seem hard to understand.

1．From the information given in the article, we know parents find adolescents hard to understand because ________.

[　　]

A．they are always self - centred and thoughtless

B．they want to depend on themselves

C．the parents fed lost

D．they lack consistency

2．The topic sentence says, “The early adolescent seems to be in a state that is difficult for most adults to understand. “What do you think the state is like?

A．Foolish.

B．Rebellions.

C．Changeable.

D．Easy to be angry.

3．Adolescents are at times extremely rebellious towards their parents, yet foolishly accept other young people’s standards. This is an example of ________.

[　　]

A．not knowing right from wrong

B．political service

C．lack of consistency

D．independence

4．The writer probably thinks ________.

[　　]

A．adolescents are sensitive

B．adolescents are treated too - softly in today’s society

C．adolescence is a difficult period

D．parents should be more strict with their adolescent children

阅读理解

　　Week after week in recent months, various cities throughout Europe have been the scene of violent clashes (冲突) between youths and the police.

　　While they seem to have little in common with the 1968 students protests, the clashes are beginning to be regarded with increasing alarm.

　　In the past few days, television audience throughout Europe have looked on with shock at news broadcasts of pitched street battles (街头阵地战) between angry youths protesting about the inadequacy (不充分) of low-cost housing in Zurich and Amsterdam and forces of special riot police.

　　The riots, which have stunned (使惊吓) complacent (自满的) authorities and citizens in Holland, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Britain, France and other European countries in recent months, are seen as being fundamentally different from the wave of rebellion that swept across the political firmament (苍天) of the late 1960s' rebellions associated (联合) with the names of Rudi Dutschke and Cohn-Dendit.

　　“They seem more mindless than in 1968,” noted one Bruessels-based European official who deals with the problems of young people. “They are less ideological (意识形态的) and seem to have no intellectual (智力的) or political overtones, (含义)” he added. According to this expert, the riots may be reminiscent (使人想起的) of the 1968 disturbances, in which they are “a protest (抗议) against the inequalities and inadequacies of society.”

　　But despite the fact young Europeans are among the hardest hit by recession (不景气) and record levels of unemployment, few of the recent disturbances have been closely linked to this type of frustration. (挫折)

　　If there is any thread to the series of otherwise random (随便的) riots and clashes that began erupting in the Europe in April of this year, it is the violent reaction of young people to the destruction of their low-cost housing units or youth centers to make way for middle-class projects. (计划) Such explosions against eviction (逐出) have taken place in Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and Zurich in the past few months.

1．The most possible reason for the riots is ________.

[　　]

A．to protest the complacent officials

B．to save Rudi Dutschke and Cohn-Dendit

C．to protest inadequacy and “eviction”

D．to protest unemployment

2．Comparing with 1968 student rebellions, the riots are

[　　]

A．with more political purposes

B．more ideological

C．more violent

D．more lacking in intelligence

3．In which of the following cities, there's no scene of students riots?

[　　]

4．The most probable meaning of the word “disturbance” in line 2, para. 6 is ________.

[　　]

5．What can we infer from the passage?

[　　]

A．The recent students rebellion resembled the one in 1968.

B．Neither the government nor the citizens cared much about the rebellion.

C．The rebellion is caused by the economic depression in Europe.

D．The rebellion is not for any political purpose.

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　Scarlett came into power at Tara now and, like others who became top leaders suddenly, all the bullying（威吓人的）nature in her rose to the surface． It was not that she was basically unkind． It was because she was afraid that others would learn about her short-comings and refuse to obey her． Besides, there was some pleasure in shouting at people and knowing they were afraid． She was not blind to the fact that her character was changing． Sometimes when she made others frightened, she wondered where her good manners had gone． All the gentleness Ellen had tried hard to put in her had fallen away from her as quickly as leaves fall from trees in the first cold wind of autumn．

　Time and again, Ellen had said, “Be firm but be gentle with those below, especially darkies（黑人）.”“But if I was gentle, the darkies would sit in the room all day, talking endlessly about the good old days when a house Negro wasn't supposed to do a field hand's work,”she would answer．

　She couldn't even love her sisters now． They were simply a dead weight on her shoulders． As for cherishing（珍爱）them, wasn't she bathing them, combing their hair and feeding them, even walking miles every day to find vegetables? If she was overly kind and gentle to them, they'd probably stay longer in bed, and she wanted them on their feet again as soon as possible, so there would be four more hands to help her

(1) That Scarlett came into power most probably means ______．

[　　]

A．she became president of Tara

B．she became owner of a landlord family

C．she suddenly became strong enough to bully others

D．she could be unkind to others

(2) Scarlett thought it necessary to shout at people so as to ______．

[　　]

A．make them afraid of her

B．cover her weak points

C．make herself understood

D．both A and B

(3) Scarlett knew that ______．

[　　]

A．she should be both firm and gentle to those below

B．a house Negro did only farm work in the past

C．she used to have good manners

D．she should get rid of her bad manners as quickly as possible

(4) What had probably happened to Scarlett before she came into power?

[　　]

A．She had defeated her enemies and become the top leader．

B．She had put down the rebellions（反叛）of the darkies．

C．Her parents had died, leaving her taking care of everything．

D．Her sisters had put on a dead weight on her shoulders．

(5) Which of the following explains why Scarlett couldn't love her sisters?

[　　]

A．She wanted to bully them too．

B．they didn't want to do a field hand's work．

C．They wanted to stay longer in bed．

D．She was too busy and wanted their help．