阅读理解

　　Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends．Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr．Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests they both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager．

　　“I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the latest film is really great．How do you like it?'” says Ballmer．“There was just a complete gap in taste．”

　　Film was not the only gulf．From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in their own circles．

　　Today, the generation gap(代沟)has not disappeared, but it is getting smaller in many families．Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago．Now they are common．And parent-child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood．

　　No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend．”

　　But family experts warn that the new equality(平等)between parents and kids may also result in less respect for parents．“There's still a lot of strictness and power on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College．“In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion(困惑)among parents．”

　　Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these changing roles and attitudes．They see the 1960s as a turning point．Great cultural changes led to more open communication that encourages everyone to have a say．

　　“My parents were on the ‘before' side of that change, but today's parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after' side,” explains Mr．Ballmer．“It's not something easily carried through by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now．”

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(阅读理解)

　　In American school there is something called Homecoming Day(校友返校日). Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be the most important thing of the year except Graduation of Commencement Day(毕业典礼日). Students plan Homecoming Day for many weeks in advance(预先).

　　Several days before Homecoming, students start to decorate the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Homecoming twenty or thirty years after their graduation.

The members of school clubs build booths(摊位) and sell lemonade, apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome the visitors.

　　During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.

　　Everyone soon comes to watch the football game.When the game is half over, the band comes onto the field and plays school songs.

Another important moment is when the Homecoming Queen or King appears. All the students vote a most popular student Homecoming Queen or King. It is a great honour(荣誉) to be chosen.

　　Homecoming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game.

　　Even if the team loses,the students still enjoy Homecoming. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　Mr and Mrs King have lived in our town for nearly twenty years．They have a bookshop by the bus station．They’re polite 　　1　　 everyone and have a lot of friends．They often 　　2　　 the poor students and sell them some 　　3　　 cheaply．So there are many young men in their shop．Of course people 　　4　　 them and their friends often visit them and 　　5　　 with them, we can always hear their rooms are full of 　　6　　．

　　It was a Friday evening．Mr and Mrs King were going to have a 　　7　　 on the island the next 　　8　　．It was a little far from our town．So they had to 　　9　　 earlier than usual to catch the next day's early train．After 　　10　　 a few friends came to see them while they were 　　11　　 some food and drinks ready for the picnic．Mr King and his wife had to stop to receive them．They talked a lot and few of them looked at the 　　12　　 on the wall．It was late and Mr and Mrs King were very 　　13　　 , but they couldn't tell the visitors about it．Mrs King thought for a few minutes and had an idea．She said to her husband, “Oh, it's ten o’clock! You'd better stop talking, dear! Our guests(客人)are eager(急切的)to 　　14　　 ! ”

　　Mr King heard this and stood up, then he said 　　15　　 to the visitors and they left soon．

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

(15)