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阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中选出最佳选项。

　　I'm beginning to think that my grandmother is right when she complains(埋怨), as she frequently does, that children nowadays aren't as well-behaved (polite) as they used to be. She recounts in detail how she used to be told to respect her elders and betters. She was taught to speak only when spoken to , and when she went out on her own, she was reminded to say please and thank you. Children in her days, she continues, were expected to be seen and not heard, but these days you're lucky if you ever hear parents telling their children to mind their manners.

　　If you give her the chance she then takes out of her old writing desk the old photograph album(相册) she keeps there, and which she never tires of displaying (展示). Of course when you look at pictures of her parents you feel sure that, with a father as strict looking as that, you too would have been“seen and not heard”. Beside him sits his wife, with their children around her—Granny and her elder brothers. It always occurs to me that perhaps those long, stiff, black clothes were so burdensome (heavy) to a little girl that she hadn't enough breath left to be talkative, let alone being naughty. It must have been a dull and lonely life too, for she stayed mainly at home during her childhood, while her brothers were sent to school from an early age.

　　Nevertheless, my childhood was much freer than Granny's. I went to school with my brother. I played football with him and his friend. We all spoke a common language, and we got up to the same mischief(恶作剧). I would have died if I had had to stay indoors, wearing tight, stiff clothes.

1．The writer thinks that ________.

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A．perhaps her grandmother's early life was sad

B．her grandmother complains too little

C．perhaps her grandmother complains too much

D．her grandmother may probably be right

2．Who were the grandmother's“elders and betters”?

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A．People of older age and more experience

B．Older people who were better than she was.

C．Very good people who were elderly.

D．Very old people who behaved well.

3．Children were expected ________.

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A．to keep their mouths shut at all times

B．to hear and not to see

C．to be present but keep silent

D．to be seen in silence

4．The beat title for the passage is ________.

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A．Other times, other customs

B．Children in the past and at present

C．My dear Granny

D．Be ever happy

Answer 1

答案：D;A;C;B
解析：

1．D　　导解：短文客观讲述奶奶对她的童年的描述，说这种生活“我”可忍受不了，文章开头说“我开始认为奶奶说的是对的”表明其态度。 　　2．A　　导解：her elders指年龄比她大的，her betters指比她做的更好更成功的，“奶奶小时候接受的教育让她尊重长者与比她更强的人”。 　　3．C　　导解：奶奶小时候的教诲是to be seen and not heard，即要呆在附近但不说话（不许乱跑，不能乱说）。 　　4．B　　导解：全文通过奶奶的讲述及“我”的感触描述两代人不同的童年及观念。