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For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?
Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ plete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely.
In this article, I’ll describe three no-win situations that monly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the dilemma. The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right. It doesn’t matter what the topic is — politics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an egg — the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority — someone who actually knows something — and therefore to mand respect. Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.
【小题1】Why does the author pare the parent-teen war to a border conflict?A．Both can continue for generations.B．Both are about where to draw the line. C．Neither has any clear winner.D．Neither can be put to an end.【小题2】What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?A．The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.B．The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict. C．The teens accuse their parents of misleading them. D．The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents.【小题3】Parents and teens want to be right because they want to .A．give orders to the otherB．know more than the other C．gain respect from the otherD．get the other to behave properly【小题4】What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?A．Causes for the parent-teen conflicts.B．Examples of the parent-teen war. C．Solutions for the parent-teen problems.D．Future of the parent-teen relationship.【小题5】Where do you think this passage can be found?A．In a report.B．In a letterC．In a novel.D．In a textbook.B
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(答案→)B
解析：本文主要分析了父母和孩子之间的矛盾的三个原因。
【小题1】B 细节题。根据文章第一段第二句Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?可知这两者的相似之处在于界限的问题。故B正确。
【小题2】A 推理题。根据From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ plete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. 可知父母责备孩子是导致争吵的原因，孩子自然也认为父母是导致争吵的根源。故A正确。
【小题3】C 细节题。根据文章最后一段Third, needing to be right. It doesn’t matter what the topic is — politics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an egg — the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority — someone who actually knows something — and therefore to mand respect.可知这样的原因主要是因为双方都想得到尊敬。故C正确。
【小题4】C 推理题。在最后一段中分析了主要的父母和孩子之间争吵的原因，接下来就压解释如何来解决这些问题了。故C正确。
【小题5】D 推理题。本文讲述的是父母和孩子之间的矛盾的原因，不可能是新闻报告，信件和小说，最可能是家庭教育的书本里。故D项正确。