题目

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 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 new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?’’’ says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.” Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits. Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and 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 can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority 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 among parents.” Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process 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 accomplished 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.” 43. The underlined word 6 gulf, in Para.3 most probably means . A. difference B. distance C. separation D. interest 44. The change in today’s parent-child relationship is . A. more confusion among parents B. less respect for parents from children C. new equality between parents and children D. more strictness and authority on the part of parents 45. By saying “today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side.” the author means that today’s parents . A. have little difficulty adjusting to the change B. can set a limit to the change C. fail to take the change seriously D. follow the trend of the change 46. The purpose of the passage is to . A. describe the difficulties today’s parents have met with B. compare today’s parent-child relationship with that in the past C. suggest the ways to handle the parent-child relationship D. discuss the development of the parent-child relationship

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 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 new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?’’’ says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”

Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.

Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and 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 can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority 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 among parents.”

Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process 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 accomplished 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.”

43. The underlined word 6 gulf, in Para.3 most probably means      .

A. difference    B. distance

C. separation    D. interest

44. The change in today’s parent-child relationship is      .

A. more confusion among parents

B. less respect for parents from children

C. new equality between parents and children

D. more strictness and authority on the part of parents

45. By saying “today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side.” the author means that today’s parents      .

A. have little difficulty adjusting to the change

B. can set a limit to the change

C. fail to take the change seriously

D. follow the trend of the change

46. The purpose of the passage is to      .

A. describe the difficulties today’s parents have met with

B. compare today’s parent-child relationship with that in the past

C. suggest the ways to handle the parent-child relationship

D. discuss the development of the parent-child relationship

题目解答

答案

43. A    44. C    45. D    46. D

解析

考查要点：

  1. 词汇猜测：根据上下文理解“gulf”的具体含义。
  2. 细节理解：识别文章中描述的代际关系变化的关键特征。
  3. 句子含义：结合语境推断“on the ‘after’ side”的隐含意义。
  4. 主旨大意：把握文章整体讨论的核心主题——代际关系的演变。

解题核心：

  • 联系上下文：通过段落中的关键词（如“generation gap”“separate orbits”）推断词义。
  • 定位关键句：如“the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow”直接对应选项。
  • 逻辑推理：结合作者对“before”和“after”变化的描述，判断代际关系的总体趋势。

第43题

关键句：
“Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.”
解析：

  • “gulf”在此处指代代之间的显著差异。
  • 上文提到音乐是代沟之一，下文列举了服装、活动等其他差异，说明“gulf”对应A. difference。

第44题

关键句：
“the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families... the new equality can also result in less respect for parents.”
解析：

  • 文章明确指出代际关系的变化是“new equality”（新平等），即父母与子女地位更接近，对应C。

第45题

关键句：
“today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side of that change”
解析：

  • “after side”指接受并适应变化的一代，说明今天的父母跟随时代趋势，对应D。

第46题

关键句：
“Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes... the parent-child relationship”
解析：

  • 文章通过历史背景（如1960年代文化变革）分析代际关系的发展过程，而非单纯比较或提建议，对应D。