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Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
A few years ago it was fashionable to speak of a generation gap,a division between young people and their elders. Parents complained that children did not show them proper respect and obedience,while children complained that their parents did not understand them at all. What had gone wrong? Why had the generation gap suddenly appeared? Actually,the generation gap has been around for a long time. Many critics argue that it is built into the fabric of our society.
One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity that young people have to choose their own life styles. In more traditional societies,when children grow up,they are expected to live in the same area as their parents,to marry people that their parents know and approve of,and often to continue the family occupation. In our society,young people often travel great distances for their educations,move out of the family home at an early age,marry-or live with-people whom their parents have never met,and choose occupations different from those of their parents.
In our upwardly mobile society,parents often expect their children to do better than they did:to find better jobs,to make more money,and to do all the things that they were unable to do. Often,however,the ambitions that parents have for their children are another cause of the division between them. Often,they discover that they have very little in common with each other.
Finally,the speed at which changes take place in our society is another cause of the gap between the generations. In a traditional culture,elderly people are valued for their wisdom,but in our society the knowledge of a lifetime may become obsolete overnight. The young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds,separated by different skills and abilities.
No doubt,the generation gap will continue to be a feature of American life for some time to come. Its causes are rooted in the freedoms and opportunities of our society,and in the rapid pace at which society changes.
The main idea of the first paragraph is that______.
A. the generation gap suddenly appeared
B. the generation gap is a feature of American life
C. how people can reduce the generation gap
D. many critics argue over the nature of the generation gap
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Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that .
A.they look like young cuckoos
B.they have claws on the wings
C.they eat a lot like a cow
D.they live on river banks
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A.must
B.could
C.should
D.might
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In American society,young people often______.
A. rely on their parents to make a life
B. stay with their parents in order to get an opportunity for higher education
C. seek the best advice from their parents
D. have very little in common with their parents
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If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a big problem. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what the parent expects, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children. However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a reasonable way, the child may succeed in doing very well—especially if the parents are very supportive of their child. Michael Lee Chao Tin is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers a week for violin lessons. Although Michael’s mother knows very little about music, Michael’s father is a good trumpet player. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling. Michael’s friend, Winston Chiu Fang Weng, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. “When I was your age, I used to win every competition I entered,” Winston’s father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
61.Which of the following mistakes are parents likely to make according to the passage?
A.To neglect their child’s education.
B.To help their child to be a genius.
C.To expect too much of their child.
D.To make their child become a musician.
62.What should parents do in order to help their children succeed?A.They should push the children into achieving a lot.
B.They should try to have their own successful careers.
C.They should arrange private lessons for their children.
D.They should understand and help their children in difficult times.
63.Which of the following statements about Michael Lee’s parents is true?
A.His father is a very poor player of trumpet.
B.His parents are quite rich and have a car.
C.His parents help him in a proper way.
D.His mother knows much about music.
64.Winston’s parents push their son so much that __________.
A.he has succeeded in a lot of competitions
B.he is unhappy because he is not self-confident
C.he feels he cannot learn anything about music from them
D.he has already become a better musician than his father
65.The two examples illustrate the principle that __________.
A.successful parents often have unsuccessful children
B.it is important to let children develop in the way they want
C.parents who want their child to be musical should also be good musicians
D.the more money spent on a child’s education, the better the child will do
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