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(2020·浙江余姚模拟)The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families.But it seems that four out of five young people now get on well with their parents，which is the opposite of the popularlyheld image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it had ever been in the past.“We were surprised by just how positive today's young people seem to be about their families，” said one member of the research team.“They're expected to be rebellious(叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds: they want a car and material goods，and they worry about whether school is serving them well.There's more negotiation(商议) and discussion between parents and children，and children expect to take part in the family decisionmaking process.They don't want to rock the boat.”
So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends.“My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me，” says 17yearold Daniel Lazall.“I always tell them when I'm going out clubbing.As long as they know what I'm doing，they're fine with me.” Susan Crome，who is now 21，agrees.“Looking back on the last 10 years，there was a lot of what you could call negotiation.For example，as long as I'd done all my homework，I could go out on a Saturday night.But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”
Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected.It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion(反抗) is not rooted in real facts.A researcher comments，“Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings.But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled.The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over.”
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文。一个重要的新研究表明： 与三十年前的父母相比，现在的父母给孩子更多的自由；这一代的父母更有可能像朋友一样对待自己的孩子，所以他们的家庭生活比以往过去的任何时候都更加和谐。
1．According to the author，teenage rebellion ________.
A．may be a false belief
B．is common nowadays
C．existed only in the 1960s
D．resulted from changes in families
A [推理判断题。根据第四段“It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts(青少年叛逆可能不是事实)”推出“may be a false belief”。故选A。]
2．The study shows that teenagers don't want to _______.
A．share family responsibility
B．cause trouble in their families
C．go boating with their family
D．make family decisions
B [细节理解题。根据文章第二段“There's more negotiation and discussion between parents and children，and children expect to take part in the family decisionmaking process.They don't want to rock the boat.”看出“孩子们与父母讨论协商，期待参与家庭一些决策，但他们不想rock the boat”，意思是to do sth.that upsets a situation and causes problems(捣乱，惹麻烦)，推出答案B。]
3．Compared with parents of 30 years ago，today's parents ________.
A．go to clubs more often with their children
B．are much stricter with their children
C．care less about their children's life
D．give their children more freedom
D [细节理解题。根据文章第三段所给的一些事例及“But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”可知与30年前的父母相比，现在的父母给他们的孩子更多的自由，所以选D。]
4．What is the best title for the text?
A．Negotiation in family.
B．Education in family.
C．Harmony in family.
D．Teenage trouble in family.
C [主旨大意题。根据文章第一句(本文的主题句)，可知这篇文章主要讲了家庭的和谐问题，所以选C。]
