长沙理工大学自考英语考试资料(一)(10)

It was the sheet of yellow copy paper covered with the painful outburst of a small boy s

troubled heart that helped me. On both sides of it was single sentence written over and over again:

“Dear Mom…Dear Daddy…I love you…I love you…I love you.”

1、The writer of the passage was Tommy s __________.

A、parent B、teacher

C、classmate D、schoolmaster

2、The writer believed that in the past Tommy had been __________.

A、a careless and impossible son B、a flexible and cooperative child

C、a cheerful and outstanding student D、a disrespectful and aggressive boy

3、In the writer s opinion, the gray sweater hanging limply on the desk is a sign of Tommy s

_______.

A、low spirits B、failing schoolwork

C、inactive personality D、troublesome behaviors

4、Before Tommy s parents arrived, the writer __________.

A、knew they would soon reunite B、was sure that they would come

C、decided to show them the tear-stained paper

D、had found out the cause of Tommy s misery

5、The writer regarded the changes in Tommy s school performance as the result of his parents

____.

A、divorce B、separation

C、neglectfulness D、soft-heartedness

Passage Seven

I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and tend to forget how

they themselves felt when young. And it is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at

times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between their parents and themselves.

They are always complaining, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern

ways of life; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with

crises; that they talk too much about certain problems; and that they have no sense of humor, at least

in parent-child relationships.

Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles and

music, yet this is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not

yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their

music or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, they will only get additional

enjoyment. They feel that they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in

style and taste.

Sometimes they are rebellious (叛逆的) and proud because they do not want their parents to

approve of what they do. If their parents do approve, they feel they are betraying their own age

group. But in that case, they are assuming that they are the loser: they can t win but at least they

can keep their honour. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long

years of childhood when they are completely under their parents control. But they ignore the fact

that they are now beginning to be responsible for themselves.

If they plan to control their life, co-operation can be part of their plan. They can charm others,

especially their parents, into doing things the way they want. They can impress others with their

sense of responsibility and initiative, so that their parents will give them the authority to do what

they want to do.

1、The word “possessive” (Para. 1) can be replaced by __________.

A、careful B、greedy C、diligent

2、the first paragraph mainly deals with __________.

D、selfish