For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go b

For many parents, raising ateenager 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 isabout boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?

Both sides want peace, butneither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part, this is becauseneither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From theparents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’complete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly thesame way, except oppositely. Both feel trapped.

In this article. I’lldescribe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parentsand then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first no-win situation isquarrels over unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teen’shair, the cleanliness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, thechild’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleepuntil noon on the weekends. Second,  blaming. The goal of a blaming battleis to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everythinggoes wrong. Third, needing to be right, It doesn’t matter what the topic is–politics. The taws of physics, or the proper way to break an egg –the point ofthese 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 knowssomething — and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately, as long as long asparents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other,they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any realprogress.

1.Why does theauthor compare the parent-teen war to a border conflict?

A. Both can continue forgenerations.     

B. Both are about where todraw the line

C. Neither has any clearwinner          

D. Neither can be put to anend

2.What does theunderlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. The teens blame theirparents for starting the conflict.

B. The teens agree withtheir parents on the cause of the conflict

C. The teens cause theirparents of misleading them

D. The teens tend to have afull understanding of their parents

3.Parents and teenswant to be right because they want to ________.

A. give orders to the other           

B. know more than the other

C. gain respect from theother        

D. get the other to behaveproperly

4.What will theauthor 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-teenrelationship

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1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C

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