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

For many parents, raising a teenager is like fightinga long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflictbetween neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Whereis the line between what I control and what you do?

Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has anypower to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing toadmit any responsibility for starting it. From the parents’ point of view, theonly cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness. Andof course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. Bothfeel trapped.

In this article, I’ll describe three no-win situationsthat commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out ofthe trap. The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things.Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom,the preferred style of clothing, the child’s failure to eat a good breakfastbefore school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second,blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his badattitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right.It doesn’t matter what the topic is. The laws of physics or the proper way tobreak an egg —the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right andthe other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority—someonewho actually knows something — and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately,as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than theother, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any realprogress.

1.Why does the author compare the parent-teen war to aborder conflict?

A．Both cancontinue for generations.          B．Both areabout where to draw the line

C．Neither hasany clear winner               D．Neither canbe put to an end

2.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．The teensblame their parents for starting the conflict.

B．The teensagree with their parents on the cause of the conflict

C．The teenscause their parents to mislead them

D．The teenstend to have a full understanding of their parents

3.Parents and teens want to be right because they wantto ________.

A．give ordersto the other                  B．know morethan the other

C．gain respectfrom the other               D．get the otherto behave properly

4.What will the author most probably discuss in theparagraph that follows?

A．Causes forthe parent –teen conflicts       B．Examples ofthe parent –teen war.

C．Solutions forthe parent –teen problems    D．Future of theparent-teen relationship

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1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C  

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