Question

  Do you often communicate with your parents?

  Some parents are always comparing their 1        with themselves when they were young,or with other people when they were children.

  "When I was your age”， a father said to 2        sixteen-year-old son one day , " I was at the top of my class every year. And I 3        what I wanted to do when I left school. I had goals.You are always at the bottom of your class 4        you have no goals."

  The man's son said nothing. He had already heard this from his father 5        times.

  "And when your mother was your age”， the young man's father 6      , " she had a good job and she was earning money. You don't even have a parttime job. You earn nothing." The man's son still said 7        He had heard this before,8      

  "And 9      your elder brother was your age , ”the young man's father went on ," he studied hard. But you just 10        your time." And the man's son still said nothing.

  Finally,the young man's 11        said , " And when Abraham Lincoln was your age,he worked all day and studied at night."

  This time the son 12        stay silent.

  "And when Abraham Lincoln was your age,father ," he said , " He was the President of 13       United States. 14       are you?"

  His father had no answer to this.

  Are your parents always comparing you 15        others? And what's your reply? Do you have a better way to communicate with each other?

(   ) 1. A. children   B. students   C. teachers   D. friends

(   ) 2. A. my   B. his   C. her   D. your

(   ) 3. A. know   B. knew   C. will know   D. have known

(   ) 4. A. although   B. or   C. and   D. unless

(   ) 5. A. many   B. few   C. any   D. much

(   ) 6. A. went away   B. went over   C. went up   D. went on

(   ) 7. A. something   B. anything   C. nothing   D. everything

(   ) 8. A. also   B. too   C. either   D. yet

(   ) 9. A. after   B. before   C. as soon as   D. when

(   ) 10. A. save   B. take   C. waste   D. keep

(   ) 11. A. brother   B. sister   C. mother   D. father

(   ) 12. A. can   B. can't   C. could   D. couldn't

(   ) 13. A. a   B. an   C. the   D. /

(   ) 14. A. What   B. How   C. Where   D. Who

(   ) 15. A. to   B. with   C. about   D. for

Answer 1

1. A 聯系上下文可知此處是指"孩子"。

2. B 由句中的a father知此處應選B.

3. B 根據賓語從句的時態知主句也應用一般過去時。

4. C 此處表示并列關系。

5. A 由本句中的already可知，父親多次說到這樣的話。

6. D go on意為"繼續下去"。

7. C 由still和上文中的"The man's son said nothing"知應選C.

8. B 由上下文知這里表示"也"，肯定句句末應用too。

9. D 聯系上下文可知此處應是when引導時間狀語從句。

10. C 和study hard對比判斷知此處指"浪費"時間。

11. D 通讀全文可知是父子在交談。

12. D 由下文兒子的回答可知此處指兒子無法再保持沉默了；乂由全文所用的時態可知選D.

13. C 普通名詞構成的專有名詞前應用定冠詞the。

14. A what與上文的President相對應。

15. B 這是固定搭配。compare... with... "把……和……作比較"。