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Teens
want structure in their lives, which means they want their lives well-planned. To
begin building structure, teens need love and trust. They need to know their
parents are there to give them needed love and support. Teens want to be sure
that nothing can prevent parents from shouldering their responsibility for them
— not their growing maturity (成熟),misbehavior, nor anger
at something they have done. Teens want parents to keep control while allowing
them to make some decisions.
There
are some ways you can help your teens create reasonable structure and remain
close. One way is to spend time together. Parents often mistake their teens'
increased interest in friends for a disinterest in the family.
Teens
would like to spend more time doing things with their parents, but watching TV
is not counted as spending time together. As your teens mature, it is important
for you and your teens spend time alone together, one to one. Your teens need
time to talk to you alone without any other family member present.
Talk
with your teens about their interests and concerns. Make sure you really show
interest in what is happening. When talking with your teens, give full
attention and do not stop them.
The
way to help your teens become adults is to let your teens into your world. Sharing
your emotions and concerns with your teens is important. Avoid causing needless
worry.
Trust
your teens. Don't expect the worst. Hope for the best. Telling your teens you
don't like their friends will cause the teens not to bring their friends home. If
something should go wrong, believe that your teens didn't do it on purpose.
It
is very important that you treat your teens with respect. Teens need the same
respect adults show for total strangers. Don't talk down to your teens.
You
need to be supportive of your teens. What may be a small problem to you may be
troubling to your teens. Teens don't have the experiences that adults have had.
Let the teens know that you understand how much it hurts when something happens
that is upsetting or hurtful to them. As they mature, they can look back at
some problems they had and laugh at having been upset by something that now
seems unimportant.
The
most important things to remember are: talk with your teens, listen to their
worries and offer suggestions when needed. This will help your teens to live a
well-organized life.
(1)
According to Paragraph 1, teens ______________.
A . can control themselves.
B . expect direction and freedom.
C . don't know how to make decisions
D . don't have responsibility for the family
(2)
The underline part "counted as" in Paragraph 3 probably means "____".
A . compared with
B . used as
C . connected with
D . regarded as
(3)
To help teens organize their lives , parents should __________.
A . invite their teens' friends home
B . leave their teens' problems alone.
C . share their feelings with their teens.
D . pay little attention to their teens' daily lives.
(4)
What is the best title of the passage ?
A . Training Teens to Become Responsible Adults.
B . Helping Teens to Build Reasonable Structure.
C . Improving the Relationship with Your Teens.
D . Stepping into Your Teens' Secret Word.
答案: B
D
C
B