泽熙美文Cloze Test
It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or 1 justly, that their parents are out of touch 2 modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; 3 they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they 4 too much about certain problems—and that they have no 5 of humor, at least in parent-child relationships.
I think it is true that parents often 6 their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt 7 young.
Young people often irritate their parents with their 8 if clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their 9 . They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not 10 been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. 11 , if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles 12 their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are 13 , at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and 14 . Sometimes you are resistant, and proud because you do not want your parents to 15 of what you do. If they did approve, it looks as if you are 16 your own age group. But in that case, you are 17 that you are the underdog (失败者): you can’t win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a 18 way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, 19 you were completely under your parents’ control. But it 20 the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself. So if you plan to control your life, cooperation can be part of that plan.
1.
A.more
B.much
C.less
D.lesser
正确答案：C
[解析] 测试要点：固定搭配用法。more or less为固定搭配，意为“或多或少”。故答案只能为C。
2.
A.with
B.in
C.from
D.for
正确答案：A
[解析] 测试要点：固定搭配用法。out of touch with为固定搭配用法，意为“对……不了解”，题句意为“他们的父母对现代生活方式不了解”。
3.
A.which
B.and
C.for
D.that
正确答案：D
[解析] 测试要点：引导从句的关系代词选择。整个第一段第二句实际上是五个并列句，主谓语均为“They have complained”，that引导一个宾语从句，后面四个句子省略了主谓语成分。
4.
A.say
B.talk
C.tell
D.speak
正确答案：B
[解析] 测试要点：有关说话的动词搭配。talk about为固定短语搭配，意为“谈论，议论”，而say，tell不与about构成固定搭配；speak about意为“提到，讲起”；而本题句指“父辈们对某些问题谈论太多”。
5.
A.feeling
B.sense
C.touches
D.sensing
正确答案：B
[解析] 测试要点：名词习惯用法。sense of humor为名词习惯用法，意为“幽默感”，类似的用法如：sense of honor荣誉感，sense of obligation义务感，sense of space空间感，sense of beauty美感。
6.
A.fail
B.mistake
C.underestimate
D.understand
正确答案：C
[解析] 测试要点：动词词义选择。fail“失败”；mistake“误解”；underestimate“低估”；understand“懂，了解”。题句意为“我认为父母们确实常常低估他们十几岁的孩子……”，根据上下文，C最贴近题意。
7.
A.if
B.being
C.like
D.when
正确答案：D
[解析] 测试要点：逻辑连接词选择。从上下文来看，题句意为“父母也忘了他们自己年轻时的感觉”，故应选用表示时间的逻辑连接词when。
8.
A.choices
B.hobbies
C.likes
D.dislikes
正确答案：A
[解析] 测试要点：名词词义与逻辑意义选择。choices“选择”；hobbies“业余爱好”；likes“爱好，喜欢”；dislikes“不喜欢”。题句意为“年轻人常常在服装和发式、演员和音乐的选择上激怒自己的父母。”从后面所列举的4个名词，决定前面的选项应填入A choices；同时choice后面可以跟介词in，例如：I have no choice in this affair. 在这件事上我没有选择的余地。
9.
A.reason
B.motive
C.incentive
D.ambition
正确答案：B
[解析] 测试要点：逻辑关系。reason“理由”；motive“动机，目的”；incentive“刺激，鼓励”；ambition“野心，雄心”。前一句提到“年轻人常常在服装和发式、演员和音乐的选择上激怒自己的父母。”结合后面提到的内容，可知“这并不是他们的动机”。
10.
A.already
B.still
C.yet
D.ever
正确答案：C
[解析] 测试要点：副词的习惯用法。在表示“还，仍然”意义时，副词already, still和yet均含此意，但already和still主要用于肯定句，而yet多用于否定句，同时用在完成时态句型中，例如：The doctors have not yet decided how the woman died. 医生们尚未确定这位妇女的死因。而ever意为“曾经”，与题意不符，故可排除。
11.
A.However
B.Furthermore
C.Besides
D.Then
正确答案：D
[解析] 测试要点：逻辑关系选择。However“无论如何，可是”；Furthermore“此外，而且”；Besides“除…之外”；Then“那么，于是”。从逻辑关系来看，本题句既不表示转折，也不表示递进，而只是上下句的衔接，意为“那么，于是”。
12.
A.tease
B.irritate
C.please
D.hurt
正确答案：B
