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other, my best friend.” But family experts warn the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There?s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychologyprofessor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.” Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these changing roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open munication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say. “My parents were on the ?before? side of the change, but today?s parents, the 40yearolds, were on the ?after? side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It?s not something easily acplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.” 21. The underlined word “gulf” in Paragraph 3 most probably means _______. A. difference B. expectation C. distance D. interest 22. By saying “today?s parents, the 40yearolds, were on the ?after? side,” the author means that today?s parents _______. A. have little difficulty adjusting to the change B. fail to take the change seriously C. follow the trend of the change D. can set a limit to the change 23. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. The ways to handle parentchild relationship. B. The new challenges today?s parents meet with. C. The reasons for the new trend of parentchild relationship. D. The development of parentchild relationship. B Dear Alcohol, You?ve been around forever. I can remember all the pain you?ve caused for me. Do you remember the night you almost took my father?s life? I do. He loves you. Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me. He?s been addicted to you, to the way you promise to rid him of his problems, only to cause more of them. You just sat back and laughed as his car went spinning through the street, crashing into two other cars. He wasn?t the only one hurt by you that night. Do you remember the night of my first high school party? You were there. My friends were intrigued by you. They treated you as if they were never going to see you again, drinking all of you that they could. I spent two hours that night helping my friends who had fallen pletely. “I?m so embarrassed,” they said as I held their hair back so that they could vomit (嘔吐 ). “I39。m sorry,” they said when I called taxies for them, walking them out and paying the driver in advance. “This won?t happen again,” they said as they were sent to the hospital to have their stomachs pumped. Two 15yearold girls slept in hospital beds that night thanks to you. Do you remember the night when you took advantage of my 17yearold neighbor who had to drive to pick up his sister from her dance lessons? Do you know how we all felt when he hit another car and killed the two people in the other car? He died the next morning too. His sister walked home from her dance lesson, only to find the parked police cars and a crowd of people gathering on the sidewalk just two blocks away from the dance studio. She didn?t realize her brother was in the midst of it all. She never saw him again. And it?s all your fault. I wish you?d walk out of my life forever. I don?t want anything to do with you. Look at all the pain you?ve caused. Sure, you?ve made people happy too from time to time. But the damage you?ve caused in the lives of millions is inexcusable. Stop luring (引誘 ) in the people I love. Stop hurting me, please. Sincerely, Anonymous 24. What is author?s purpose in writing to alcohol? A. To show the great fun that alcohol can bring to people?s life. B. To describe the harm alcohol did to his family. C. To show how much alcohol can hurt people. D. To introduce Mr. Alcohol to the readers. 25. The underlined phrase “were intrigued by” in Paragraph3 is closest in meaning to ______. A. were satisfied with