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ability of fire ants D I am truly frustrated by the way my teenage children behave with me. It is a roller coaster(過(guò)山車(chē) )ride each day coping with their moodiness and argumentative nature. But I do appreciate the courage they project at times and goals they undertake that make me feel that they really aim high in life.” This could be the feeling of most parents with teenage children. I can understand and empathize with these parents, but they are not alone. Children start their journey into the broad world and are greatly influenced by what others have to say especially their peers that they consider more close than even their parents and family at times. The brains teenagers or children in the ages of 13 to 19 undergo(經(jīng)歷 )a lot of changes that bring about these effects that most parents like us fail to understand. One of the prominent changes is what takes place due to the beneficial pruning (修剪 )that takes place in the neutral branches of the prefrontal cortex(前額皮質(zhì) ). All these changes ultimately help build clear judgment, plan and control impulses skills. It is best that we just recollect how we behaved as a teenager and you would definitely e across some of our mums that support their teenage grandchildren and say we were much worse. I can empathize with such parents as probably our parents are getting a chance to air out their feelings that they could probably never do when we were teenagers.( taking a positive look by realizing that it is a part of the growing process would help.) We may tell our teenage children to have confidence in their abilities and not be influenced by what others say of them, but this anxiety of what society says of them can be overwhelming. It could be real enormous pressure that teens can never e about telling parents, but it would pay to build up trustworthy relationships with them. This would help keep a watch and monitor some of their inappropriate activities and avoid their getting into trouble due to peer pressure and emotional vulnerability. 51. What is the best attitude for parents to treat children’s changes? A. Leaving them alone. B. Thinking them crazy. C. Understanding them fully. D. Separating them emotionally. 52. Teenagers experience many changes mainly for . A. physical reasons B. spiritual reasons C. emotional reasons D. courageous reasons 53. According to the passage, teenagers’ personality is most affected by . A. parents B. teachers C. friends D. peers 54. To be mutually beneficial, what should parents NOT do to their children? A. Taking a positive view. B. Establishing their identity. C. Monitoring their teenagers. D. Recalling their youth. 55. What is the best title for the passage? A. Understand Your Teenagers B. Why do Teenagers Change? C. Give Confidence to Teenagers D. Learn to Love Your Teenagers 第 Ⅱ 卷 (滿(mǎn)分 35 分) 第 一 節(jié) : 閱讀表達(dá) ( 共 5 個(gè)小題;每小題 2 分,滿(mǎn)分 10 分) 閱讀短文, 并按照題目要求用英語(yǔ)回答問(wèn)題 。 (共 分 II 卷 , 滿(mǎn)分 130 分, 考試時(shí)間 100 分鐘 ) 第 I 卷 (滿(mǎn)分 95 分) 第一部分: 英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用 (滿(mǎn)分 45分) 第一節(jié):?jiǎn)雾?xiàng)填空(共 15個(gè)小題,每小題 1分,滿(mǎn)分 15分) 從 A、 B、 C、 D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 John and Bobby joined a wholesale pany together just after graduation from college the same year. Both worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss promoted Bobby to the position of manager but John remained an ordinary employee. John could not take it anymore, tendered his resignation to the boss and plained the boss did not know how to delegate and did not value hardworking staff, but only promoted those who flattered (討好) him. The boss knew that John worked very hard for the years. He thought a moment and said, “Thank you for your criticism, but I have a request. I hope you will do one more thing for our pany before you leave. Perhaps you will change your decision and take back your resignation.” John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find out anyone selling watermelon in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found out a man selling watermelon. The boss asked how much per kg. John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to inform the boss $ per kg. The boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to e to his office. He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelon in the market. Bobby went, returned and said, “Boss, only one person selling watermelon. $ per kg, $10 for 10kg, he