【正文】 t. How do you like it??” says Ballmer. “There was just a plete gap in taste.” Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits. Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are fortable and mon. And parentchild activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood. No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, 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。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題 5 秒鐘；聽完后，各小題給出 5 秒鐘的作答時間。錄音內(nèi)容結(jié)束后，你將有兩分鐘的時間將試卷上的答案轉(zhuǎn)涂到答題卡上。臺州中學(xué) 2017 學(xué)年第二學(xué)期高考模擬測試題 高三 英語 命題 ：楊柳紅 余信 審題： 楊柳紅 余信 本試卷分第 I卷（選擇題）和第 II卷（非選擇題）。 第一部分 聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分 30分） 做題時，先將答案標(biāo)在試卷上。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的 A、 B、 C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。 17. How long has the speaker lived in a big city? A. One year. B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years. 18. What is the speaker?s opinion on public transport? A. It?s cheap. B. It?s timesaving. C. It?s fortable. 19. What is good about living in a small town? A. It?s healthier. B. It?s more convenient. C. It?s safer. 20. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most? A. Colorful. B. Quiet. C. Busy. 第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分 35 分） 第一節(jié) （共 10 小題；每小題 分，滿分 25 分） 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的 A、 B、 C 和 D 四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。 第三部分 語言運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 45 分） 第二節(jié)（共 10 小題；每小題 分，滿分 15 分） 閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（ 1 個單詞）或括號內(nèi)單詞的正