【正文】 閱讀理解 A Parents should stop blaming themselves because there’s not a lot they can do About it. I mean the teenager problem. Whatever you do or however you choose to deal with it, at certain times a wonderful, reasonable and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal. I’ve seen my friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted that her son, right from a child, should stand up whenever anyone entered the room, open door and shake hands like a gentleman. I saw him last week when I called round. Sprawling himself on the sofa in full length, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in, and his greeting was no more than a quick glance at me. His mother was ashamed, ―I don’t know what to do with him these days,‖ she said, ―He’s fotten all the manners we taught him‖. He hasn’t fotten them. He’s just decided that he’s not going to use them. She confessed that she would like to e up behind him and throw him down from the sofa onto the floor. Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, ―I don’t like your dress, it’s ugly.‖ One of the daughters has recently been driven out school. The other has left home. ―Where did we go wrong?‖ Her parents are now very sad. Probably nowhere much. At least, no more than the unfortunate parents. ( ) 1. This text is most probably written by ________. A. a specialist in teenager studies B. a headmaster of middle school C. a parent with teenage children D. a doctor for mental health problems ( ) underlined word ―it‖ in the second paragraph refers to _____. A. the change from good to bad that’s seen in a child B. the way that parents often blame themselves C. the opinion that a child has of his parents D. the advice that parents want their children to follow ( ) 3. The boy on the sofa would most probably he described as ______ A. lazy B. quiet C. unusual D. rude ( ) 4. From the second example we can infer that the parents of the two daughters _________. A. pay no attention to them B. are too busy to look after them C. have e to hate them D. feel helpless to do much about them ( ) 5. What is the author’s opinion about the sudden change in teenage children? A. Parents have no choice but to try to accept it. B. Parents should pay still more attention to the change. C. Parents should work more closely with school teachers. D. Parents are at fault for the change in their children. B Tom Brennan was working in a Philadelphia office building when he noticed a black bag. The bag contained a book. This chance discovery ended a 12day search by the Library Company of Philadelphia for a historical treasure—a 120page diary kept 190 years ago by Deborah Logan a woman who knew everybody in her day, James Green, the librarian told the magazine American Libraries. Most of the diary is a record of big events in Philadelphia. It also includes a description of British soldiers burning Washington, . in the war of 1812. She describes President James Madison on horseback as ―Perfectly shaking with fear‖ during the troubled day. Gee Washington, she writes, mistook her for the wife of a French man, and praised her excellent English. The adventure of the lost book began on September 4 when Gory Luxmoore arrived from England to deliver the diary of his ancestor to the Library Company, which he and his wife considered to be the best home for the diary. Green told American