【正文】 defined. Interpreting videos or pictures, they say, may be as important a skill as analyzing a novel or a poem. Kids are using sound and images so they have a world of ideas to put together, said Donna Alvermann, a professor of literacy education at the University of Geia. Books aren39。 they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There?s more negotiation (商議 ) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decisionmaking process. They don?t want to rock the boat.” So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17yearsold Daniel Lazall. “I always tell them when I?m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I?m doing, they?re fine with it.” Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I?d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.” Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher ments, “Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents es because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over.” 56. What is the popular image of teenagers today? 4 A. They worry about school. B. They quarrel a lot with other family members C. They have to be locked in to avoid troubles. . D. They dislike living with their parents. 57. The study shows that teenagers don?t want to ______. A. share family responsibility B. make family decisions C. go boating with their family D. cause trouble in their families 58. Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today?s parents______. A. go to clubs more often with their children B. give their children more freedom C. care less about their children?s life D. are much stricter with their children 59. According to the author, teenage rebellion ______. A. existed only in the 1960s B. is mon nowadays C. may be a false belief D. resulted from changes in families 60. What is the passage mainly about? A. Harmony in family. B. Education in family. C. Negotiation in family. D. Teenage trouble in family. B The principles about applying for jobs have altered greatly lately. In the past, people preferred a handwritten application letter． However, nowadays it is being more and more mon to apply for a job through the Inter． You can find information on the Inter about how to apply for jobs． Information can be found about how to fulfill your application letter, the clothes that you should wear and how to carry out the interview itself． The importance of body language is often mentioned， but doesn?t always get the attention it deserves． After all， before a word has even been spoken， your body language will have already given people their first impression of you． Additionally, your body language will also give out a lot more information． Based on your body language it can be seen if you are selfconfident． It can also show if you are a busy or a quiet type and it helps give an impression of whether you are speaking truthfully or not． Body language can show how enthusiastic you are and if you are a nice person． someone who will take his work seriously, but also someone who has a sense of humor and can enjoy a joke from time to time． The members of the application mittee will ask you questions， but your answers won?t only be oral． The mittee will not only pay attention to what you say, but also to how you say it! Body language will determine first if it ?clicks?， and sometimes all it takes is just a few seconds． Everybody uses body language， but it takes place mostly at a subconscious（ 下意識(shí)的 ） level． Using body language appropriately, you can definitely increase your chances of getting a job． 61． What kind of people is the text mainly meant for? A． Interviewers B． Jobhunting people C． Employers workers 62． We can learn form