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1、九年级英语中考12012 学年中考阅读提升练习（学年中考阅读提升练习（18）The signs for harmony（融洽）may not be clear in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the far different of the popularly-held image（印象）of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family fi
2、ghts. An important new study into teenage attitude surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has even been in the past. “We were surprised by just how happy todays young people seem to be about their families,” said one member of the research team. “Theyre expected to be r
3、ebellious（叛逆的）but in fact they have other things on their minds, for example, they want a car and they may worry about whether school is serving them well. Theres more discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision. They dont want to rock the boat.”
4、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 17- year-old Daniel Lazall. “Ill always tell them when Im going out clubbing. As long as
5、 they know what Im doing, there are 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 discussion. For example, as long as Id done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot st
6、ricter 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 says, “Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a short peri
7、od 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
8、with the family business to taking it over.”1. What is the popular image of teenager today? A. They worry about their school life. B. They cant get on well with their parents. C. They have to be locked in to avoid troubles. D. They fight a lot with other family members. 2. The study in Paragraph 2 s
9、hows that teenagers dont want to _ . A. share family dutiesB. make family decisions C. go boating with their familyD. cause trouble in their families 九年级英语中考23. Compared with parents of 30 years ago, todays parents _. A. care less about their childrens life B. are much stricter with their children C
10、. give their children more freedom D. go to clubs more often with their children 4. What is the passage mainly about? A. Harmony in familyB. Education in family C. Discussion in familyD. Teenager trouble in familyWalter owns three Italian restaurants which are running very well in Rhode Island in Am
11、erica. Every day his restaurants welcome crowds of customers all over the world. He studied to be a cook, but he sees now that his success is the result of a lifetime education. When he opened his first restaurant, all of a sudden his schooling knowledge, the history of his family and the ethics (道德
12、准则) of his father came into play. It made him a person who studied and explored the secret in the food business. Walters learning never stops. He says, “The food business is one where you need to stay on top. Cooks should be trained. You have to keep on studying or you will be left behind.” So he sp
13、ends more time in reading. Every time he gets new ideas from the book, he brings them into his work.Walter also has a clear understanding about success. That is he would like to be remembered as a person who is innovative (创新的), who believes in the Italian cooking culture in America. Food is like a
14、bridge connecting to the past, to the family and to the country. He says, “Success to me is not how much money I make, but if at the end of the day I am able to make fifteen or twenty customers happy, Im a happy man. ” 1. The underlined phrase“ came into play“ means_.A. played a joke on him B. neede
15、d to be usedC. gave him much help D. began to be studied 2. From the last sentence of the passage, we can infer that it is _.A. important to make a lot of moneyB. exciting to have more and more customersC. important to make the customers pleasedD. impossible to make 15 or 20 customers happy every da
16、y 3. The best title for the passage is_.A. Culture is Important for Cooks B. A Cook and His CustomersC. The Story of Three Restaurants D. A Winner is Made, not BornIn Canada and United States, people enjoy entertaining(请客)at home. They often invite friends over for a meal, a party, or just for coffee 九年级英语中考3and conversation. Here are the kinds of things people say when they invit
