IV. Read and fill in the blanks.
recognize dangers generation acting understand
individuals according along control teens
(1. _____)to the results of a survey in USA WEEKEND Magazine, there isn't really a generation gap. The magazine's "Teens & Parents" survey shows that today's generation of young people generally get (2. ____well with their parents and appreciate the way they're being raised. Most feel that their parents (3. ___) them, and they believe their parents consider family as the No. 1 priority in their lives. Although more than a third of (4. ___)have something in their rooms they would like to keep secret from their parents, it is usually nothing more harmful than a diary or a CD.
Such results may seem surprising in the context of the violent events that people hear about in the media. Maybe because of the things they hear, parents worry that their own kids might get out of (5. __) once they reach the teenage years. However, the facts in the survey should make us feel better. The survey shows us that today's teens are loving and sensible. They are certainly happier than the angry people in the teenage stereotypes we all know about. True, some teenagers are very angry, and we need to (6. ____) their needs, but the great majority of teens are not like that at all.
In contrast to some stereotypes, most teens believe they must be understanding about differences among (7. ______). Many of them volunteer for community service with disadvantaged people. When they talk about themselves, their friends and their families, they sound positive and proud. Generally, these are very nice kids.
Is this spirit of harmony a change from the past? Only a generation ago, parent child relations were described as the "(8. ______) gap". Yet even then, things were not so bad. Most kids in the 1960s and 1970s shared their parents' basic values.
Perhaps, however, it is true that American families are growing closer at the beginning of this new millennium. Perhaps there is less to fight about, and the (9. ______) of drug abuse and other unacceptable behavior are now well known. Perhaps, compared to the impersonal world outside the home, a young person's family is like a friendly shelter, not a prison. And perhaps parents are (10. ______) more like parents than they did 20 or 30 years ago.
IV. Read and fill in the blanks.
recognize dangers generation acting understand
individuals according along control teens
(1. __according___)to the results of a survey in USA WEEKEND Magazine, there isn't really a generation gap. The magazine's "Teens & Parents" survey shows that today's generation of young people generally get (2. _along ___well with their parents and appreciate the way they're being raised. Most feel that their parents (3. _understand __) them, and they believe their parents consider family as the No. 1 priority in their lives. Although more than a third of (4. __teens _)have something in their rooms they would like to keep secret from their parents, it is usually nothing more harmful than a diary or a CD.
Such results may seem surprising in the context of the violent events that people hear about in the media. Maybe because of the things they hear, parents worry that their own kids might get out of (5. _control _) once they reach the teenage years. However, the facts in the survey should make us feel better. The survey shows us that today's teens are loving and sensible. They are certainly happier than the angry people in the teenage stereotypes we all know about. True, some teenagers are very angry, and we need to (6. __recognize __) their needs, but the great majority of teens are not like that at all.
In contrast to some stereotypes, most teens believe they must be understanding about differences among (7. __individuals____). Many of them volunteer for community service with disadvantaged people. When they talk about themselves, their friends and their families, they sound positive and proud. Generally, these are very nice kids.
Is this spirit of harmony a change from the past? Only a generation ago, parent child relations were described as the "(8. ___generation ___) gap". Yet even then, things were not so bad. Most kids in the 1960s and 1970s shared their parents' basic values.
Perhaps, however, it is true that American families are growing closer at the beginning of this new millennium. Perhaps there is less to fight about, and the (9. ____dangers __) of drug abuse and other unacceptable behavior are now well known. Perhaps, compared to the impersonal world outside the home, a young person's family is like a friendly shelter, not a prison. And perhaps parents are (10. ____acting__) more like parents than they did 20 or 30 years ago.
