Question

Today, there are many problems between parents and children. Many people always ask, “why do we often argue?”
Parents show their love for their children in different ways. They cook nice food, buy new clothes for them. They also care about their studies. Parents always say, “You must work hard.” “You should do your homework.” Or “Why not review（復習）for your exam?” all the time.
When children get bad marks, their parents get very angry. They often stop their children watching TV, playing games or even going outside until they make progress. Why? Most families have only one child. The child is the hope of the family, they want the child to be the best.
Many teenagers want to do things themselves. They want to do many unusual and special things that parents dislike. They like pop songs, basketball and other new things. They enjoy surfing on the Internet and playing QQ games. They spend a lot of time chatting online and listening to the QQ music. In their parents’ eyes, these are a waste of time. For these reasons, parents and children can’t get along with each other.
任務型閱讀：根據短文內容，填空下列表格。

Why do children and their parents argue?

Parents want their child to be the   小題1:, so they think: ◆ Their child should   小題2: hard all the time. ◆  小題3: TV and playing games on the internet are  小題4:  for their child’s studies.

Many teenagers want to do unusual and special things, so the following things often happen: ◆ They like to sing pop   小題5:and listen to the QQ music. ◆ They usually spend a lot of time on surfing on the internet and  小題6: online with their friends.

Answer 1

小題1:best  
小題2:work
小題3:watching
小題4:bad
小題5:songs
小題6:chatting

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是父母們都希望自己的孩子是最好的，所以會對孩子寄予很大的希望。當孩子表現不好的時候，家長們會阻止孩子看電視，玩電腦等。但是孩子的想法可能和家長是不一樣的。
小題1:根據短文前三段的內容they want the child to be the best.可知，父母們都希望自己的孩子能夠做到最好，所以父母們總是對孩子說，你必須努力學習、你應該做作業、你要為考試而復習。故這個空應該填best。
小題2:根據短文第二段的內容可知You must work hard，家長們都希望自己的孩子能做到最好，所以總是對孩子說，你必須要努力學習。故這里填work。
小題3:根據短文第三段的內容可知，當孩子的成績不好時，家長們就會阻止孩子看電視。這個空的后面就是TV, watching TV 這個動詞的ing形式在句中做主語。
小題4:根據短文最后一段的內容可知，現在的青少年們都喜歡上網，聊QQ,家長們覺得這是浪費時間，In their parents’ eyes, these are a waste of time，所以他們認為這樣對孩子們的學習是有壞處的。故填bad， be bad for 是一個固定短文，意思是對…有害。
小題5:根據短文最后一段中They like pop songs,可知，青少年們喜歡流行歌曲，故這里應該填songs，song是一個名詞，意思是歌曲。
小題6:根據短文最后一段They spend a lot of time chatting online and listening to the QQ music可知，青少年們花費很多時間在網上聊天，聽QQ音樂。故這里應該是chatting，聊天。