What’s the Matter with Kids Today?

Dear Michelle,

   Why can’t my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and a top student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back. He uses up every waking minute of her precious time and smooth-talk(对花言巧语) her as well.

   His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choices will be limited.

   I want to save her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy, and now this! Help!

                                                         A worried mother

Dear Mother of a 17-year-old girl,

  “Hmm…. What’s the matter with kids today?” Remember that song from Bye Bye Birdie?

  Well, if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills. Do not expect too much too soon because at the young age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, nor should it be. Both the conditions and the skills for life-management result from life experience, and if management goes before experience there would be little of it.

   Your daughter is a top student for good reasons. She is smart and studies with intelligence and you have given her good values.

   When the time comes for her to choose her college, and she visits the ones that were designed for students at the top of their game, she will most probably break away from her boyfriend’s influence.

  Few top students would change their life path just because of puppy love(早恋).

  That being said, there might be some childish wisdom in what she is doing after all.

  Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for the reason that she does not know herself. Being such a good girl and being always a source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.

  Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11^th grade rebellion. It’s not unreasonable for her to break from perfection.

                                                               Michelle

56. From the mother’s letter we know that the 17-year-old girl ____.

  A. is staying with the boy day and night             B. wants to stay with the boy at college

  C. is falling behind in her studies                       D. does not like to talk with her mother

57. According to Michelle, a 17-year-old girl is too young to ____.

  A. fall in love                                                 B. have life-management skills

  C. fail life-management problems                    D. experience anything

58. Michelle seems to believe the 17-year-old girl will finally ____.

  A. come up with the right decision                    B. be persuaded by her boyfriend

  C. take her mother’s advice                           D. make her boyfriend follow her choice

59. By saying “childish wisdom”, Michelle means the girl might be trying to show her parents that she _____.

  A. has become tired of studying hard                  B. can’t be always obeying them

  C. likes her boyfriend very much                        D. is always perfect

Dear Michelle:

     Why can't my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back.

    He consumes every waking, minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well.

    His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited.

    I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help!

                                                            A worried mother

Dear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl:

    Hmmmmm. What's the matter with kids today? Remember that song from "Bye Bye

Birdie"?

    Well if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills.Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, not should it be.

    Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for management, and if management went before experiene, there would be tittle of it.

    Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is smart, studies with

intelligence and you have given her good Values.

    When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visit the ones that were specifically desigened for student the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend's influenee.

    It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their academic career for puppy love. That being said, them might be some adoldscent wisdom in her behavior after all.

    Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a good girl and being a steady source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.

    Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11^th grade rebellion. She deserves a break from perfection.

Michelle

From the mother's letter we can learn that her daughter             

    A. is being fooled by the boy      B. has fallen behind in her studies

    C. doesn't talk much with her mother  D. has chosen which college to attend

According to Michelle; 17-year-teenagers               .

    A. are too young to manage their life

    B. are old enough to live their own life

    C. should have managemnent before experience

    D. have reached the age of an adult

The underlined word"puppy-love"refer to          

     A. false love     B. foolish love     C. pure love       D. adolescent love

Michelle seems to believe that the daughter will finally          

     A. come up with the right decision

     B. follow her boyfriend's advice

     C. worry her parents for unconscious reasons

     D. influence her boyfriend's behavior

The best title for the passage would be          

     A. College of kids' own choice

     B. How can I help my girl?

     C. How to manage teenagers' life?

     D. A 17-year-old girl and her mother

Dear Michelle:
Why can't my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back.
He consumes every waking, minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well.
His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited.
I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help!
A worried mother
Dear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl:
Hmmmmm. What's the matter with kids today? Remember that song from "Bye Bye
Birdie"?
Well if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills.Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, not should it be.
Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for management, and if management went before experiene, there would be tittle of it.
Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is smart, studies with
intelligence and you have given her good Values.
When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visit the ones that were specifically desigened for student the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend's influenee.
It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their academic career for puppy love. That being said, them might be some adoldscent wisdom in her behavior after all.
Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a good girl and being a steady source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.
Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11^th grade rebellion. She deserves a break from perfection.
Michelle
【小题1】From the mother's letter we can learn that her daughter             

Dear Michelle,

   Why can't my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back.

   He consumes every waking minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well.

   His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited.

A worried mother

Dear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl,

   Hmmmmm. What's the matter with kids today? Remember that song from "Bye Bye Birdie"?

   Well if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills. Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, nor should it be.

   Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for management, and if management went before experience, there would be little of it.

   Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is smart, studies with intelligence and you have given her good values.

   When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visits the ones that are specifically designed for students at the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend's influence.

   It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their academic career for puppy love. That being said, there might be some adolescent wisdom in her behavior after all.

   Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a good girl and being a steady source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.

   Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11th grade rebellion. She deserves a break from perfection.

Michelle

1.From the mother's letter we can learn that her daughter _________ .             .

A. is being fooled by the boy

B. has fallen behind in her studies

C. doesn't talk much with her mother

D. has chosen which college to attend

2. According to Michelle, 17-year-old teenagers _________ .              .

A. are too young to manage their life

B. are old enough to live their own life

C. should have management before experience

D. have reached the age of an adult

3.The underlined word "puppy-love" refer to_________ .          .

A. false love    B. foolish love     C. pure love      D. adolescent love

4.Michelle seems to believe that the daughter will finally_________ .           .

A. come up with the right decision

B. follow her boyfriend's advice

C. worry her parents for unconscious reasons

D. influence her boyfriend's behavior

Dear Michelle:

     Why can't my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back.

    He consumes every waking, minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well.

    His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited.

    I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help!

                                                            A worried mother

Dear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl:

    Hmmmmm. What's the matter with kids today? Remember that song from "Bye Bye

Birdie"?

    Well if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills.Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, not should it be.

    Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for management, and if management went before experiene, there would be tittle of it.

    Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is smart, studies with

intelligence and you have given her good Values.

    When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visit the ones that were specifically desigened for student the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend's influenee.

    It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their academic career for puppy love. That being said, them might be some adoldscent wisdom in her behavior after all.

    Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a good girl and being a steady source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.

    Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11^th grade rebellion. She deserves a break from perfection.

Michelle

1.From the mother's letter we can learn that her daughter             

    A. is being fooled by the boy      B. has fallen behind in her studies

    C. doesn't talk much with her mother  D. has chosen which college to attend

2. According to Michelle; 17-year-teenagers               .

    A. are too young to manage their life

    B. are old enough to live their own life

    C. should have managemnent before experience

    D. have reached the age of an adult

3. The underlined word"puppy-love"refer to          

     A. false love     B. foolish love     C. pure love       D. adolescent love

4.Michelle seems to believe that the daughter will finally          

     A. come up with the right decision

     B. follow her boyfriend's advice

     C. worry her parents for unconscious reasons

     D. influence her boyfriend's behavior

5. The best title for the passage would be          

     A. College of kids' own choice

     B. How can I help my girl?

     C. How to manage teenagers' life?

     D. A 17-year-old girl and her mother

Dear Michelle,
Why can't my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back.
He consumes every waking minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well.
His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited.
I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help!
A worried mother
Dear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl,
Hmmmmm. What's the matter with kids today? Remember that song from "Bye Bye Birdie"?
Well if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills. Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, nor should it be.
Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for management, and if management went before experience, there would be little of it.
Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is smart, studies with intelligence and you have given her good values.
When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visits the ones that are specifically designed for students at the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend's influence.
It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their academic career for puppy love. That being said, there might be some adolescent wisdom in her behavior after all.
Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a good girl and being a steady source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.
Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11th grade rebellion. She deserves a break from perfection.
Michelle

1. 1.

   From the mother's letter we can learn that her daughter              .

   1. A.
      is being fooled by the boy
   2. B.
      has fallen behind in her studies
   3. C.
      doesn't talk much with her mother
   4. D.
      has chosen which college to attend
2. 2.

   According to Michelle, 17-year-old teenagers              

   1. A.
      are too young to manage their life
   2. B.
      are old enough to live their own life
   3. C.
      should have management before experience
   4. D.
      have reached the age of an adult
3. 3.

   The underlined word "puppy-love" refer to          .

   1. A.
      false love
   2. B.
      foolish love
   3. C.
      pure love
   4. D.
      adolescent love
4. 4.

   Michelle seems to believe that the daughter will finally          .

   1. A.
      come up with the right decision
   2. B.
      follow her boyfriend's advice
   3. C.
      worry her parents for unconscious reasons
   4. D.
      influence her boyfriend's behavior
5. 5.

   The best title for the passage would be           .

   1. A.
      College of kids' own choice
   2. B.
      How can I help my girl?
   3. C.
      How to manage teenagers' life?
   4. D.
      A 17-year-old girl and her mother