Passage 2It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that
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Passage 2
It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems—and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships.
I think it is true that parents often misunderstand their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.
Young people often anger their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their intention. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles anger their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style. and taste.
Sometimes you are resistant and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they do approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog: you can’t win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents’ control. But this way of looking at things ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself. If you plan to control your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.
26. The author is primarily addressing _______.
A. teachers
B. teenagers
C. parents
D. authorities
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第1题：
库函数strcpy用以复制字符串，若有以下定义和语句： char str1[]="china",str2[10],*str3,*str4="china"； 则对库函数strcpy的正确的调用是_______。
A．strcpy(strl,"people")；
B．strcpy(str2,"people");
C．strcpy(str3,"people")；
D．strcpy(str4,"people");
正确答案：B
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第2题：
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Life Expectancy in the Last Hundred Years
A hundred years ago,life expectancy in developed countries was about 47:in the early 21st century,men in the United States and the United Kingdom can expect to live to about 74. Women to about 80, and these___1___ are rising all the time. What has brought___2___ these changes?When we look at the life___3___of people 100 years ago,we need to look at the greatest___4___of the time. In the early 20th century,these were the acute and often ___5___ infectious diseases such as smallpox. Many children died very young from these diseases and others,and the weak and elderly were always at risk. In the ___6 ___world these diseases are far___ 7 ___today,and in some cases have almost disappeared. A number of ___8 ___have led to this:improvements in sanitation and hygiene,the discovery and use of antibiotics,which ___9___ bacterial diseases much less dangerous,and vaccinations___10___ common diseases. ___11___ ,people's general health has improved with improvements in our general environ-ment:cleaner air,better means of preserving food,better and warmer housing,and better understanding of nutrition. Genetically,we should all be able to live to about 85 but ___12___ people do live longer today,there are still some big killers around that are preventing US from consistently reaching that age. The problems that affect people today are the more chro-nic illnesses,such as heart disease and strokes,and those ___13___ by viruses,such as influen- za and AIDS. Of course,cancer is a huge killer as well. In most cases these diseases affect ___14___ people,but there are worrying trends in the developed world with problems such as obesity ___15___ more heart disease and illnesses such as diabetes at younger ages.
The killers today can be classed as“lifestyle diseases”,which means that it may be possi- ble to halt their progress.14._________
A: poor
B: weak
C: older
D: young答案：C解析：通过上下文可知此处应为A项ages“年龄”。
bring about意思是“带来”,bring in意为“赚取，实现（一定利润）”，没有 bring to这个短语，如果用with，此句话必须变成what has it brought with these changes才符合语法，但意思就不符合文章了。所以答案为B。
life span是一个固定搭配，意为“寿命”。所以答案为D。
从下一句可以看出此处应指那些不治之症。所以答案为B。
本句举了天花的例子，下一句指出很多孩子死于这些病，所以此处应为一个表严重的词。high是形容词，不能修饰后面的形容词。acute不是比较级，所以and后面也不能用比较级。所以答案为D。
本句后部分说在一些国家这些病已经消失，通过常识得知应该是发达国家。所以答案为A。
本句后部分说在一些国家这些病已经消失，整段都在说明情况好转，故选C。
冒号后面列举的内容不能统一用其他几个词概括，只能用B项factors。
which指代前面两项内容：卫生的改善和杭生素的发明使用，所以which后的动词不能用单数形式。cause没有这样的语法搭配。所以答案为C。
vaccinations against…为固定搭配，意为对某种疾病的预防接种。所以答案为A。
前面说的是对疾病的防范和控制加强，后面说的是整体环境的改善，两者为并列关系，但是And在书面语中不能这样使用，所以只能选in addition，所以答案为C。
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those指代流感和艾滋病等靠病毒传播的疾病，those后面的动词是过去分词作定语。spread的过去分词与原形相同。所以答案为A。
本句最后指出一些病越来越年轻化，所以此处应选择younger的反义词。所以答案为C。
obesity是心脏病和糖尿病年轻化的重要原因，它和心脏病、糖尿病不是并列关系，而是因果关系，所以选择B项leading to，现在分词作结果状语。 -
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200 times 365 times 20 is（).
A．200*365*20
B．200+365+20
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第4题：
以下程序的输出结果是______。 #define TIMES(X) X*X main() { int a=16,k=2,m=1; a/=TIMES (k+m)/TIMES(k+m); printf("d\n",a); }
A．16
B．2
C．9
D．1
正确答案：B
解析：宏定义的作用是进行字符的替换，应先将赋值语句的右边进行宏替换，即等号右边为：k+m*k+m/k+m*k+m=2+1*2+1/2+1*2+1=2+2+0+2+1=7，然后计算a/=7，即a=a/7=16/7=2。 -
第5题：
以下变量名不合法的是？
A．2people
B．people2
C．people_2
D．_people
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第6题：
rep（11:13,times=2:4)的结果是？
A．11 12 13 11 12 13
B．11 11 12 12 13 13
C．11 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 13
D．11 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 13
11 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 13