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For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?

对大部分父母来说，抚养十多岁的小孩就像打一场时间长久的战争，但是随着时间过去却没有真正的胜利者。像邻国之间的边境冲突一样，父母和十多岁小孩的战争也是关于边境：这个边境线就在，我可以控制什么和你可以做什么之间

Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. Both feel trapped.

两边都想和平共处，但是两方都认为需要有一些能力来停止这个冲突。片面的讲，这是因为没有一方愿意承认负责开始这次冲突。从父母的观点来看，他们争吵的原因是青春期的小孩不讲理。而且当然，小孩也的也是这么想，是父母的无理取闹。两方都感到被套住了。

In this article, I’ll describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second , blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right. It doesn’t matter what the topic is——politics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an egg——the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority ——someone who actually knows something ——and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress/

这篇文章里，我将描述三种没有胜利者的情况，这种情况在十来岁的小孩和父母间很觉，并且给大家一些解决的建议。第一种没有胜利的情况是为一些不重要的事情争吵。这种情况包括小孩头发的颜色，小孩卧室的整洁度，喜欢的着装款式，小孩在去学校前没有吃早餐，或者他总是在周末睡到中午起来。第二，责备。责备战争的目的是让另一方承认他不好的态度是所有事情弄糟的原因。第三，想要正确。不管是什么话题 – 政治，物理规律，或者打碎鸡蛋的方法 – 这个争吵的关键点是想证明你是对的，而其它人是错的。两方都想认为自己是权威 – 一些人的确知道一些事 – 并且因此得到尊敬。很不幸，只要父母和小孩在持续假设他比另一方知道的多，他们将永远持续这场战争，并且并不会有任何进步。

55. Why does the author compare the parent teen war to a border conflict?
   A. Both can continue for generations.
  B. Both are about where to draw the line.
  C. Neither has any clear winner.
  D. Neither can be put to an end.

55. 为什么作者把父母和十多岁小孩的战争比喻起了边境冲突？

 A为了两一代，两边都在继续

 B 两边都在触碰底线

 C 并没有真正的胜利者

 D没有人可以结束

56. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?
   A. The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.
  B. The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict.
  C. The teens accuse their parents of misleading them.
  D. The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents.

56 第二段时划线句子的意思是？

 A 十来岁的小孩责怪父母开始了这场冲突

 B 十来岁的小孩就冲突的愿意和他父母取得了一致

 C 十来岁的小孩指责他父母误导他

 D 十来岁的小孩趋向于完全了解他的父母。

57. Parents and teens want to be right because they want to ______.
  A. give orders to the other
  B. know more than the other
  C. gain respect from the other
  D. get the other to behave properly

57 父母和小孩都想自己是正确的，因为他们想

  A向对方下命令

  B比对方知道的多

  C赢得对方的尊敬

  D让对方行为更恰当

58.What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?
  A. Causes for the parent-teen conflicts
  B. Examples of the parent-teen war
  C. Solutions for the parent-teen problems
  D. Future of the parent-teen relationship

58 下面哪个是作者在接下来想要讨论的？

 A 父母的小孩冲突的原因

 B 父母和小孩战争的案例

 C 父母和小孩问题的解决办法

 D 父母和小孩关系更远的研究