arguments between parents and teenagers are those regarding untidiness and household
chores. On the one hand, parents go mad over untidy rooms, clothes dropped on the floor and
their children's refusal to help with the housework. On the other hand, teenagers lose their
patience continually when parents tell them off for dropping the towel in the bathroom, not
cleaning up their room or refusing to do the shopping at the supermarket.
The survey, conducted by St George University, showed that different parents have
different approaches to these problems. However, some approaches are much more
successful than others. For example, those parents who yell at their teens for their untidiness,
but later clear up after them, have fewer chances of changing their teens' behavior. On the
contrary, those who let teenagers experience the consequences of their actions are more
successful. For instance, when teenagers who don't help their parents with the shopping don't
find their favorite food in the fridge, they are forced to reconsider their actions.
Psychologists say that the most important thing in parent-teen relationships is
communication. Parents should talk to their teens, but at the same time they should listen to
what their children have to say. Parents should tell their teens off when they are untidy, but
they should also understand that their room is their own private space. Communication is a
two-way process. It is only by listening to and understanding each other that problems
between parents and teens can be solved.
36. The underlined word 'they' refers to
A. Parents
B. Teens
37. The underlined word "go mad" is closest in meaning to
A. get bored
B. feel sad
C. Psychologists
C. become angry
C. housework
38. In psychologists' opinion, the most important thing in parent-teen
A. everyday routine
B. eating habit
D. Children
D. remain calm
relationships is
D. communication
39. According to paragraph 2, parents have a better chance of changing their children's
behaviour by
A. shouting at them whenever they do something wrong
B. cooking them their favourite food
C. doing the household chores for them
D. letting them experience the bad results of their actions
40. Which can be the best title for the passage?
A. Teen issues
B. Family rules
C. Parents' advice
PART E: WRITING
D. Parents' anger
I. Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the sentences given.
41. She doesn't have enough time, so she cannot do all the work.
A. If she has enough time, she can do all the work.
B. If she had had enough time, she could have done all the work.
C. Unless she has enough time, she cannot do all the work.
D. If she had enough time, she could do all the work.
42. I often played with her children when I was young.
A. I'm used to play with her children when I was young.
B. I used to play with her children when I was young.
C. I used to play with her children when I am young.
D. I'm used to playing with her children when I was young.
43. Peter said, "I'm meeting them at 5. pm this afternoon"
A. Peter said that he is meeting them at 5. pm that afternoon.
B. Peter said that I was meeting them at 5. pm that afternoon.
C. Peter said that he was meeting them at 5. pm that afternoon.
D. Peter said that I am meeting them at 5. pm that afternoon
44. People speak English in Australia.
A. English is spoke in Australia.
B. English is speak in Australia