Not everyone has the chance to be a detective (偵探)。 But I ever got one when I was thirteen years old. It happened in 1988.

     One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my father's new car. I_1 to see my father, but to my surprise. I saw a young woman driving instead. "She stole (偷了) my father's car, " I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in. I said to the driver. "Follow that new car 2." And I told him why.

     The taxi driver had a car phone. and I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the 3 of a police car and its loudspeaker. The police told the woman to stop her car.

Our car came to a stop, too. I 4 right now and said to woman. "It's not your car. it's my 5 "

    The woman smiled and said. "Oh. You're Mr. Johnson's younger son right? I've ever seen your photo at your father's office. "

    Before I could say 6 word. the woman explained(解釋) that she was my father's new assistant. My father had asked her to take his computer to the shop to have it 7 He lent her his car. After hearing her words, we called my father, and he told us what she said was 8. The police and the taxi-driver laughed. I 9  very sorry. It was both the first time and the last time for to work as a 10. Don't you think my story funny?

1. A. expect       B. expected        C. think         D. thought

2. A. after       B. in front         C. at the back       D. at the back of

3. A. noise        B. voice           C. cry            D. sound

4. A. got in        B. got into          C. got out         D. got away

5. A. father      B. mother          C. mother's        D. father's

6. A. another       B. other           C. else            D. others

7. A. repair        B. repaired          C. repairs            D. repairing

8. A. wrong       B. really           C. true            D. truly

9. A. felt          B. feel             C. fell             D. fallen

10. A. student       B. policeman'       C. driver          D. detective

The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes (態(tài)度) surprisingly shows that their family life is happier than it has ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive (積極的) today’s young people seem to be about their families,” said one member of the research team. “They’re expected to be rebellious（叛逆的）and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”
So it seems that these parents are much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-year-old Daniel LaSalle. “I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. When they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Cromer, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call talk or discussion. For example, when I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”
Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion（叛逆）is not based on real facts. A researcher explains, “Teenagers were thought to be different from others in a part of time in our social history. But to our surprise, they say they are getting on well with their parents. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled.”
【小題1】The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ______________________.

The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.

An important new study into teenage attitudes (態(tài)度) surprisingly shows that their family life is happier than it has ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive (積極的) today’s young people seem to be about their families,” said one member of the research team. “They’re expected to be rebellious（叛逆的）and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”

So it seems that these parents are much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-year-old Daniel LaSalle. “I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. When they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Cromer, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call talk or discussion. For example, when I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”

Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion（叛逆）is not based on real facts. A researcher explains, “Teenagers were thought to be different from others in a part of time in our social history. But to our surprise, they say they are getting on well with their parents. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled.”

1.The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ______________________.

A．share family duties                      B．cause trouble in their families

C．go boating with their family                D．make family decisions

2.Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents ___________________.

A．go to clubs more often with their children    B．a(chǎn)re much stricter with their children

C．care less about their children’s life         D．give their children more freedom

3.According to the writer, teenage rebellion ____________________.

A．may be a wrong opinion                  B．is common at present

C．lived only in the 1960s                   D．was caused by changes in families

4.Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?

A．Discussion in family.                     B．Teenage education in family.

C．Harmony in family.                       D．Teenage trouble in family.

　　One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my father's new car. I 1 to see my father, but to my surprise, I saw a young woman driving instead. “She stole my father's car.” I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in. I said to the driver, “Follow that new car 2 ” And I told him why.

　　The taxi driver had a car phone, and I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the 3 of a police car and its loudspeaker. The police told the woman to stop her car. Our car came to a stop, too. I 4 right now and said to the woman, “It's not your car. It's my 5 ”

　　The woman smiled and said, “Oh. You're Mr Johnson's younger son, right? I've ever seen your photo at your father's office.”