A
Confident, smart and high-tech, they’re followers of pop culture and know what social networking is all about. They’re tweens, children between the ages of 10 and 12. These young people are no longer little kids but they are not yet teenagers, because tweens are in a state of transition(转变).
The tween years are hard for children. From a social point of view, tweens are dealing with quite a lot. They have to face changing relationships, middle school and a whole lot of pressure(压力) to succeed and fit in. They may become angry over seemingly small things. A bad test grade, an argument with a friend, a bad day on the ball field, or a request to clean a bedroom might set them off.
Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer, a parenting expert in London and author of Talking to Tweens, says, “The tween years are when young people begin to realize the wider world and to see themselves as separate from their families.”
Right now, tweens’ friends are everything to them. It’s universal for the age, but they show it in different ways. For boys, the whole friendship thing is through technology and sports. Girls like to talk.
Tweens are also a hot market. What do tweens consider cool? Music is at the top of the cool list, followed by going to the movies. “Being smart” comes third, tied with video games, followed by electronics, sports, fashion and protecting the environment, according to a report.
Undoubtedly, tweens have great spending power in the United States. It was the tween market that made Justin Bieber and Harry Potter household names. Retailers(零售商) know tweens are a hot market for clothes, music and entertainment. Tweens have their own sense of fashion and enjoy their own parts of popular culture.
1. Which of the following words best describes the tween years?
A. Entertaining. B. Unchanging.
C. Admirable. D. Difficult.
2. What can we know from the text?
A. Tweens remain dependent on their parents.
B. Friendship is very important in tweens’ eyes.
C. Retailers pay little attention to the tween market.
D. Playing video games is second to none on tweens’ cool list.
3. Where can we most probably read this text?
A. In a marketing report. B. In an education magazine.
C. On a fashion website. D. On a parenting poster.
【答案】1. D 2. B 3. B
【解析】
【分析】
这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲了向青少年时期转变的10——12岁孩子的特点。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。答案定位在第二段The tween years are hard for children.（少年时期对孩子们来说是艰难的。）故选D。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。答案定位在第四段Right now, tweens’ friends are everything to them.（现在，10——12岁青少年的朋友是他们的一切。）由此可知，B选项“在10——12岁青少年的眼中，友谊是非常重要的。”切题，故选B。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。通过阅读，可知这篇文章主要讲了向青少年时期转变的10——12岁孩子的特点，所以这篇文章最可能出自一份教育杂志，故选B。
【点睛】推理判断题要求考生在理解原文表面文字信息的基础上，做出一定的判断和推理，从而得出文章的隐含意义和深层意义。推理判断题属于主观性较强的高层次阅读理解题，做这类题目时，同学们应严格依据作者所陈述的细节、事实以及作者的措词、态度和语气等，找出能够表露作者思想倾向和感情色彩的词语，然后利用自己已获得的相关知识进行推理判断，从而得出符合逻辑的结论。小题3，通过阅读，可知这篇文章主要讲了向青少年时期转变的10——12岁孩子的特点，所以这篇文章最可能出自一份教育杂志，故选B。
