1．答案　A

解析　根据横线后句"The No.1 thing parents can do to help their kids stay on good terms with each other is not to compare them with each other."可知，第一个建议就是不要比较孩子们。故A项符合本段中心思想。

2．答案　C

解析　根据横线前句"Never say 'Your sister never...'or 'Why can't you do you're your brother does？'"可知，本段建议父母不要对孩子进行比较，比较只会让竞争激烈。故选C。

3．答案　E

解析　本段小标题"Stay out of the way."及第一句"Try not to get too involved(参与you're your kids' arguments."可知，当孩子之间发生争论的时候，父母亲不要选边站队，要让孩子自己去解决问题。故E项符合上下文联系。

4．答案　G

解析　根据横线后句"My kids go to each other's activities，and take part in activities together"可知，我们要让孩子相互参加对方的活动，站在对方的立场看问题。这样做可以让相互之间的理解更加深入。故选G。

5．答案　D

解析　本段主要介绍的是通过假期活动让孩子增进理解。不需要做什么特别大的事情。实际上一次周末野营旅行即可。故D项符合上下文串联。

第二节　(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

You Are the Apple of My Eye

　　Ever since I could remember，I've been told I was the apple of my daddy's eye. When I was growing up，my dad had a(n) 1 at home. It seemed huge to me， 2 dark wood. I used to 3 under that desk，hiding for hours.

　　Why was I 4 to that old desk？Besides the books on the desk，there was also a polished wooden apple with a frame 5 a picture of me. It was a visible 6 of how my father felt about me. The picture to be seen 7 he raises his head while working at the desk showed how 8 I was to my dad.

　　This saying was 9 and I'd heard many people refer to others as the apple of their eye. Many years later I began to 10 about the origin of this saying and learned the apple of the eye is the pupil(瞳孔) of the eye and that this saying was 11 a word picture(生动描绘) about relationship. It's a picture of being so 12 to someone that you can see yourself reflected in the pupil of their eye.

That picture brought 13 to my own eyes，as I remembered how much I meant to my father.