题目内容：

    There is a fine line between a parent who is active and open-minded and one that doesn’t know when to let go. As my daughter, Nicole, prepares to leave home for college, I’m discovering how hard it is to stay on the right side of this line. When I hold onto the apron strings (围裙带) connecting, Nicole, eager to taste independence, tries to loosen my grasp. What results is an awkward mother-daughter, push-me, pull-you kind of tango.

For the past two years, it’s gone like this:

Mother’s question: “Have you thought of taking an advanced placement class so that you can earn college credit?”

Daughter’s response: “No, I’m not interested in that.”

………

I bit my lip a few times and Nicole shot me a few glares.

Two months ago, she was accepted to a great university. However, I was still the mother having a hard time letting go. The night before the introductory meeting of the university, I had read the course catalog carefully and underlined courses which I thought looked good. We met on the campus the next afternoon, and Nicole’s face lit up with excitement. “I have had my entire schedule figured out,” she said. “Already?” I was astonished, thinking she should have discussed it with me. I examined the schedule. Nicole hadn’t taken a single one of the courses I had suggested. Every course she had chosen exactly suited her interests. Just then I saw a mature, capable young woman with a sharp mind and the ability to shape her future. She no longer needed her mother evaluating every decision she made. I felt excited that she was my daughter, though still a bit sad.

I reviewed the lessons carefully. Nicole has struggled to learn over the past 18 years: responsibility, sympathy, and hard work. There have been a few holes along the way. Still, she is well-equipped and eager to embrace the future. The next step, I recognized, was mine to take: giving my daughter and myself the independence we both needed.

1.The underlined word “tango” in paragraph one means “________”.

A.dance B.music

C.fight D.peace

2.Why did the author underline some courses?

A.Because she wanted to help her daughter.

B.Because these courses were very important.

C.Because her daughter knew nothing about these courses.

D.Because she wanted to take these courses.

3.How did the author feel when her daughter chose her own course?

A.Embarrassed and hurt. B.Proud and sad.

C.Serious and angry. D.Passionate and envious.

4.The purpose of writing the passage is to ________.

A.share a story about parenting with readers

B.show her love to her daughter

C.teach readers how to choose a course

D.persuade readers to live a dependent life