Question 2 is based on the conversation you have just heard.

Conversation One

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W: (1) [Mr. David Jackson, a staff writer at The New Yorker,] is known for his nonfiction books of adventure. Today, we go on a different kind of adventure: Jackson’s life of parenting his offspring. David, as a parent of an 11- and a 14-year-old, what is the most interesting issue you are dealing with right now?

M: It’s easy to focus on the challenges, but so far I find these ages to be kind of wonderful. (2) [They are independent and they have their own curiosities and obsessions.] You can talk to them about fairly sophisticated subject matters such as politics.

W: Yes, that does sound refreshing compared with talking to younger children. Do they ask you to proofread their essays?

M: Certainly, with writing, they do. (3) [I really just try to be encouraging.] I think at this age editorial guidance is less important than encouragement.

W: Are there books that you think are important that your children read and that all children read?

M: My general thought is to read widely and to incorporate a love for reading. Learning to love to read, I think, is the optimal thing because it gives you a skill you can take anywhere.

W: So, you are not too concerned, like some parents, with the content they’re reading. I know I have some worries about that.

M: Yeah, read what you like. If a child loves graphic novels or comic books, whatever it is that is turning them on to read and turning on their imagination.

W: (4) [I feel that children’s tastes in books change as they reach adolescence. I know that mine certainly did when I was a teenager.] What do you think?

M: I think it’s especially important as they get older to read subject matter that will open their eyes to the world and people. So, I think both fiction and nonfiction are really important because they give you the power to begin to perceive the world through the lives of others.

2. What does the man think of young teenagers?（男士对青少年的看法是什么？）

解析：B。录音中女士提到，大卫是两个十来岁孩子的父亲，随后男士说他发现这个年龄段的孩子都很棒，他们很独立，有各自感到好奇和痴迷的东西。B项与此内容相符，其中的curious对应录音中的curiosities，autonomous对应independent，因此B项为正确答案。

错项排除：A项的fairy tales和C项的a headache在录音中无依据，故均可排除。D项利用录音中的politics进行干扰，但录音中男士是说可以和孩子们谈论相当复杂的话题，比如政治，并不是说他们对政治一无所知，故D项排除。