Whydoyoungadultchildrenbecomeindependentsomuchlaterthan...
问题详情:
Why do young adult children become independent so much later than they did in 1970,when the average age of independent living was 21? Why have reduced class sizes and increased per-pupil expenditures (花销)not 13 higher academic achievement levels? Why is the mental health of today’s kids so poor when 14 with that of children in the 1960s and before? Why do today’s 15 become defensive when told by teachers that their children have misbehaved in school?
The answer in two words: parental 16 . Those two words best summarize the 17 between “old” child raising and new, post-1960s parenting. Then, the overall philosophy was that parents were not to be 18 involved with their kids. They were available 19 crisis, but they stood a (an) 20 distance from their kids and allowed them to experience the benefits of the trial-and-error process. It was the child’s 21 , back then, to keep his or her parents from getting involved. That was 22 children learned to be responsible and determined.
Today’s parents help their kids with almost everything. These are parents who are 23 when it comes to an understanding of their purpose in their kids,lives. Their involvement leads them to personalize everything that happens to their kids; 24 , the defensiveness. But given that schools and mental health professionals have been pushing parent involvement for nearly four decades, the confusion and defensiveness are 25 .
University researchers analyzed three decades of data relating to parent participation in children’s academics. Their conclusions 26 what I’ve been saying since the 1980s: parental help with homework 27 a child’s academic achievement and is not reflected on standardized tests.
Parents who manage a child’s social life interfere with the 28 of good social skills. Parents who manage a child’s after-school activities grow kids who don’t know how to 29 their own free time. Parents who get involved in their kids, 30 with peers grow kids who don’t know how to avoid much less trouble.
These kids have anxieties and fears of all sorts and don’t want to leave their 31 . And their parents, when the time comes, don’t know how to 32 being parents. You can imagine what will become of their future.
13. A. counted on B. resulted in C. touched on D. taken in
14. A. associated B. linked C. compared D. matched
15. A. parents B. adolescents C. psychologists D. youths
16. A. assistance B. protection C. involvement D. preference
17. A. differences B. similarities C. choices D. relations
18. A. slightly B. passively C. highly D. fairly
19. A. in case of B. in spite of C. in view of D. in fear of
20. A. equal B. safe C. long D. short
21 A. fault B. turn C. job D. attitude[
22. A. when B. how C. why D. what
23. A. confused B. disappointed C. amazed D. satisfied
24. A. however B. still C. yet D. thus
25. A. unreasonable B. changeable C. understandable D. avoidable
26. A. confirmed B. convinced C. realized D. reflected
27. A. decides B. lowers C. helps D. stimulates
28. A. appearance B. performance C. establishment D. development
29. A. value B. devote C. fill D. save
30. A. communication B. conflicts C. cooperation D. competitions
31. A. home B. school C. career D. profession
32. A. start B. ignore C. consider D. stop
【回答】
36-40 BCACA 41-45 CABCB 56-50 ADCAB 51-55 DCBAD
知识点:教育类
题型:完型填空