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Why do young adult children become independent so much later than those in the 1960s, when the average age of independent living was 21? Why have reduced class sizes and increased per-pupil expenditures (花销) not __1__ higher academic achievement levels? Why is the mental health of today's kids so poor when __2__ with that of the children in the 1960s and before? Why do today's __3__ become defensive when told by teachers that their children have misbehaved in school?
The answer is in two words : parental __4__ These two words best summarize the __5__ between "old" child raising and new, post-1960s parenting. Then, the overall philosophy was that parents were not to be __6__ involved with their kids. They were available __7__ crisis, but they stood a ( an) __8__ distance from their kids and allowed them to experience the benefits of the trial-and-error① process. It was the children's __9__ , back then, to keep their parents from getting involved. That was 10 children learned to be responsible and determined.
Today's parents help their kids with almost everything. These are parents who are __11__ 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; __12__ , the defensiveness. But given that schools and mental health professionals have been pushing parental involvement for nearly four decades, the confusion and defensiveness are __13__ .
University researchers analyzed three decades of data relating to parental participation in children's academics. Their conclusions __14__ what I’ve been saying since the 1980s : parental help with homework __15__ a child's academic achievement and is not reflected on standardized tests.
Parents who manage children's social life interfere② with the __16__ of good social skills. Parents who manage children's after-school activities raise kids who don't know how to __17__ their own free time. Parents who get involved in their kids 's __18__ with peers ③ raise kids who don't know how to avoid trouble.
These kids have anxieties and fears of all sorts and don't want to leave their __19__ . And their parents, when the time comes, don't know how to __20__ being parents. You can imagine what will become of their future.
1 A.counted on B.resulted in C.touched on D.taken in
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:B
  • 系统解析:
    班级规模减小,对每个孩子的投人增加并没有导致他们取得更好的学业成绩。count cm 依靠,依赖;touch cm 提及,谈及;take in 吸收,理解,欺骗;result in 导致,符合语境,故选 B 项。
2 A.associated B.linked C.compared D.matched
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:C
  • 系统解析:
    与上个世纪 6 0 年代或以前的孩子比,现如今孩子的精神健康很糟,。associate 联系,联想;link 连接,联系;match 匹配,比得上 compare...with... 把……和……相比,此处用的是过去分词作状语,故选 C 项。
3 A.parents B.adolescents C.psychologists D.youths
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:A
  • 系统解析:
    老师告诉家长他们的孩子在学校表现不好,他们会为孩子辩护 parents 父母;adolescent 青少年;psychologist 心理学家;youth 青年。从下文的 their children 可知这里指的是现如今的父母,故选 A 项。
4 A.assistance B.protection C.involvement D.preference
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:C
  • 系统解析:
    此处是对第一段四个问题的回答。答案是两个同:parental in volvement (父母的卷入)。assistance 帮忙;protection 保护;involvement 卷入;preference 偏爱。下文出现的 involvement 给出提示,故选 C 项。
5 A.differences B.similarities C.choices D.relations
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:A
  • 系统解析:
    这里指的是现在和过去在抚养孩子上的不同。similarity 相似之处;choice 选择;relation 关系;difference 区别,此处指新老两代人抚养孩子的区别,符合题意,故选 A 项。
6 A.slightly B.passively C.highly D.fairly
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:C
  • 系统解析:
    当时普遍被接受的做法是父母不应该过多地关注孩子的生活 slightly 稍微地;passively 被动地;fairly 公平地,相当地;highly 大量地 be highly involved with 过多地关注,符合语境,故选 C 项。
7 A.in case of B.in spite of C.in view of D.in fear of
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:A
  • 系统解析:
    如果孩子出现了危机,父母还是会在他们身边的.in spite 0f 尽管;in view of 鉴于,考虑到;in fear of 担心,害怕;in case of 如果,假使符合语境。故选 A 项。
8 A.equal B.safe C.long D.short
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:B
  • 系统解析:
    但是父母们会站在一个安全的距离,这里的安全有两层意思,既保护孩子不受到危险的伤害,又能让孩子在不断摸索的过程中获得一些益处。前面的 crisis 也是选择 safe 的一个依据,故选 B 项。
9 A.fault B.turn C.job D.attitude
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:C
  • 系统解析:
    在过去,不让父母卷入到他们的生活中来,因为这是孩子自己的职责。fault 过失;turn 轮流,依次;attitude 态度;job 任务,职责,符合语境,故选 C 项。
10 A.when B.how C.why D.what
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:B
  • 系统解析:
    那就是那时的孩子如何学会具有责任感并且意志坚定的。此句是对这一段的概括,讲的是孩子如何变得独立的,强调方式,故另 B 项。
11 A.confused B.disappointed C.amazed D.satisfied
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:A
  • 系统解析:
    当涉及他们在孩子生活中的意义的时候,现如今的家长也很迷茫。confused 迷茫的;disappointed 失望的;amazed 惊讶的;satisfied 满足的。本段最后一句话中的 confusion 也给出了暗示?故选 A 项。
12 A.however B.still C.yet D.thus
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:D
  • 系统解析:
    家长过多地关注孩子的生活,使得他们在看待发生在孩子身上的事情时太主观化、个人化,不够客观,这必然会让家长们在每一件事上都在辩解。此空前后是因果关系,thus 因此,符合题意,故 D 项。
13 A.
本题答案:
  • 参考答案:C
  • 系统解析:
    但是考虑到近 4 0 年以来学校和一些心理专家一直在鼓励家长参与到孩子的生活中去,所以家长的困惑和辩解也是可以理解的 unreasonable 不合情理的;changeable 易变的;avoidable 可避免的;understandable 可以理解的,符合语境。故选 C 项。
14 A.confirmed B.convinced C.realized D.reflected
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:A
  • 系统解析:
    他们的结论也确认了我自从上个世纪 80 年代以来一直所说的,父母在孩子作业上的帮助降低了孩子的学业成绩,也没有在标准化考试方面有所体现。convince 使……信服;realize 意识到;reflect 反映;confirm 确认,符合语境,故选 A 项。
15 A.decides B.lowers C.helps D.stimulates
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:B
  • 系统解析:
    根据上文可知,父母在孩子作业上的帮助降低了孩子的学业成绩。后面的 is not reflected on standardized tests 也说明父母对孩子作业的帮助并没有起到积极的作用。decide 决定;help 帮助;stimulate 激发;lower 降低,符合题意。
16 A.appearance B.performance C.establishment D.development
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:D
  • 系统解析:
    试图管理、控制孩子社交生活的家长必然会阻碍孩子发展好的社交技能。appearance 外貌;performance 表演,表现;establishment 建立;development 形成,发展,培养,符合语境,故选 D 项。
17 A.value B.devote C.fill D.save
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:C
  • 系统解析:
    给孩子安排课外活动的家长培养出来的孩子不知道如何去利用他们的空闲时间。value 珍惜,重视;devote 奉献,致力于;save 节约,救;fill 打发,消磨,fill one’s time 打发某人的时间,即安排某人的时间,符合题意。故选 C 项。
18 A.communication B.conflicts C.cooperation D.competitions
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:B
  • 系统解析:
    后面的内容说孩子不知道该如何去避免麻烦,这里应该指的是孩子和其他孩子发生冲突。communicatin 交流;cooperation 合作;competition 竞争;conflict 冲突,符合题意。故选 B 项。
19 A.home B.school C.career D.profession
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:A
  • 系统解析:
    父母过多地卷入到孩子的生活中,必然会让孩子习惯依赖父母而不敢走出家门,独立生活。leave home 走出家门 ,符合题意,故选 A 项。
20 A.start B.ignore C.consider D.stop
本题答案:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 参考答案:D
  • 系统解析:
    当这一刻来临时,指的是孩子应该走出家门,独立生活时,父母也不知道该如何从孩子们的生活中走出来了。start 开始;ignore 忽视;consider 考虑,认为;stop 停止,stop being parents 指的是不再卷入到孩子的生活中去,让他们独立生活。故选 D 项。
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