The job of raising children is a tough one. Children don’t come with an instruction manual(说明书). And each child is
36 . So parents sometimes pull their hair out in frustration(挫折), not
37 what to do. But in raising children—as in all of life—what we do is
38 by our culture. Naturally then, American parents teach their children basic American
39 . To Americans, the goal of parents is to help children
40 on their own two feet. From
41 each child may get his or her own room. As children grow, they get more
42 to make their own choices.
43 choose their own forms of entertainment, as well as the friends to
44 them with. When they
45 young adulthood, they choose their own jobs and marriage
46 . Of course, many young adults still
47 their parents’ advice and approval for the choices they make. But once they “leave the
48 ” at around 18 to 21 years old, they want to be on their own , not 49 to their mother’s apron strings (围裙带). The relationship between parents and children in America is very informal. American parents try to
50 their children as individuals—not as extensions of themselves. They allow them to achieve their own
51 . Americans praise and encourage their children to give them the
52 to succeed. When children become adults, their relationship with their parents becomes more like a (an)
53 among equals. But
54 to popular belief, most adult Americans don’t make their parents pay for room and board when they come to
55 . Even as adult, they respect and honor their parents.
| 小题1: | | A．strange | B．different | C．new | D．unlike |
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| 小题2: | | A．noticing | B．remember | C．knowing | D．deciding |
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| 小题3: | | A．influenced | B．made | C．controlled | D．changed |
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| 小题4: | | A．services | B．standards | C．rules | D．values |
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| 小题6: | | A．adulthood | B．girlhood | C．boyhood | D．childhood |
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| 小题7: | | A．freedom | B．space | C．time | D．money |
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| 小题8: | | A．Adults | B．Teenagers | C．Americans | D．Parents |
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| 小题9: | | A．help | B．join | C．share | D．provide |
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| 小题10: | | A．gain | B．pass | C．become | D．reach |
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| 小题11: | | A．wives | B．partners | C．husbands | D．couples |
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| 小题12: | | A．seek | B．invite | C．try | D．choose |
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| 小题13: | | A．room | B．house | C．nest | D．place |
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| 小题14: | | A．connected | B．held | C．stuck | D．tied |
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| 小题15: | | A．serve | B．treat | C．describe | D．recognize |
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| 小题16: | | A．jobs | B．plans | C．dreams | D．hopes |
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| 小题17: | | A．dependence | B．trust | C．belief | D．confidence |
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| 小题18: | | A．friendship | B．companion | C．membership | D．association |
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| 小题19: | | A．known | B．similar | C．contrary | D．due |
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| 小题20: | | A．travel | B．visit | C．see | D．live |
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