Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The position of children in American family and society is no longer what it used to be. The   1family in colonial （殖民时期的） North Americn was mainly concerned with survival and   2that, its own economic prosperity. Thus, children were   3in terms of their producitivity （生产能力）, and they played the role of producer quite early.   4they fulfilled this role, their position in the family was one of subordination（附属）。

Which the   5of the society, the position of children in the family and in the society became more important, In the complex and technological society   6the United States has become, each   7must fulfill a number of personal and occupational   8and be in contact with many other members.   9, viewing children as necessary members of society means that they are   10more as people in their own right than as those of subordination. This acepiance of children as   11participants in the family is reflected in various laws   12the rights of children and in the social and public welfare programs.

This new   13of children and the frequent contact between the members of society has also   14an increasing interest in child-raising techniques. People today spend much time   15the proper way to   16children.

Nowadays, the socialization of the child in the United States is a   17transaction （事务）between parent and child   18a one-way, parent-to-child training   19. As a consequence, socializaing children and   20with them over a long period of time is for parents a mixture of pleasure, satisfaction, and problems.

1.A. poor               B. ordinary     C. happy            D. wealthy

2.A. except             B. for          C. heyond           D. through

3.A. supported          B. received     C. encouraged       D. valucd

4.A. Until              B. After            C. Although             D. When

5.A. movement           B. schievement  C. development      D. requirement

6.A. that               B. where            C. when                 D. what

7.A.pareat        B.member        C.family       D.relative

8.A.purposes      B.promises       C.roles         D.tasks

9.A.Besides       B.However       C.Instead       D.Therefore

10.A.admired       B.regarded       C.made        D.respected

11.A.willing       B.equal          C.similar       D.common

12.A.enjoying      B.preventing      C.considering   D.protecting

13.A.view         B.faith           C.world        D.study

14.A.led in        B.brought in       C.result in      D.taken in

15.A.seeking      B.making         C.fighting       D.working

16.A.nurse        B.praise          C.understand     D.raise

17.A.one-sided     B.many-sided     C.round-way     D.two-way

18.A.more than    B.ratherthan       C.better than     D.less than

19.A.manner      B.method         C.program       D.guide

20.A.taking       B.living          C.playing        D.disussing

Answer

1.B 从survival一词来看，此处应该指任何一个“普通的”家庭。

2.C 当时North America他们主要关心的是生存，然后是its own economic prosperity。except

“除...之外”，着重于“排除在外”,

3.D in terms of是“根据, 按照”的意思。孩子们是根据他们的生产能力“估价, 评价”。

4.A their position in the family was one of subordination的前提是they fulfilled this role。

5.C With the development of the society随着社会的发展，

6.A that引出定语从句 the United States has become缺少宾语。

7.B 从后文中be in contact with many other member看，应该是each member。

8.C role“任务，职责，角色”；purpose“目的, 意图”； promise“许诺, 约定”； task“工

作，任务”。每个人必须履行应该是一些个人和职业的“职责，角色”

9.D Therefore“因此, 所以”；Besides‘除...之外”；However“然而”；Instead“代替”。

根据句子的意思应该选D

10.B regard as“把...认作”，

11.B 从they are regarded more as people in their own right than as those of subordination来看，

孩子应该作为平等的参与者。

12.D 法律应该是“保护”孩子权利的。

13.A 根据上文viewing children as necessary members of society得知。

14.C result in“导致”；lead in“引导入内”；bring in“生产, 介绍引进”；take in“接受, 理

解, 欺骗”。新的观点应该是导致后面的结果。

15.A；

16.D 孩子地位的变化导致an increasing interest in child-raising techniques，所以今天

的人们才会化大量的时间去寻求养育孩子的适当方式。

17.D 从后文a one-way得知。

18.B rather than“而不是”；more than“多于”；better than“优于”；less than“小于”。

19.C parent-to-child应该是培训计划。

20.B with them over a long period of time应该是living