Question

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      higher academic achievement levels? Why is the mental health of today’s kids so poor when ________with that of children in the 1960s and before? Why do today’s ________ become defensive when told by teachers that their children have misbehaved in school?

The answer in two words: parental ________. Those two words best summarize the ________ between “old” child raising and new, post-1960s parenting. Then, the overall philosophy was that parents shouldn’t be ________ involved with their kids. They were available ________ crisis, but they stood a (an) ________ distance from their kids and allowed them to ________  the benefits of the trial-and-error (反复试验)process. It was the child’s ________, back then, to keep his or her parents from getting involved. That was________ children learned to be responsible and determined.

Today’s parents help their kids with almost everything. These are parents who are ________ 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; thus, the defensiveness. But considering that schools and mental health professionals have been pushing parent involvement for nearly four decades, the confusion and defensiveness are ________.

University researchers analyzed three decades of data relating to parent participation in children’s academics. Their conclusions ________ what I’ve been saying since the 1980s: parental help with homework________a child’s academic achievement and is not reflected on standardized tests.

Parents who manage a child’s social life affect the ________ of good social skills. Parents who manage a child’s after-school activities raise kids who don’t know how to ________ their own free time. Parents who get involved in their kids’ ________ with peers 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 ________ . And their parents, when the time comes, don’t know how to ________ being parents. You can imagine what will become of their future.

1.A. counted on     B. taken in      C. touched on      D. resulted in

2.A. connected      B. linked        C. compared      D. matched

3.A. youths         B. adolescents  C. psychologists  D. parents

4.A. assistance    B. protection   C. involvement     D. preference

5.A. choices        B. similarities C. differences    D. relations

6.A. slightly       B. passively     C. fairly          D. highly

7.A. in fear of    B. in spite of  C. in view of      D. in case of

8.A. safe           B. equal         C. long            D. short

9.A. experiment    B. gain          C. experience      D. enjoy

10.A. fault        B. job          C. turn            D. attitude

11.A. how           B. when         C. why          D. what

12.A. amazed        B. disappointed  C. confused        D. satisfied

13.A. unreasonable B. changeable    C. understandable D. avoidable

14.A. realized      B. convinced     C. confirmed       D. reflected

15.A. lowers       B. decides      C. helps           D. promotes

16.A. development  B. performance   C. establishment   D. appearance

17.A. fill          B. devote        C. value           D. save

18.A. communication B. cooperation   C. conflicts       D. competitions

19.A. career        B. school       C. home           D. profession

20.A. ignore       B. stop         C. consider        D. Start

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.C

6.D

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.C

14.C

15.A

16.A

17.A

18.C

19.C

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了过度的保护会制约孩子们的成长。

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6.________ distance from their kids 可知，他们并不想高度参与到孩子的事情中去，故选D。

7.________distance from their kids，可知万一有危险，父母才会出现，可知选D。

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12.________ .可知，选C。

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14.A. realized 意识到；B. convinced 说服，使相信；C. confirmed 确定，证实；D. reflected反映；根据下文可知，他们的结论证实了我所说的，故选C。

15.A. lowers 降低；B. decides 决定；C. helps 帮助；D. promotes推广；根据and is not reflected on standardized tests.可知家长帮助孩子做作业会降低孩子的学习成绩，故选A。

16.A. development 发展；B. performance 表现；C. establishment 设立；D. appearance 外表；管理孩子的社交生活的家长会妨碍孩子社会技能的发展，故选A。

17.A. fill 填充；B. devote 投入；C. value 重视，评估；D. save 节约；安排孩子课余活动的家长会让孩子变得不知道如何支配他们自己的闲暇时间，故选A。

18.A. communication 沟通；B. cooperation 合作；C. conflicts 冲突；D. competitions竞争；根据who don’t know how to avoid trouble.，可知父母参与到孩子和同伴的冲突中来会使孩子不知道如何避免问题，故选C。

19.A. career 生涯；B. school 学校；C. home 家；D. profession职业；由于受到父母的过度保护，一些孩子什么都害怕，所以不愿意离开家，故选C。

20.A. ignore 忽视；B. stop 停止；C. consider 意识到；D. start开始；上句讲到被过度保护的孩子离不开家，该句说的是这样的家长也不知道该如何放手， 故选B。

考点：教育类短文阅读