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 is used to be. The ___36___ family in colonial(殖民时期的) North America was mainly concerned with survival and 37 that, its own economic prosperity. Thus, children were ____38___in terms of their productivity(生产能力), and they played the role of producer quite early. 39 they fulfilled this role, their position in the family was one of subordination(附属). With the ____40____ of the society, the position of children in the family and in the society became more important. In the complex and technological society ____41____the United States has become, each ___42____ must fulfill a number of personal and occupational___43____ and be in contact with many other member. _____44_____, viewing children as necessary members of society means that they are ____45_____ more as people in their own right than as those of subordination. This acceptance of children as____46____ participants in the family is reflected in various laws _____47_____ the rights of children and in the social and public welfare programs. This new ____48____of children and the frequent contact between the members of society has also ____49_____an increasing interest in child-raising techniques. People today spend much time___50_____ the proper way to ____51____ children. Nowadays, the socialization of the child in the United States is a ___52____transaction(事务) between parent and child____53_____a one-way, parent-to-child training___54_____ . As a consequence, socializing children and____55____with them over a long period of time is for parents a mixture of pleasure, satisfaction, and problems. 36. A. poor B. ordinary C. happy D. wealthy 37. A. except B. for C. beyond D. through 38. A. supported B. received C. encouraged D. valued 39. A. Until B. After C. Although D. When 40. A. movement B. achievement C. development D. requirement 41. A. that B. where C. when D. what 42. A. parent B. member C. family D. relative 43. A. purposes B. promises C. roles D. tasks 44. A. Besides B. However C. Instead D. Therefore 45. A. admired B. regarded C. made D. respected 46. A. willing B. equal C. similar D. common 47. A. enjoying B. preventing C. considering D. protecting 48. A. view B. faith C. world D. study 49. A. led in B. brought in C. resulted in D. taken in 50. A. seeking B. making C. fighting D. working 51. A. nurse B. praise C. understand D. raise 52. A. one-sided B. many-sided C. round-way D. two-way 53. A. more than B. rather than C. better than D. less than 54. A. manner B. method C. program D. guide 55. A. talking B. living C. playing D. discussing |