下面的短文有15处空白,请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1 个最佳选项。 The American Family In the American f...

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问题 下面的短文有15处空白,请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1 个最佳选项。
The American Family
In the American family the husband and wife usually share important decision making. When the children are ____________ (1) enough, they take part as well. Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness (宽容) of American parents. The old rule that “children should be seen and not heard” is rarely____________ (2), and children are often allowed to do ____________ (3) they wish without strict control of their parents. The father seldom expects his children to listen to h im ____________ (4) question, and children are encouraged to be ____________ (5) at an early age. Some people believe that American parents carry this freedom____________ (6) far. Others think that a strong father image would not____________ (7) the American values of equality and independence. Because Americans emphasize the importance of independence, young people are expected to ____________ (8) their parental families by the time they have_____________ (9) their late teens or early twenties. Indeed, not to do so is often regarded as a ____________ (10), a kind of weak dependence.
This pattern of independence often results in serious____________(11) for the aging parents of a small family. The average American is expected to live _______ (12) the age of 70. The job-retirement age is ____________ (13) 65. The children have left home,
married, and____________ (14) their own households. At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement incomes.____________ (15) the major problem of many elderly couples is not economic. They feel useless and lonely with neither an
occupation nor a close family group.
(2)

选项 A watched
B followed
C understood
D grasped

答案B

解析
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