考研《英语一》天津市北辰区2023年临考冲刺试卷含解析.doc

考研《英语一》天津市北辰区2023年临考冲刺试卷 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) Why do young adult children become independent so much later than they did in 1970，when the average age of independent living was 1 ? Why have reduced class sizes and increased per-pupil expenditures (花销）not 2 higher academic achievement levels? Why is the mental health of today’s kids so poor when 3 with that of children in the 1960s and before? Why do today’s 4 become defensive when told by teachers that their children have misbehaved in school? The answer in two words: parental 5 Those two words best summarize the 6 between “old” child raising and new, post-1960s parenting. Then, the overall philosophy was that parents were not to be 7 involved with their kids. They were available 8 crisis, but they stood a (an) 9 distance from their kids and allowed them to experience the benefits of the trial-and-error process. It was the child’s 10 , back then, to keep his or her parents from getting involved. That was 11 children learned to be responsible and determined. Today’s parents help their kids with almost everything. These are parents who are 12 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; 13 , the defensiveness. But given that schools and mental health professionals have been pushing parent involvement for nearly four decades, the confusion and defensiveness are 14 . University researchers analyzed three decades of data relating to parent participation in children’s academics. Their conclusions 15 what I’ve been saying since the 1980s: parental help with homework 16 a child’s academic achievement and is not reflected on standardized tests. Parents who manage a child’s social life interfere with the 17