Passage 3  (2008·福建卷)  完形填空

The position of children in American family and society is no longer what it 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 producitivity(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 members. __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.

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答案  36.B  37.C  38.D  39.A  40.C  41.A  42.B  43.C  44.D  45.B  46.B  47.D  48.A  49.C  50.A  51.D  52.D  53.B  54.C  55.B