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1、2012年大学英语四级考试阅读练习题   Uponreachinganappropriateage（usuallybetween18and21years），childrenareencouraged，butnotforced，to“leavethenest”andbeginanindependentlife.Afterchildrenleavehometheyoftenfindsocialrelationshipandfinancialsupportoutsidethefamily.Parentsd

2、onotarrangemarriagesfortheirchildren，nordochildrenusuallyaskpermissionoftheirparentstogetmarried，RomanticloveismostoftenthebasisformarriageintheUnitedStates；youngadultsmeettheirfuturespouses（配偶）throughotherfriends，atjobs，andinorganizationsandreligiousi

3、nstitutions，Althoughchildrenchoosetheirownspouses，theystillhopetheirparentswillapproveoftheirchoices.   Inmanyfamilies，parentsfeelthatchildrenshouldmakemajorlifedecisionsbythemselves.Aparentmaytrytoinfluenceachildtofollowaparticularprofessionbutthechil

4、disfreetochooseanothercareer.Sometimeschildrendopreciselytheoppositeofwhattheirparentswishinordertoasserttheirindependence.Asonmaydeliberatelydecidenottogointohisfather‘sbusinessbecauseofafearthathewilllosehisautonomyinhisfather’sworkplace.Thisindepend

5、encefromparentsisnotanindicationthatparentsandchildrendonotloveeachother.StronglovebetweenparentsandchildrenisuniversalandthisisnoexceptionintheAmericanfamilyCoexistingwithsuchloveintheAmericanfamilyareculturalvaluesofself–relianceandindependence.   1.

6、Thewriterdiscussesthemarriageofyoungadultsinordertoshowwhichofthefollowing？   A）Theyenjoythefreedomofchoosingtheirspouses.   B）Theywanttowinthepermissionoftheirparents.   C）Theyhaveastrongdesiretobecomeindependent.   D）Theywanttochallengetheauthorityof

7、theirparents.   2.MostyoungadultsintheU.S.getmarriedforthesakeof____.   A）love   B）financialconcern   C）theirparents   D）familybackground   3.Basedonthepassage，itcanbeassumedthat______.   A）Americanyoungadultsarelikelytofollowthesuitoftheirparents   B）

8、mostAmericanpeoplenevermakemajordecisionsfortheirchildren   C）Americanyoungadultspossessculturalvaluesofindependence   D）onceayoungpersonstepsintohistwenties，hewillleavehishomepermanently   4.Asonisunwillingtoworkinhisfather‘sbusinessma