单选题 A father's relationship to his child's current and future academic success and the level of his or her development in academic potential and scholastic achievement are both factors with some rather interesting implications that educators are beginning to study and appraise. As a matter of fact, "life with father", has been discovered to be a very important factor in determining a child's progress or lack of progress in school.
A recent survey of over 16,000' children made by the National Child Development Study in London, England, revealed that children whose fathers came to school conferences and accompanied their children on outings did measurably better in school than did those children x, hose fathers were not involved in these activities. The study, which monitored children born during a weekMarch, 1958, from the time of their birth through the years of their early schooling, further revealed that the children of actively involved fathers scored as much as seven months higher in reading and maths than did those children whose only involved parent was the mother. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the role played by fathers in the raising of a child. It indicated a much higher level of parental involvement by the father than had beenanticipated. Over 66% of the fathers were said to have played a major role in parentalresponsibility.
The study also suggested that the greatest level of parental parenting took place in thefamilies of only children. As the number of children and financial obligations increased, the father's apparent interest and involvement with thechildren decreased. Hlowever, no matter what the size of financial condition of the family, a father's active participation in the child'sdevelopment made great difference in the children's progress.
The study further revealed that while the frequency of overnight absences reflected a corresponding deficiency of the child's level in maths and reading, a father's employment on late shifts appeared to have little effect on the child's academic progress. The data from the study was obtained primarily through interviews with parents, teachers and physicians. The information evaluating the level of the father's parenting performance was elicited primarily fromtheadmittedly subjective observations of their wives.

单选题 It was implied from the passage that______
A. children in large families tend to do poorly in school
B. a father's influence played a significant factor in the level of the child's academic progress
C. mothers were subjective in evaluating the roles played by fathers
D. there is a correlation between socio-economic status and scholastic achievement

单选题 The data accumulated was obtained through______
A. observation by social psychologists
B. conversations with mothers of the children
C. interviews, school records and physicians' reports
D. observation of fathers with their children

单选题 All of the children studied______
A. attended the same school
B. lived in the same neighborhood
C. were in the same socio-economic class
D. were the same age

单选题 Children who generally tended to progress academically were______
A. those whose mothers gave them more affection
B. children who had been given a balanced diet
C. those whose fathers worked the night shift
D. those who had no brothers or- sisters

单选题 Evidence indicated that a high percentage of fathers were involved in the parenting process,which amounted to______
A. about two-thirds of the fathers involved in the study
B. a little less than one hundred percent of all fathers
C. slightly less than half of the fathers studied
D. more than three-quarters of all the fathers