单选题 Developing a peaceful, understanding, and supportive relationship between parents and children is not an easy task. Failures can and do occur at any age level, and at times the results are the abuse, neglect, and even death of children.
Child abuse has become a major topic in child development and an issue of much national concern. In the span of four legislative years, 1963～1967, all fifty states enacted laws calling for the reporting of injuries inflicted on children. By 1973, the United States Congress passed the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (Public Law 93-247), This law not only reflected the mood of concerned citizens, but it also did much to clear up the confusion and disagreement over what is child abuse.
The question "what causes child abuse?" has prompted much debate. The single most persistent myth which had plagued efforts to understand causes is the notion that parents who abuse children are mentally disturbed or ill. Although there is no specific psychiatric diagnosis which comprises the behavior and personalities of abuser, they seem to share a common style of child rearing. Those parents demand high levels of child performance and they often use severe physical punishment to ensure the child's proper behavior, Abusive parents themselves were raised In similar family situations and their own childhood experience has a lasting influence on their behavior as adults.
Current research has suggested, however, that the "abuser is sick" hypothesis is too limited, A broader social, psychological approach recognizes that some personal problems are implicit but that psychological factors arise out of a social context. Social factors include unemployment, social isolation, and unwanted pregnancy. Moreover, findings that abuse occurs more frequently in larger families and families with low income, poor education, and low occupational status suggest that many such parents cannot withstand the twenty-four-hour-a-day responsibility to raise and care for their children. These problems aggravate the situation, especially when combined with the general approval in our culture of violence.

单选题 This selection suggests that child abuse is ______.

A. a growing problem whose causes are not fully understood
B. caused primarily by the mental illness of parents
C. a problem in the United States, but a greater one in Europe
D. easily determined because of recent public laws

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 题目问：这一选段表明，虐待儿童是怎样的?细节判断题。第二段第一句“Child abuse has become a major topic in child development and an issue of much national concern.”第三段首句“The question 'what causes child abuse?' has prompted much debate.”通过这段话可知，虐待儿童已经成为孩子成长过程中的一个重要话题，也成了整个国家关注的焦点。但是什么导致了虐待儿童这一问题已经引起了诸多争论。所以，答案是A。

单选题 We can know from the second paragraph that the law passed by 1973 ______.

A. received little attention from the public
B. was condemned by abusive parents
C. was aimed to expand welfare programs of the United States
D. helped much in clarifying the problem

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 题目问：从第二段我们可以知道，1973年通过的法律怎么样?第二段最后两句“By 1973, the United States Congress passed the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (Public Law 93-247). This law not only reflected the mood of concerned citizens, but it also did much to clear up the confusion and disagreement over what is child abuse.”通过这段话可知，在1973年，美国国会通过了《虐待儿童的预防和治疗法(公法93-247)》。这部法律不仅反映出市民的忧心忡忡。而且它解决了人们在“什么是虐待儿童”这个问题上困惑和分歧。据此判断，答案是D。

单选题 The person who is beast likely to be a child-abusing parent is the one who ______.

A. was raised in abusive family situations himself
B. creates a peaceful and supportive family environment for his children
C. is unemployed or socially isolated
D. is mentally ill

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 题目问：哪类家长最不可能虐待孩子?第三段“Abusive parents themselves were raised in similar family situations and their own childhood experience has a lasting influence on their behavior as adults.”通过这句话可知，父母本身如果受到虐待，那么他们可能也会虐待自已的孩子。第四段“abuse occurs more frequently in larger families and families with low income, poor education, and low occupational status.”通过这句话可知，如果父母失业或者经济地位低下，他们很可能找孩子出气。第三段内容提到，如果父母精神有问题，虐待孩子的可能性比较大。据此判断，答案是B。

单选题 Which one of the following is most probably a cause of child abuse?

A. Too high an income of the parents.
B. Unemployment of the parents.
C. Poor health of the child.
D. Peculiar personalities of the child.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 题目问：以下哪一项最有可能成为虐待儿童的原因?通过最后一段可知，研究表明，“虐童行为。”更频繁发生在人口较多的家庭、低收入家庭、父母教育程度低的家庭、父母职业地位低的家庭。据此判断，答案是B。

单选题 Which of the following statements is the author likely to agree with?

A. Violence on TV may contribute Io child abuse.
B. Medical doctors are largely Io blame for unreported cases of child abuse.
C. The media should not describe the details of child abuse cases.
D. Violence in our society is acceptable unless children are victims.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 作者可能会同意以下哪项叙述?最后一段“These problems aggravate the situation, especially when combined with the general approval in our culture of violence.”通过这句话可知，这些问题加剧了“虐童现象”，再加上我们文化中得到普遍认可的暴力行为，这种情况就更严重了。据此判断，答案是A。