We all make mistakes while parenting. We try to be a friend rather than a parent, or we are too strict when comfort is needed. We sometimes scold or hit when anger takes over, or we are negligent when depression 1 in. Imagine what our parenting would be like without resources to fall back on—like money, family, friends and connections—and what might be revealed if our lives were 2 examined with care in public housing, in public hospitals, in public child care and at our child's public school.

This is the situation for many low-income parents, often 3 mothers of color, whose children come to the attention of the child-welfare system. But in many cities across the country, the main 4 by public agencies when parents have these types of problems is to place the child in long-term foster care. The parents become the enemy, as 5 to an essential partner in bettering the life of the child.

It doesn't have to be this way. In the mid-1990s, New York City had one of the worst child-welfare systems in the country, with almost 50,000 children in foster care. Today fewer than 13,000 are in foster care, with many more children 6 safely in their families with additional support to ensure that the children are well cared for, including day care, homemakers to 7 with family chores and so on. These changes came about a few years ago after mothers whose children had been in foster care put pressure on the city administration to change. Parents who had changed their lives and were able to reunite with their children became advocates in helping other parents who were 8 as they had.

In the next few months, the commissioner of New York City's Administration for Children's Services, Ronald Richter, will 9 a historic change that many parents have wanted. Every time there is a decision on whether to remove a child from his or her family, a parent advocate or community member will be present to ensure that parents' needs are met and their rights are respected. Most parents want to help their children, but at times they need the resources to do so. Involving and supporting parents is the best way to 10 families.

A、 assist
B、 deservedly
C、 creeps
D、 criticized
E、 implement
F、 keen
G、 lodges
H、 opposed
I、 regularly
J、 remaining
K、 response
L、 single
M、 splitting
N、 strengthen
O、 struggling

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】["

根据空格所在从句缺少谓语以及空格前的名词为depression可知，这里应该填入动词的第三人称单数形式并能与介词in搭配。根据句意“当抑郁______时我们忽视了”，只有C项creeps符合句意，creep in意为“开始发生(或影响)”。

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根据空格所在的从句缺少主干成分可知，这里应该填入副词。根据句意“如果我们在公共住房、公立医院、公共儿童保育中心以及孩子的公立学校的生活______被仔细检查，会显露出什么呢”，可知I项regularly“经常”符合句意。

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根据空格后的名词mothers可知这里应该填入修饰性的词，即名词或形容词。根据空格前的low-income parents, often可知，这里的______ mothers of color所表达的意思应该与low-income parents相对应，可知L项single“单个的；单身的”最合适。

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根据空格前的定冠词the和形容词main可知这里应该填入名词。根据句意“但是在全国很多城市，当父母有了这类问题时公共机构的主要______是将孩子长期寄养”可知，K项response“反应”最合适。

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空格前后的the enemy和an essential partner含义相反，故as...to应该构成有“相反，与……相对”之意的短语。根据句意“在使孩子的生活变得更好这一问题上，父母变成了敌人，______极其重要的合作者”可知，H项opposed最合适。as opposed to意为“相对于”。

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空格处于with引导的独立主格结构中，根据空格前的many more children和空格后的副词safely可知，这里应该填入动词的分词形式。根据句意“现在有不到13,000名孩子被寄养，而更多的孩子则安全地______他们家里……”可知，J项remaining“逗留，不离去”最符合句意。

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根据空格前的不定式符号to可知这里应该填入动词原形，且该动词能与with搭配。根据句意“……额外的支持确保孩子受到良好的照顾，包括日间看护，料理家务者______家务等等”可知，A项assist“帮助”最合适。

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根据空格前的were可知这里应该填入分词。根据句意“已经改变了自己的生活、能够与孩子团聚的父母已经变成了拥护者，帮助其他那些曾经像他们一样______的父母”可知，O项struggling“奋斗，努力”最合适。

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空格所在的句子缺少谓语，空格前为情态动词will，故应填入动词原形作句子的谓语。根据句意“纽约市的儿童服务管理局委员Ronald Richter将要______一项很多父母都想要的历史性变革”可知，E项implement“执行，实施”最合适。

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