单选题
The ordinary family colonial North America was primarily concerned with sheer physical survival and beyond that, its own economic prosperity. Thus children were
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in terms of their productivity, and they
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the role of producer quite early.
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they fulfilled this role, their position in the structure of the family was one of
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, and their psychological needs and capacities received
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consideration.
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the society becomes more complex, the
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of children in the family and in the society becomes more important. In the complex, technological society that the United States has become, each member must fulfill a number of
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and occupational roles and be in
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contact with a great many other members. Consequently, viewing children as
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acceptable and necessarily multifaceted members of society means that they are
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more as people in their own right than as utilitarian organisms. This acceptance of children as
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participants in the contemporary family is
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in the variety of statutes protecting the rights of children and in the social and public welfare programs
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exclusively to their well-being.
This new view of children and the increasing contact between the members of society has also
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in a surge of interest in child-rearing techniques. People today spend a considerable portion of their time conferring
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the proper way to bring up children. It is now possible to
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the details of the socialization of another person"s child by spreading the gospel of current and fashionable theories and methods of child rearing.
The socialization of the contemporary child in the United States is a two-way transaction between parents and children
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a one-way, parent-to-child training programs. As a consequence, socializing children and living with them over a long
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of time is for parents a mixture of
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, satisfaction, and problems.
【答案解析】[解析] result in表示“导致；结果是”。根据文章一致性原则，result in与下文中的as a consequence形成呼应。而B项involve in“卷入；陷入”，C项catch on“理解，明白”，catch up with为“追上，赶上”，D项immerse in“沉浸在；浸没”均不符合题意。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] confer with sb. on/over/about sth.表示“就某事和某人商议”。本题考查词语搭配。根据原文意思：“今天，人们花费大量的时间去商议教育孩子的正确方法”，所以选择confer on。而选项A、C、D均不构成此搭配，不符合题意。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] influence多指对某人的思想、行为、性格等产生的潜移默化的、使之逐渐改变的“影响”，根据原文中的the gospel of current and fashionable theories and methods，所以选择influence。而B项impress on“印，盖印；留下印象，引人注目”，C项effect“产生，招致”，D项restrain是正式用词，“强调以力量控制住某人，使其无法采取某种行动或阻止某事的发生”均不符合题意。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] rather than表示“而不”。根据原文，上句提到two-way，而下文却提到one-way，两者之间是一种对比，表示“是……而不是……”。而B项other than“除了；与……不同”，C项less than“比……更少”，D项better than“比……更好”均不符合题意。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] a period of表示“……时间”。本题考查词组搭配。根据原文，a long period of与time搭配表示很长的一段时期。而A项company“(一)群，(一)队，(一)伙”，C项a range of“一系列；……的范围”，D项extension主要指在范围、长度、时间等方面的“增加、延伸”均不符合题意。