[单项选择]Some parents are only concerned ______ their children's grades in studies.
A. of
B. at
C. about
D. for

[单项选择]Some parents are only concerned ______ their children's grades in studies.


A. of
B. at
C. about
D. for

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Passage Five
When concerned parents protest the excessive sex or violence on television, they often seek control of television from some outside agency. Our research, however, suggests that the most effective control of TV’ s influence on children can be exerted from within the home.
We have found that there is major obstacle that parents need to overcome in connection with TV viewing. Surprisingly enough, we are going to advocate that parents act rudely—at least as fat’ as the TV set is concerned. Most of us have been socialized all our lives with the warning "Don’ t interrupt when someone else is speaking." Yet our ancestors never imagined a mechanical visitor sitting in the middle of our home who talks without stop and never allows the listener an opportunity to put a word in edgewise.
During our research, we found upon questioning parents that they usually reacted to TV content they disliked or disagreed with by
A. children may mistakenly think it all right for them to watch those programs
B. teenagers may become more resistant to their parents' attitude
C. young children may place more confidence in their parents' information
D. they lose a good chance to "lecture" their children

[单项选择]The parents thought that their only child was not yet ______ to be independent.
A. enough old
B. so old
C. old enough
D. too old

[单项选择]In many American families, parents feel that children should make important decisions ______.
A. to themselves
B. on themselves
C. by themselves
D. of themselves

[单项选择]The parents of a child being discharged from the day surgery center after insertion of tympanostomy tubes ask the nurse. "What will happen to the tubes in my child's ears" Which of the following would be the nurse's best response

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Parents with an adopted child wonder whether, when and how to tell their child that he or she is adopted. They also want to know if there are special problems for an adopted child.
Child and adolescent psychiatrists (精神病学家) recommend that the child be told about the adoption by the adoptive parents. Children should be told about their adoption in a way that they can understand.
There are two different views on when a child should be told about the adoption. Many experts believe the child should be told at the earliest age possible. This approach provides the child an early opportunity to accept and integrate the concept of being "adopted". Other experts believe that telling a child too early may confuse the young child who can’t really understand the event. These experts ad vise waiting until the child is older.
In either case, children should learn of their adoption from the adoptive parents. This helps give the message that adoption is go
A. Adopted children recommend that they be told about the adoption by adoptive parents.
B. Experts all agree that telling the children too early about the adoption may confuse them.
C. Some experts hold that the adopted child should be kept in the dark as long as possible.
D. Parents should not discourage the adopted child from talking about the process of adoption.

[单项选择]It is impossible for parents to shield their children from every danger.
A. protect
B. relieve
C. conserve
D. free