[填空题]Many parents today assume that their children will be in an advantageous position if they start striving competitively for excellence at an early age.

[填空题]Many parents today assume that their children will be in an advantageous position if they start striving competitively for excellence at an early age.

[填空题]Modern children like to ask their parents many questions.

[填空题]Many parents are pushing their children prematurely into adulthood and at ever-earlier ages they have to work hard to excel not only in academic study, but in sports and social life as well.

[单项选择] Many parents complain that their teenage children are rebelling. They greet their children’s teenage with needless dread. While teenagers may assault us with heavy-metal music, wear strange clothes, have strange hair styles, and spend all their time dating or meeting friends, such behavior scarcely adds up to full-scale revolt.
Take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly on their wings, most of them are clutching at one another’s hands for reassurance. Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing it. It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. They have come out of their cocoon—into a larger cocoon.
Teenage rebellion, according to psychologist Laurence Steinberg, coauthor of You and Your Adolescent, has been greatly overstated.
A. ridiculous
B. unnecessary
C. unreasonable
D. sensible

[填空题]Many parents tell their children that wealth is something that hasn’t to be generated. It is something that can flow from parents.

[单项选择]In China, many parents try to keep their children at home. In Canada, they will sometimes push them out of the house to make them live on their own.
If a person over 18 chooses to stay at home, the parents may become worried that their child is simply lazy, or that he will become lazy if he stays there for too long. So in many cases (事例) they will say, "OK, you can stay at home, but you must pay rent (租金), just like you would anywhere else."
In some homes, the parents may make their children do their own washing, cooking, and something like that, just as they would if they lived on their own. This is not because the parents are being cruel, it’s because they want to be sure their child is not too lazy.
In China, parents often show their love and care to their children by trying to take care of all their problems. They think by doing so their children will have a better future, because their children can focus on their studies, or their work.

What does the un
A. 焦点。
B. 集中心思。
C. 勤勤恳恳