第二节 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分 30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The position of children in American family and society is no longer what is used to be. The ___36___ family in colonial(殖民时期的) North America was mainly concerned with survival and ___37___ that, its own economic prosperity. Thus, children were ___38___ in terms of their productivity(生产能力), and they played the role of producer quite early. ___39___ they fulfilled this role, their position in the family was one of subordination(附属).

With the ___40___ of the society, the position of children in the family and in the society became more important. In the complex and technological society ___41___ the United Stated has become, each ___42___ must fulfill a number of personal and occupational ___43___ and be in contact with many other member. ___44___, viewing children as necessary members of society means that they are ___45___ more as people in their own right than as those of subordination. This acceptance of children as ___46___ participants in the family is reflected in various laws ___47___ the rights of children and in the social and public welfare programs.

This new ___48___ of children and the frequent contact between the members of society has also ___49___ an increasing interest in child-raising techniques. People today spend much time ___50___ the proper way to ___51___ children.

Nowadays, the socialization of the child in the United States is a ___52___ transaction(事务) between parent and child ___53___ a one-way, parent-to-child training ___54___. As a consequence, socializing children and ___55___ with them over a long period of time is for parents a mixture of pleasure, satisfaction, and problems.

36. A. poor B. ordinary
C. happy D. wealthy

37. A. except B. for
C. beyond D. through

38. A. supported B. received
C. encouraged D. valued

39. A. Until B. After
C. Although D. When

40. A. movement B. achievement
C. development D. requirement

41. A. that B. where
C. when D. what

42. A. parent B. member
C. family D. relative

43. A. purposes B. promises
C. roles D. tasks

44. A. Besides B. However
C. Instead D. Therefore

45. A. admired B. regarded
C. made D. respected

46. A. willing B. equal
C. similar D. common

47. A. enjoying B. preventing
C. considering D. protecting

48. A. view B. faith
C. world D. study

49. A. led in B. brought in
C. resulted in D. taken in

50. A. seeking B. making
C. fighting D. working

51. A. nurse B. praise
C. understand D. raise

52. A. one-sided B. many-sided
C. round-way D. two-way

53. A. more than B. rather than
C. better than D. less than

54. A. manner B. method
C. program D. guide

55. A. talking B. living
C. playing D. discussing