Unit 4Directions:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required toselect one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank followingthe passage. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Who is an “adult”? Many would (1)____ having completed schooling, working steadily, living (2)____ of one’s parents, marrying, and having children as the markers of adulthood, traditionally achieved between the late teens and the early thirties. However, compared with their parents’ generation, young people today are taking longer to complete their schooling, to settle into steady employment, to establish their own households, to get married, and to fulfil the (3)____ to raise children.The psychologist Jeffrey Arnett describes the phase of life for those now between the age of eighteen and twenty-five as a period of relative independence from social roles and expectations. As such, (4)____ adulthood provides some younger people, especially those who have access to parental resources and supports into their twenties, with new opportunities for exploring their (5)____, particularly in the areas of work, love, and worldviews. Those who do not have resources, however, (6)____ problems.Many observers have thought about the factors that have made the transition from (7)____ to adulthood more complex and variable. Some believe that industrialization, improved health, and increased life expectancies have changed the (8)____ life sequences of the early twentieth century. Others think that the rising cost of housing in some parts of the century explains why young people are increasingly likely to live with their parents. Still others suggest that because this generation’s parents have fewer children, they are able to provide support that (9)____ the needs of each child, allowing their children to prolong their dependence and lengthening the time it takes them to complete their education and find (10)____ employment and independent living arrangements. A) adolescence B) anticipate C) eases D) emerging E) exceeds F) fascinating G) financially H) identify I) identity J) independently K) obligation L) optimistic M) positive N) stable O) typical
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- The old parents have been living with the young couple and their children for some years. ( )
- It is more difficult to be a parent today because A: today's children are not obedient and they think their parents' warnings are of no value. B: today's parents are so busy working that they have no time to take care of their children. C: today's parents have to keep their children from too many distractions and bad influence. D: today's teachers fail to do their work well and set bad examples for students.
- The ego ideal of young children is based on those closest to them, usually the parents, and later on other educators who have some ________ to their parents. A: reliance B: renaissance C: resistance D: resemblance
- The ego ideal of young children is based on those closet to them, usually the parents, and later on other educators who have some to their parents. A: resemblance B: resemble C: assemble D: assembly
- Section A: Banked Close(1 point each, 10 points in all)Directions: You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Please write the corresponding letter for each item. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. A journalism B basic C fan A: Section A: Banked Close(1 point each, 10 points in all)Directions: You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Please write the corresponding letter for each item. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. A journalism B basic C fan B: Section A: Banked Close(1 point each, 10 points in all)Directions: You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Please write the corresponding letter for each item. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. A journalism B basic C fan C: Section A: Banked Close(1 point each, 10 points in all)Directions: You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Please write the corresponding letter for each item. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. A journalism B basic C fan D: Section A: Banked Close(1 point each, 10 points in all)Directions: You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Please write the corresponding letter for each item. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. A journalism B basic C fan