高三英语限时阅读训练（十五）

　　完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、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 it used to be. The 36 family in colonial （殖民时期的） North Americn was mainly concerned with survival and 37 that, its own economic prosperity. Thus, children were 38 in terms of their producitivity （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）。

　　Which 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 States has become, each 42 must fulfill a number of personal and occupational 43 and be in contact with many other members. 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 acepiance 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, socializaing 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. heyond D. through