• 2022-05-27
    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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      Some parents send their children to school for no other reason than because they would otherwise have to look after them all day.The sentence implies . A: some parents realize the importance of education B: some parents do not love their children at all C: some parents themselves are uneducated D: some parents think looking after children is a burden or troublesome thing

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      Since parents are usually the major source of social support in early life, a child’s ______ of parental love may have effects on their life.

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      I. Banked cloze. (10%)Directions: In this section, you are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in the word bank. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. ______

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      1 Why does the author say that each unique life phase brings its own peculiar set of challenges?2 According to the author, what was understood as a norm?3 Based on the reading, what are the so-called “odyssey years”?4 Why does the author say that the odyssey years are an unavoidable stage in reaching adulthood?5 In what ways are young people today unlikely to do the same as their parents?6 How do some young people in their odyssey years react to their parents?7 What is parents' attitude toward their children in their odyssey years?8 What do you think is the author's attitude toward the odyssey years?

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      Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. Why did tribal leaders pay some money to the four women who have more than 12 children A: Because they wanted to encourage to have big families. B: Because they wanted to help those who have many children. C: Because they became concerned about children’s nutrition. D: Because they were much concerned about children’s healt