【单选题】
阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。
TheAmerican Family
In theAmerican family the husband and wife usually share important decision making. When the children are {{U}} (51) {{/U}} enough, they take part as well. Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness(宽容) ofAmerican parents. The old rule that "children should be seen and not heard" is rarely {{U}} (52) {{/U}}, and children are often allowed to do {{U}} (53) {{/U}} they wish without strict control of their parents. The father seldom expects his children to listen to him {{U}} (54) {{/U}} question, and children are encouraged to be {{U}} (55) {{/U}} at an early age. Some people believe thatAmerican parents carry this freedom {{U}} (56) {{/U}} far. Others think that a strong father image would not {{U}} (57) {{/U}} theAmerican values of equality and independence.BecauseAmericans emphasize the importance of independence, young people are expected to {{U}} (58) {{/U}} their parental families by the time they have {{U}} (59) {{/U}} their late teens or early twenties. Indeed, not to do so is often regarded as a {{U}} (60) {{/U}} , a kind of weak dependence.
This pattern of independence often results in serious {{U}} (61) {{/U}} for the aging parents of a small family. The averageAmerican is expected to live {{U}} (62) {{/U}} the age of 70. The job-retirement age is {{U}} (63) {{/U}} 65. The children have left home, married, and {{U}} (64) {{/U}} their own households.At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement incomes. {{U}} (65) {{/U}} the major problem of many elderly couples is not economiC、They feel useless and lonely with neither an occupation nor a close family group.
B．independent
C．sure
D．secure
网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
[解析] 逻辑衔接题。上下文中提到了美国人的价值观，即“美国平等和独立的价值观”。因此，这里选择independent，符合文章的逻辑衔接。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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