CWhatshouldIeatforbreakfast?WhoshouldIgooutwithonweekends?WhatshouldIdoifImissthebustoschool?WhatcollegesshouldIapplyfor?AgainandagainChinesekidsaskthesequestionstotheirteachersandparents.Theycan’t
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WhatshouldIeatforbreakfast?WhoshouldIgooutwithonweekends?WhatshouldIdoifImissthebustoschool?WhatcollegesshouldIapplyfor?AgainandagainChinesekidsaskthesequestionstotheirteachersandparents.Theycan’tmaketheirownchoices.
KidsinAmericawouldbeverysurprisedtohearhowmuchChinesechildrendependonadults.Whentheyaretenyearsold,kidsdecidewhatclothestheywanttowearandbuy.Bytwelvetheyknowwhatclassestotakeformiddleschool.ThirteenyearsoldisthebeginningofbeingwhatAmericanscalla“teenager”.Nowthechildisuptoalmostallhis/herdecisions.Finallyatsixteenthekidusuallygetsacarfromhis/herparents.
Whyshouldkidsbeindependent?Thinkaboutit.Afterhighschoolmostofuswillbebyourselves.Willourparentsbeabletotelluswhattoeatforbreakfastincollege?Canourteachersdecidewhatweshoulddoatwork?
Makingourownchoicescanbequitehardandscary.Butwecanstartwithmakingsmallchoices,andthenslowlymakebiggerandmoreimportantchoices.
64.ThefirstparagraphiswrittentotellthereadersthatChinesekids______.
A.don’tknowwhattodo B.alwayshavemanyquestions
C.believeintheirteachersandparents D.dependonadultstoomuch
65.AtwhatagecananAmericankidmakemostdecisionsbyhimselforherself?
A.Ten. B.Twelve. C.Thirteen. D.Sixteen.
66.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?
A.AmericankidsaremoreindependentthanChinesekids.
B.Americankidswillmoreeasilyadaptthemselvestosociety.
C.Americanparentsdon’tcarefortheirchildren.
D.AsixteenAmericanyoungstercandrivehis/herowncar.
67.Inthewriter’seyes,______.
A.dependenceonadultsisshamefulinChina
B.independencefromadultsisworthencouraging
C.kidshavenoabilitytomakearealchoice
D.makingdecisionsisrathereasy