Question

For too many people, the harm begins early in life. Four out of ten babies born in the United States do not form a strong relationship with either parent, and they will pay for that in the rest of their lives.

New research from Princeton University confirms what other researchers have already found: the number of babies who are lack of the close relationship is rather big, which prevents them having a fair chance of having a successful life.

That finding is supported by many other research projects, including a study from the University of Rochester showing that nearly one third of US parents don’t know what to expect from their newborns, or how to help them grow and learn and get along with others. Babies, as others have pointed out, don’t come with an owner’s guide book.

The basic problem, according to the Princeton’s study, is that 40 per cent of babies in the US live in fear or distrust of their parents, and that will turn into aggressiveness (侵犯), defiance (違抗) and hyperactivity (多動) as they grow into adults.

Of that number, 25 per cent don’t have a close relationship with their parents because the parents don’t satisfy their needs. And 15 per cent find their parents are so troubling that they will avoid them whenever possible.

That will not necessarily result in a lifetime of violence, but it will make living a successful life much more difficult.

“They can overcome(克服) it,” sociologist Sophie Moullin of Princeton, the leader of that study, said in a telephone interview. “It’s not a make-or-break situation, but they might find it harder to control their behaviour.”

Moullin, along with his teammates from Columbia University and the University of Bristol in England, studied more than 100 research projects, to reach their conclusions.

Many reasons lead to the problem, including poverty(貧窮), ignorance(無知), and stress among parents who are so busy with their own problems that a new child is sometimes more than they can deal with.

Yet strong relationships, the researchers say, are amazingly simple to achieve.

1.According to the writing style of the passage, it may be a___________.

A. news report B. book report C. novel D. review

2.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. About 40 % of the newborns do not form a strong relationship with either parent.

B. Some parents are too busy with their own problems to deal with a new child.

C. Parents’ failing to satisfy their babies’ needs may cause future problems.

D. Babies who fail to have close relationships with their parents are sure to have an unsuccessful life.

3.What may be discussed in the following paragraph?

A. Findings of other projects similar to this topic.

B. Examples of the results of lacking strong relationships.

C. Simple ways of achieving strong relationships with a baby.

D. Reasons for failing in building up strong relationships with a baby.

4.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. It’s harder to control children’s behaviour

B. What a little love means to a little one

C. The problems of the parents in the United States

D. The problems of the babies in the United States

Answer 1