Directions: There are 20 blanks in the fllowing passage, and for each blank there are 4 choicesmarked A, B, c, and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits intothe passage. Then blacken the corresponding Letter on the Answer Sheet
Walking through the woods alone can be a frightening prospect for a kid, but not for7-year-old Matthew of Portland, Oregon. He doesn't have a backyard to_ in. so the woods behindhis house serve the same 57. He spends hours out there swinging on a swing, 58 across thevalley to a friend's house, and 59 garden knives to cut a path. He lays 60 sticks to form a bridgeacross the small steam. And he does all of this alone.
Mattew's mom, Laura Randall, wants her son to gain skills and confidence that only 61with doing things alone. But she isn't just 62 her 7-year-old outside the door with garden toolsone day. They worked up to it gradually with what Randall calls experiments in independence
.Just those moments, increasingly longer moments, where he can choose to be 63 his ownRandall explains. Randall knows this isn't the 64 for today's parenting style. Gone are the days 65kids ride their bikes alone until the streetlights come on.
Randall has met people who think she's a 66 parent. Once, an off- duty policeofficer startedyelling at her when she left Matthew alone in the car 67 a few minutes while she ran into a shop
Randall knows that parents in several states have been arrested for 68 their kids walk to thepark alone, or even 69 them to walk to school. And so she was a bit 70 about what this man mightdo. ,
Anyway, they talked it out, and the man walked 71 Randall felt confident about 72 herparenting, partly 73 she had connected with a group 74 Free Range Kids. This group 74childhood independence, and gives families the information they need. to push back against a
culture of overprotection
56.
swim
play
move
live
玩耍。
57.
road
path
target
purpose
目的,用途。
58.
walking
arriving
reaching
speaking
穿过。
59.
use
enjoy
using
enjoying
使用。
60.
out
away
down
off
躺下
61.
put
come
react
pay
反应。
62.
forbid
order
treat
leave
命令。
63.
at
in
with
on
独立的,独自的
64.
standard
freedom
relation
reflection
标准。
65.
when
which
where
what
当……的时候。
66.
kind
good
bad
sick
a bad parent 坏家长。
67.
with
for
on
at
for +时间段。表示一段时间。
68.
accompanying.
asking.
encouraging
letting
let sb. do sth. 让某人做某事。
69.
forbid
allow
forbidding
allowing
allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事。
70.
excited
moved
worried
pleased
worry about 担心。
71.
away
across
up
out
walk away 走开。
72.
persuading
defending
arguing,
opening
抵御,防卫。
73.
although
before
because
until
由于,因为。
74.
describe
call
described
called
被称为……
75.
responds
opposes
provides
promotes
促进,提升。