2. 外语
  3. By reaching an appropriate age (usually between 18 and 21 years), 1,______ children are encouraged, but not forced, to "leave th

By reaching an appropriate age (usually between 18 and 21 years), 1,______ children are encouraged, but not forced, to "leave th

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问题     By reaching an appropriate age (usually between 18 and 21 years), 1,______
children are encouraged, but not forced, to "leave the nest" and begin an
independent life. After children leave home they often find social relationship
and financial support inside the family. Parents do not arrange marriages 2.______
for their children, nor children usually ask permission of their parents to get 3.______
married. Romantic love is most often the base for marriage in the United 4.______
States; young adults meet their future spouses through other friends, at jobs,
and organizations and religious institutions, Although children choose their 5.______
own spouses, they still hope their parents will approve their choices. 6.______
    In many families, parents feel that children should make major life
decisions by themselves. A parent may try to influence a child to do 7. ______
a particular profession but the child is free to choose another career.
Sometimes children do precisely the opposite of what their parents wish
in order to assert their dependence. And sometimes a son may deliberately 8. ______
decide not to go to his father’s business because of a fear that he will lose 9.______
his autonomy in his father’s workplace. This independence from parents is
not an indication that parents and children do not love each other. Strong
love between parents and children is universal and this is no exception in
the American family. Coexisting with such love in the American family is 10. ______
cultural values of self— reliance and independence.  
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答案By—Upon／On
解析 本题为介词误用。by强调的是通过“某种方式、工具或媒介”；而此处表示“在到达一定年龄时”，可以表示“在……时”的介词为on／upon，如：On hearing the news，she felt her heart sinking down to the bottom。
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