Social science has weighed in on the "tiger mom" debate, and it looks like everyone is right: Both over-protective and laid-back

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问题     Social science has weighed in on the "tiger mom" debate, and it looks like everyone is right: Both over-protective and laid-back mothers can raise successful children.
    Three years after Yale law professor Amy Chua’s controversial article, "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior," in the Wall Street Journal, Stanford researchers Alyssa Fu and Hazel Markus have published a study exarnining the effectiveness of the【C1】________. high-pressure parenting Chua【C2】________and the more relaxing style【C3】________ in European-American culture.
    They found both parenting styles can be【C4】________; the key is in how the child views his or her relationship with the mother. In Asian-American culture, children are often expected to rely on their families,【C5】________traditionally European-American families【C6】________value and encourage independence. Parental pressure【C7】________different reactions in each culture: Asian-American students said they felt like parent involvement in their lives is a form of support, while European-American children【C8】________the pressure to perform.
    "These findings underline the importance of understanding cultural【C9】________in how people interpret themselves and their relationships to others," the researchers wrote. "European-American mothers who assume that achievement is an individual project may be right to believe that too much involvement can【C10】________motivation. Tiger Mothers who assume that achievement is a group project may be equally right to【C11】________that parental involvement is【C12】________for motivation."
    The researchers evaluated these two different parenting【C13】________by analyzing the connections between children’s motivation and their mothers. Across the studies, Asian-American students saw more【C14】________between themselves and their mothers and were more accepting of their mothers’ involvement in their lives. These students viewed pressure from their mothers【C15】________and said it motivated them in times of 16 . European-American students, on the other hand, reported feeling more independent from their mothers and seeing pressure to succeed【C17】________a lack of support rather than a source of motivation.
    Parents might take some comfort knowing that,【C18】________ Chua’s battle cries for stricter childrearing, it looks like parenting isn’t quite so clear-cut. And dissatisfied white kids can【C19】________, too: They now have the social science to【C20】________ignoring their mothers.
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选项 A、appropriate
B、strict
C、mean
D、different

答案B

解析 空格要填入的词与high-pressure(高压)并列,修饰parenting,且从本句的对比部分the more relaxing style(更宽容的方式)可推出,第一种育儿方式不那么宽容。故选B项strict“严格的”。A项appropriate“合适的”,本句空格前的examining the effectiveness(检验其有效性)说明了育儿方式还未被接受,故排除此项。C项mean“刻薄的”,指对人不友善,修饰“育儿方式”不合适。D项different“不同的”,应修饰复数,而parenting为单数。
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