Uponreachinganappropriateage(usuallybetween18and21years),childrenareencouraged,butnotforced,to“leavethenest”andbeginanindependentlife.Afterchildrenleavehometheyoftenfindsocialrelationshipandfinancialsupportoutsidethefamily.Parentsdonotarrangemarriagesfortheirchildren,nordochildrenusuallyaskpermissionoftheirparentstogetmarried,RomanticloveismostoftenthebasisformarriageintheUnitedStates;youngadultsmeettheirfuturespouses(配偶)throughotherfriends,atjobs,andinorganizationsandreligiousinstitutions,Althoughchildrenchoosetheirownspouses,theystillhopetheirparentswillapproveoftheirchoices.
Inmanyfamilies,parentsfeelthatchildrenshouldmakemajorlifedecisionsbythemselves.Aparentmaytrytoinfluenceachildtofollowaparticularprofessionbutthechildisfreetochooseanothercareer.Sometimeschildrendopreciselytheoppositeofwhattheirparentswishinordertoasserttheirindependence.Asonmaydeliberatelydecidenottogointohisfather’sbusinessbecauseofafearthathewilllosehisautonomyinhisfather’sworkplace.Thisindependencefromparentsisnotanindicationthatparentsandchildrendonotloveeachother.StronglovebetweenparentsandchildrenisuniversalandthisisnoexceptionintheAmericanfamilyCoexistingwithsuchloveintheAmericanfamilyareculturalvaluesofself–relianceandindependence.
1.Thewriterdiscussesthemarriageofyoungadultsinordertoshowwhichofthefollowing
A)Theyenjoythefreedomofchoosingtheirspouses.
B)Theywanttowinthepermissionoftheirparents.
C)Theyhaveastrongdesiretobecomeindependent.
D)Theywanttochallengetheauthorityoftheirparents.
2.MostyoungadultsintheU.S.getmarriedforthesakeof____.
A)love
B)financialconcern
C)theirparents
D)familybackground
3.Basedonthepassage,itcanbeassumedthat______.
A)Americanyoungadultsarelikelytofollowthesuitoftheirparents
B)mostAmericanpeoplenevermakemajordecisionsfortheirchildren
C)Americanyoungadultspossessculturalvaluesofindependence
D)onceayoungpersonstepsintohistwenties,hewillleavehishomepermanently
4.Asonisunwillingtoworkinhisfather’sbusinessmainlybecause_____.