London―life for Cathy Hagner and her three children is set to permanent （不大可能改变的）.
Their 36 school day and her job as a lawyer’s assistant are busy enough. 37 Hagner also has to take the two boys to soccer or hockey or basketball while dropping off her 38 at piano lessons or Girl Scout Club.
39 , the exhausted （筋疲力尽的） family doesn’t get home until 7 PM. There is just time for a quick 40 before homework.
In today’s world, middle-class American and British parents treat their children 41 they were competitors 42 for some finishing line.
Parents take their children from activity to activity to make their future 43 . It seems that raising a genius （英才） has become a more 44 goal than raising a happy and well-balanced child.
“ 45 across the country are reporting a growing number of children 46 from stomachaches and headaches 47 exhaustion and stress," says child expert William Doherty of the
Teachers are 48 exhausted kids in the classroom. It's a very serious problem. Many children attend 49 clubs by necessity. But competitive pressures also 50 an explosion of activities. They 51 sports, language, music and maths classes for children as 52 as four.
“There is a new parenting trend under way which says you have to tap all your child’s potential at a young age, 53 you will let them down,” says Terry Apter, a Cambridge-based child and adolescent psychiatrist （青少年精神病专家）.
“It isn’t entirely 54 ; there have always been pushy parents. But what was seen as strange behavior before is now well 55 .”
36. A. half | B. part | C. full | D. whole |
37. A. And | B. So | C. But | D. For |
38. A. daughter | B. son | C. girl | D. kid |
39. A. Often | B. However | C. Though | D. Seldom |
40. A. lunch | B. supper | C. breakfast | D. tea |
41 A. even if | B. as if | C. now that | D. in case |
42. A. hoping | B. caring | C. calling | D. racing |
43. A. equal | B. smooth | C. excited | D. bright |
44. A. Exact | B. Excellent | C. Difficult | D. important |
45. A. Doctors | B. Lawyers | C. Engineers | D. Businessmen |
46. A. dying | B. preventing | C. suffering | D. learning |
47. A. due to | B. so as to | C. according to | D. referring to |
48. A. dealing with | B. playing with | C. going on with | D. getting on with |
49. A. grown-up | B. bodybuilding | C. after-school | D. night |
50. A. grow | B. reduce | C. stop | D. create |
51. A. have | B. enjoy | C. teach | D. include |
52. A. old | B. young | C. many | D. much |
53. A. except that | B. therefore | C. otherwise | D. unless |
54. A. old | B. new | C. wrong | D. fight |
55. A. respected | B. accepted | C. refused | D. managed |