[研究生入学考试题库]考研英语(一)阅读理解分类模拟题84.docxVIP

[研究生入学考试题库]考研英语(一)阅读理解分类模拟题84 Reading ComprehensionPart AText 1 On her first morning in America, last summer, my daughter went out to explore her new neighborhood—alone, without even telling my wife or me. Of course we were worried; we had just moved from Berlin, and she was just 8. But when she came home, we realized we had no reason to panic. Beaming with pride, she told us how she had discovered the little park around the corner, and had made friends with a few local dog owners. She had taken possession of her new environment, and was keen to teach us things we didnt know.  When this story comes up in conversations with American friends, we are usually met with polite disbelief. Most are horrified by the idea that their children might roam around without adult supervision. A study by the University of California, Los Angeles, has found that American kids spend 90 percent of their leisure time at home. Even when kids are physically active, they are watched closely by adults. Such narrowing of the childs world has happened across the developed world. But Germany is generally much more accepting of letting children take some risks. To this German parent, it seems that Americas middle class has taken overprotective parenting to a new level.  We are depriving them of opportunities to learn how to take control of their own lives, writes Peter Gray, a research professor at Boston College. He argues that this increases the chance that they will suffer from anxiety, depression, and so on, which have gone up dramatically in recent decades. He sees risky, outside play of children among themselves without adult supervision as a way of learning to control strong emotions like anger and fear.  I am no psychologist like Professor Gray, but I know I wont be around forever to protect my girl from the challenges life holds in store for her, so the earlier she develop the intellectual maturity to navigate the world, the better. And by giving kids more control