Compared with the children of a few decades back，today’s children seem to be     1   ：they enjoy better health owing to recent    2   in medicine and in public health care．They also enjoy a11 the    3   of modern life．Physically and materially．Today’s children seem to be much better off than their predecessors．Nevertheless，   4    the improved standards of      5    ，many children nowadays seem to be emotionally   6   since most parents are spending less time with their children，so little，in  7  ，that many could    8   be called ‘weekend parents’．An increasing number of mothers are taking full-time jobs，   9   their children in the care of baby-sitters or nurseries．Time has become a luxury few parents can    10    because of the pressures of their work and the very brisk pace of life in our  11   society．On the other hand，these working parents can often well afford to    12   their children with the best food, clothes，toys and other    13    desires．But    14    to say, they fail to    15   the emotional requirements of their growing children．As a noted pediatrician（儿科医生）of the Medical and Health Department    16   ，children need love，security, praise, recognition and responsibility．If these needs are not    17   ，their development might be stunted（抑制）．Child psychologists all   18   that some illnesses and emotional disturbances  19    to children are because of a lack of parental care．In the light of this，parents who really   20   their children should be sure that there are good lines of communication between themselves and their children，despite their heavy work loads．

1．A．unhappier              B．luckier                  C．naughtier           D．richer

2．A．inventions             B．discoveries            C．advances           D．products

3．A．comforts               B．facilities                C．pleasure             D．appliances

4．A．due to                   B．regarding               C．for                    D．in spite of

5．A．housing                 B．living                    C．caring               D．earning

6．A．poor                     B．deprived                C．faulty                D．shallow

7．A．general                  B．fact                      C．total                  D．truth

8．A．wrongly                B．rightly                   C．totally                D．namely

9．A．entrusting              B．leaving                  C．lending              D．making

10．A．afford                 B．spend                    C．waste                D．do

11．A．passive                B．active                    C．competitive        D．dangerous

12．A．buy                     B．offer                     C．give                  D．provide

13．A．emotional            B．physical                C．material             D．intellectual

14．A．sad                     B．happy                   C．lucky                D．unfortunate

15．A．show                  B．feel                       C．satisfy               D．create

16．A．talks                   B．explains                 C．speaks               D．says

17．A．made                  B．taken                    C．met                   D．done

18．A．argue                  B．admit                    C．tell                    D．disagree

19．A．common             B．popular                 C．ordinary            D．pubic

20．A．look after            B．bring up                C．care about         D．agree with