根据短文回答 51～65 题。 The American Family In the American family the husband and wife usually share important decision making. When the children are _______(1) enough, they take part as well. Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness (宽容) of American parents. The old rule that 'children should be seen and not heard' is rarely _______(2), and children are often allowed to do _______(3) they wish without strict control of their parents. The father seldom expects his children to listen to him _______(4) Question, and children are encouraged to be _______(5) at an early agE.Some people believe that American parents carry this freedom _______(6) far. Others think that A strong father image would not _______(7) the American values of equality and independencE.Because Americans emphasize the importance of independence, young people are expected to _______(8) their parental families by the time they have _______(9) their late teens or early twenties. Indeed, not to do so is often regarded as A_______(10), A kind of weak dependencE. This pattern of independence often results in serious _______(11) for the aging parents of A small family. The average American is expected-to live _______(12) The age of 70. The job-retirement age is _______(13) 65. The children have left home, married, and _______(14) their own households. At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement incomes. _______(15) The major problem of many elderly couples is not economiC.They feel useless and lonely with neither an Occupation nor A close family group. 第 51 题 请选择（1）处的最佳答案。 A.senior B.junior C.old D.young
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