Children are in need of adoption because some birth parents are unable or unavailable to provide adequately for the needs of the

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问题     Children are in need of adoption because some birth parents are unable or unavailable to provide adequately for the needs of their child. There are (1)______ reasons for making an adoption plan. Birth parents may feel they cannot(2)______ the responsibility of an unplanned child because they are too(3)______ or because they are financially or emotionally unable to provide(4)______ care. They do not feel (5)______ or able to be good parents.
    In(6)______ cases children are in need of adoption because courts (7)______ that their birth parents are unable to function adequately. Many of these children are(8)______ of abuse or neglect(9)______ how children come to need adoption, they are put(10)______ adoptive parents through private or public social service agencies. Other adoptions may be arranged(11)______, as when birth parents and adoptive parents come to know each other (12)______ of an agency and then complete the adoption according to the laws and regulations of their states of residence.
    In the early 1970s there was a dramatic increase in the number of families seeking to adopt, a condition which(13)______ today. For this reason, the number of those who wish to adopt regularly(14)______ the number of infants available. Reasons for this dramatic increase are varied. A(n) (15)______ factor has been the choice of many people to(16)______ the start of a family until later in life. Many of these people,(17)______, have found themselves to be less (18)______ at that time,(19)______ they have decided that their desire to have children might best be(20)______ through adoption.
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选项 A、exceeds
B、excels
C、betters
D、excludes

答案A

解析 词义辨析题。本句提到,由于(意欲收养孩子的家庭数量飞速增长)这个原因,因此想要收养孩子的家庭数目总是(超出)可被收养的婴儿数目。exceed可表示在数量上的“超过”,故A正确。excel“胜过”,指显示优越性,超过其他的人;better指竞赛中“打败,赢得”;exclude表示“拒绝接纳,排斥”。
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