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.
(3)

选项 A、cautious
B、timid
C、young
D、aggressive

答案C

解析 语义线索题。根据该空格前的unplanned,其后的unable,及常识可知,亲生父母不能适当养护子女的其中一个原因可能是他们太年轻(young),故C最合适。cautious表示“谨慎的”;timid表示“胆小的”;aggressive表示“好斗的,敢作敢为的”。
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