第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的第四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Compared with the children of a few decades back, today’s children seem to be 16  . They enjoy better health owing to recent 17  in medicine and in public health care. They also enjoy all the  18  of modern life. Physically and materially, today’s children seem to be much better off than their predecessors（前辈）. Nevertheless, 19  the improved standards of  20  , many children nowadays seem to be emotionally deprived（剥夺）since most parents are 21   less time with their children, so little, in22 , that many could  23  be called ‘weekend parents’. An increasing number of mothers are taking full-time jobs,  24  their children in the care of baby-sitters or nurseries. Time has become a luxury few parents can  25  because of the pressures of their work and the very brisk pace of life in our  26  society. On the other hand, these working parents can often well afford to  27  their children with the best food, clothes, toys and other  28 desires, but  29  to say, they fail to  30  the emotional requirements of their growing children. As a noted pediatrician (儿科医生) of the Medical and Health Department 31  , children need love, security, praise, recognition and responsibility. If these needs are not  32  , their development might be stunted (抑制). Child psychologists all 33  that some illnesses and emotional disturbances  34  to children are because of a lack of parental care. In the light of this, parents who really  35  their children should be sure that there are good lines of communication between themselves and their children, despite their heavy work loads.
16． A．unhappier             B．luckier                    C．naughtier                D．richer
17． A．inventions          B．discoveries           C．advances              D．products
18． A．comforts             B．facilities             C．pleasure               D．appliances
19． A．due to                   B．regarding             C．for                         D．in spite of
20． A．housing                B．living                  C．caring                     D．earning
21． A．passing              B．spending              C．taking                     D．costing
22． A．general              B．fact                     C．total                       D．truth
23． A．wrongly                B．rightly                 C．totally                    D．namely
24． A．entrusting             B．leaving                C．lending                   D．making
25． A．afford                   B．spend                  C．waste                      D．do
26． A．passive                 B．active                  C．competitive             D．dangerous
27． A．buy                      B．offer                   C．give                       D．provide
28． A．emotional             B．physical               C．material                  D．intellectual
29． A．sad                       B．happy                  C．lucky                      D．unfortunate
30． A．show                    B．feel                     C．satisfy                    D．create
31． A．talks                     B．explains               C．speaks                    D．says
32． A．made                    B．taken                  C．met                        D．done
33． A．argue                    B．admit                         C．tell                         D．disagree
34． A．common               B．popular                C．ordinary                 D．pubic
35． A．look after              B．bring up              C．care about               D．agree with