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　　Gay marriage, and especially gay parenting, has been in the cross hairs in recent days．

　　On Jan．6, Rick Santorum told a New Hampshire audience that children are better off with a father in prison than being raised in a home with lesbian parents and no father at all．And last Monday(Jan．9), Pope Benedict called gay marriage a threat “to the future of humanity itself”, citing the need for children to have heterosexual homes．

　　But research on families headed by gays and lesbians doesn't back up these above views．In fact, in some ways, gay parents may bring talents to the table that straight parents don't．

　　Gay parents “tend to be more motivated, more committed than heterosexual parents on average, because they chose to be parents．” Said Abbie Goldberg, a psychologist at Clark University who researches gay and lesbian parenting．Gays and lesbians rarely become parents by accident, compared with an almost 50 percent accidental pregnancy rate among heterosexuals, Goldberg said．“That translates to greater commitment on average and more involvement”．

　　And while research indicates that kids of gay parents show few differences in achievement, mental health, social functioning and other measures, these kids may have the advantage of open-mindedness, tolerance and role models for equal relationships, according to some research．Not only that, but gays and lesbians are likely to provide homes for difficult-to-place children in the foster system, studies show．

　　Children of gay parents also show less care about gender difference．That's likely because gays and lesbians tend to have more equal relationships than straight couples, Goldberg said．

　　“Men and women felt like they were free to pursue a wide range of interests,” Goldberg said．“Nobody was telling them, ‘Oh, you can't do that, that's a boy thing,' or That's a girl thing．”

(1)

The underlined phrase “in the cross hairs”(in Paragraph 1)probably means ________．

[　　]

A．

a great concern

B．

a big threat

C．

a political ban

D．

a role model

(2)

It can be learned from the passage that Rick Santorum ________．

[　　]

A．

opposes the need for children to have heterosexual homes

B．

thinks children are better off with a father in prison

C．

believes children are better off in heterosexual homes

D．

is in favor of children being raised by lesbian parents

(3)

From Abbie Goldberg's words, we can learn that ________．

[　　]

A．

Most heterosexual parents have children by accident

B．

Gays and lesbians consider carefully before becoming parents

C．

Heterosexual parents are not committed in the marriage

D．

There's no gender difference in gay and lesbian parenting

(4)

From the passage, we can infer that ________．

[　　]

A．

Children of gay parents are more talented

B．

Gay parents like adopting poor children

C．

Children of gay parents may enjoy more freedom

D．

Gay parents show no difference in social functioning

(5)

Which of the following is the advantage of kids of gay parents?

[　　]

A．

Tolerance．

B．

More talents．

C．

Achievement．

D．

Mental health．

答案：1．A;2．C;3．B;4．C;5．A;
解析：

(1)

最近，同性戀婚姻以及同性戀父母對孩子的教育問題成為人們關(guān)心的一個大問題。

(2)

根據(jù)第二段第一句可知“Rick Santorum告訴聽眾，與被女同性戀撫養(yǎng)長大而根本沒有父親相比，有個坐監(jiān)獄的父親會更好”。

(3)

根據(jù)第四段的信息they chose to be parents；Gays and lesbians rarely become parents by accident可知同性戀者在成為父母前是經(jīng)過考慮的。

(4)

從最后一段可得知答案。

(5)

由倒數(shù)第三段可知…these kids may have the advantage of open-mindedness, tolerance and role models for equal relationships, according to some research．


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