The study also suggested that the greatest level of parenting took place in the families of only child. As the number of children and financial expenses increases, the father’s apparent interest and involvement with the children decreased. However, no matter what the size or financial condition of the family, a father’s active participation in the child’s development made a definite difference in the child’s progress.

The study further revealed that while the frequency of overnight absences reflected a corresponding deficiency of the child’s level in math and reading, a father’s employment on night shifts appeared to have little effect on the child’s academic progress. The information evaluating the level of the father’s parenting performance was taken primarily from the admittedly subjective observations of their wives.

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A

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Collecting wins the hearts of many people despite the time, effort and money they have to invest. To make a fortune is one of the reasons accounting for the habit of collecting, where a sense of accomplishment is also granted. Its academic merits are also obvious because people may have a better comprehension of the world with the information their collections provide. Actually, people sometimes just enjoy the feeling of domination and collecting serves as a hobby to resist insecurity.

B

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Work plays an extremely important role in American culture, so people find retirement difficult as they may feel useless without jobs. Retirement can also bring financial problems as Social Security checks don’t provide enough money. However, some senior citizens feel happy about retirement as they finally get time to do what they really want. American government is solving retired citizens’ problems and concerning their special needs, which is wise and necessary, because everyone will get old.

C

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Recently, a teacher named Brandy Young appeals to parents to spend more time with their children rather than supervise their homework. Mrs Young’s proposal has caused reaction. Medical doctor Leonard Sax also thinks parents now fail to enjoy their children’s growing up. American education calls for more experts to inspire parents to spend more time with their children.

D

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To make the students’ power presented fully as expected, it is important and necessary to give reasonable levels of expectation. Set your expectation at the beginning of the new term of a fixed task. Get parents concerned with the importance of expressing expectation. Be cautious about excessive expectation and make sure of challenging and realistic expectation.

E

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The brown widow spider, suspected to develop in Africa and live in tropical and subtropical countries and areas, has settled in America and has been found enlarging its population in California. It has a preference for protected places as their habitats. Though it’s less dangerous than other widow spiders, it’s more exposed to humans. Therefore, what we can do is to use insecticides to control them, and reducing clutter around the house should be another way to get rid of its nests.

F

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In recent years, more and more Europeans prefer riding bikes. For one thing, people can’t afford cars because of financial problems. For another, cycling is of great benefit to cyclists themselves as well as the environment for being green low-carbon. Therefore, a certain number of measures have been taken to provide road security for cyclists.

G

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A recent study discovered that a father’s influence played a significant role in the level of the child’s academic progress. As is suggested, the father’s involvement with children was affected by the size of the family and its financial expenses. So children who tended to progress academically were those only children. Moreover, a father’s frequent overnight absence had a bad effect on the child’s progress.