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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage. "Thereisasenselessnotionthatchildrengrowupandleavehomewhenthey're18,andthetruthisfarfromthat,"sayssociologistLarryBumpassoftheUniversityofWisconsin.Today,unexpectednumbersofyoungadultsarelivingwiththeirparents,"Thereisamajorshiftinthemiddleclass,"declaressociologistAllanSchnaibergofNorthwesterUniversity,whoseson,19,movedbackinafteranabsenceofeightmonths.
Analystsciteavarietyofreasonsforthisreturntothenest.Themarriageageisrising,aconditionthatmakeshomeanditspleasantnessparticularlyattractivetoyoungpeople.Ahighdivorcerateandadecliningremarriageratearesendingeconomicallypressedandemotionallyhurtsurvivorsbacktoparentalshelters.Forsome,theexpenseofanaway-from-homecollegeeducationhasbecomesoexcessivelygreatthatmanystudentsnowattendlocalschools,Evcnaftergraduation,youngpeoplefindtheirwingsclippedbyskyrocketinghousingcosts.
Livingathome,saysKnighton,aschoolteacher,continuestogivehersecurityandmoralsupport.Hermotheragreed,"It'sridiculousforthekidstopayallthatmoneyforrent.Itmakessenseforkidstostayathome."Butsharingthefamilyhomerequiresadjustmentsforall.Thcrcarcthehasslesoverbathrooms,telephonesandprivacy.Somefamilies,however,managethedclicatcbalancingact.Butforothers,itprovestoodifficult.MichcllcDclTurco,24,hasbccnhomethreetimes-andleftthreetimes."WhatIconsideredasocialdrink,mydadconsideredanalcoholproblem,"shecxplains.“HcneverlikcdanyoneIdatcd,soIcithcrhadtohideawayormcctthematfricnds'house."Justhowlongshouldadultchildrenlivewiththeirparentsbeforemovingon?Mostpsychologistsfccllengthyhomecomingsarcamistakc.Children,strugglingtoestablishseparateidentities,canendupwith"ascnscofinadcquacy,dcfcatandfailurc".Andagingparents,whoshouldbccnjoyingsomefinancialandpersonalfreedom,findthemselvesstuckwithresponsibilities.Manyagrccthatbriefvisits,howcvcr,canworkbcncficially.
Accordingtotheauthor,therewasonceatrendintheU.S.__________. A.foryoungadultstoleavethcirparcntsandliveindependently
B.formiddleclassyoungadultstostaywiththeirparents
C.formarriedyoungadultstomovebackhomcafteralengthyabsence
D.foryoungadultstogetjobsnearbyinordertolivewiththeirparents
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