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  3. Children are in need of adoption because some birth parents are unable or unavailable to provide adequately for the needs of the

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.
(18)
选项 A、fruitful
B、versatile
C、adept
D、fertile
答案D
解析 语义线索题。根据该空格后面提到的“想要小孩只能通过收养”或常识可判断，年龄大就不容易生育了，fertile可表示“能生育的”，故D正确。fruitful表示“果实累累的，肥沃的”；versatile表示“多才多艺的”；adept表示“熟练的”。
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