题目内容：

Compared with the children of a few decades back，today’s children seem to be ________：they enjoy better health owing to recent ________in medicine and in public health care. They also enjoy all the ________of modern life. Physically and materially. Today’s children seem to be much better off than their predecessors. Nevertheless，_________the improved standards of____________，many children nowadays seem to be emotionally _______since most parents are spending less time with their children，so little，in______，that many could ________be called ‘weekend parents’. An increasing number of mothers are taking full-time jobs，________their children in the care of baby-sitters or nurseries. Time has become a luxury few parents can _______ because of the pressures of their work and the very brisk pace of life in our_______society. On the other hand，these working parents can often well afford to ________their children with the best food, clothes，toys and other__________desires. But__________to say, they fail to ________the emotional requirements of their growing children.  As a noted pediatrician（儿科医生）of the Medical and Health Department ________，children need love，security, praise, recognition and responsibility. If these needs are not ________，their development might be stunted（抑制）.Child psychologists all________that some illnesses and emotional disturbances _______ to children are because of a lack of parental care. In the light of this，parents who really ______ their children should be sure that there are good lines of communication between themselves and their children，despite their heavy work loads.

1.A. unhappier    B. naughtier    C. luckier    D. richer

2.A. inventions    B. discoveries    C. products    D. advances

3.A. facilities    B. comforts    C. pleasure    D. appliances

4.A. due to    B. regarding    C. in spite of    D. for

5.A. housing    B. caring    C. living    D. earning

6.A. deprived    B. poor    C. faulty    D. shallow

7.A. general    B. total    C. fact    D. truth

8.A. wrongly    B. rightly    C. totally    D. namely

9.A. leaving    B. entrusting    C. lending    D. making

10.A. spend    B. afford    C. waste    D. do

11.A. passive    B. active    C. dangerous    D. competitive

12.A. buy    B. offer    C. provide    D. give

13.A. emotional    B. material    C. physical    D. intellectual

14.A. happy    B. sad    C. lucky    D. unfortunate

15.A. show    B. feel    C. create    D. satisfy

16.A. explains    B. talks    C. speaks    D. says

17.A. made    B. taken    C. done    D. met

18.A. argue    B. tell    C. admit    D. disagree

19.A. popular    B. common    C. ordinary    D. pubic

20.A. look after    B. bring up    C. agree with    D. care about