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The following form shows the result of a survey of parents from five countries, who were asked why children are important to them. They were required to choose three main reasons from seven dealing with personal interests, family relations and social responsibility. Each number in the form is the percentage of parents who chose what particular item(项目) as one of their three reasons.
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Items
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Japan
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Korea
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USA
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Britain
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France
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A. To see oneself continuing in future
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35
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32
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31
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17
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59
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B. To keep the family line
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24
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68
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17
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26
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C. To receive cares in old age
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10
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38
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8
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7
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8
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D. To strengthen family ties
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51
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25
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50
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55
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66
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E. To develop oneself through raising one’s children
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60
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19
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54
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69
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35
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F. To enjoy raising children
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20
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19
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50
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71
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39
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G. To raise responsible citizens
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45
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40
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46
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15
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21.Compared with the parents in other countries Korean parents are least interested in ________.
A.receiving cares in old age B.raising responsible citizens
C.keeping the family line D.enjoying raising children
22.In which country parents pay the most attention to learning from the experience?
A.In Britain. B.In USA. C.In Japan. D.In Korea.
23.From the above percentages, we can infer ________.
A.parents in Western countries care more about family relationship
B.parents in Asia want their children to be useful for the society most
C.ideas of raising children between East and West are somewhat different
D.parents all over the world usually do not think about their own old ages
