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Technological change is everywhere and affects every aspect of life, mostly for the better. However, social changes that are brought about by new technology are often mistaken for a change in attitudes.
An example at hand is the involvement of parents in the lives of their children who are attending college. Surveys (调查) on this topic suggest that parents today continue to be “very” or “somewhat” overlyprotective even after their children move into college dormitories. The same surveys also indicate that the rate of parental involvement is greater today than it was a generation ago. This is usually interpreted as a sign that today's parents are trying to manage their children's lives past the point where this behavior is appropriate.
However, greater parental involvement does not necessarily indicate that parents are failing to let go of their “adult” children.
In the context (背景) of this discussion, it seems valuable to first find out the cause of change in the case of parents' involvement with their grown children. If parents of earlier generations had wanted to be in touch with their collegeage children frequently, would this have been possible? Probably not. On the other hand, does the possibility of frequent communication today mean that the urge to do so wasn't present a generation ago? Many studies show that older parents—today's grandparents—would have called their children more often if the means and cost of doing so had not been a barrier.
Furthermore, studies show that finances are the most frequent subject of communication between parents and their college children. The fact that college students are financially dependent on their parents is nothing new; nor are requests for more money to be sent from home. This phenomenon is neither good nor bad; it is a fact of college life，today and in the past.
Thanks to the advanced technology, we live in an age of bettered communication. This has many implications well beyond the role that parents seem to play in the lives of their children who have left for college. But it is useful to bear in mind that all such changes come from the technology and not some imagined desire by parents to keep their children under their wings.
本文为议论文。文章首先提出了论点：是技术的改变还是态度的改变？然后通过具体的事例说明父母对孩子保护过度不只是因为他们不放心孩子，更是由于现在通信技术的便捷。
21．The surveys inform us of ________.
A．the development of technology
B．the changes of adult children's behavior
C．the parents' overprotection of their college children
D．the means and expenses of students' communication
答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段第二句内容可知，这些调查告诉我们，父母对已经上大学的孩子们保护过度。
22．The writer believes that ________.
A．parents today are more protective than those in the past
B．the disadvantages of new technology outweigh its advantages
C．technology explains greater parental involvement with their children
D．parents' changed attitudes lead to college children's delayed independence
答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据第四段内容可以推断出，作者认为，现在的父母们之所以更多地参与孩子们的生活，原因之一是现在通信技术和工具的发达。
23．What is the best title for the passage?
A．Technology or Attitude
B．Dependence or Independence
C．Family Influences or Social Changes
D．College Management or Communication Advancement
答案：A
解析：主旨大意题。文章第一段最后一句就点题：新技术带来的社会变化经常被误认为是态度的转变。因此A项最具概括性。
