Whencouplesgetmarried,theyusuallyplantohavechildren.Sometimes,however,acouplecannothaveachildoftheirown.Inthiscase,theymaydecidetoadoptachild.Infact,adoptionisverycommontoday.Thereareabout60thousa
Whencouplesgetmarried,theyusuallyplantohavechildren.Sometimes,however,acouplecannothaveachildoftheirown.Inthiscase,theymaydecidetoadoptachild.Infact,adoptionisverycommontoday.Thereareabout60thousandadoptionseachyearintheUnitedStatesalone.Somepeopleprefertoadoptinfants,othersadoptolderchildren,somecouplesadoptchildrenfromtheirowncountries,andothersadoptchildrenfromforeigncountries.Inanycase,theyalladoptchildrenforthesamereason---theycareaboutchildrenandwanttogivetheiradoptedchildahappylife.
Mostadoptedchildrenknowthattheyareadopted.Psychologistsandchild-careexpertsgenerallythinkthisisagoodidea.However,manyadoptedchildren,oradoptees,haveverylittleinformationabouttheirbiologicalparents.Asamatteroffact,itisoftenverydifficultforadopteestofindoutabouttheirbirthparentsbecausethebirthrecordsofmostadopteesareusuallysealed.Theinformationissecretsonoonecanseeit.Naturally,adoptedchildrenhavedifferentfeelingsabouttheirbirthparents.Manyadopteeswanttosearchforthem,butothersdonot.Thedecisiontosearchforbirthparentsisadifficultonetomake.Mostadopteeshavemixedfeelingsaboutfindingtheirbiologicalparents.Eventhoughadopteesdonotknowabouttheirnaturalparents,theydoknowthattheiradoptedparentswantthem,lovethemandwillcareforthem.
71.Accordingtothepassage,somecouplesadoptchildrenbecause___
A.Theycarealotaboutchildren.
B.Theyneedlookingafterintheiroldage.
C.Theywanttoenrichtheirlifeexperience.
D.Theywantchildrentokeepthemcompany.
72.Whyisitdifficultforadopteestofindoutabouttheirbirthparents?___
A.Theyareusuallyadoptedfromdistantplaces.
B.Theirbirthparentsoftentrytoconceal(隐藏)theirbirthinformation.
C.Theirbirthinformationisusuallykeptsecret.
D.Theiradoptiveparentsdon'twantthemtoknowtheirbirthparents.
73.Adopteesfindithardtomakethedecisiontosearchfortheirbirthparents,because___
A.Theygenerallyholdbadfeelingstowardstheirbirthparents.
B.Theydonotwanttohurtthefeelingsofthe