Has your child been living at home since graduating from college? By one astonishing

estimate(估計)，as many as 80％ of 2009 grads，usually jobless，are back at home．

  You may complain a lot if so．“ The trick is finding a balance between your new

relationship and guiding your child toward independence．”says Elina Furman，author of Boomerang Nation．“Parents have to understand they can’t hesitate(猶豫)，because that will make young adults feel unable to live on their own．” So you should sit down together and set certain rules：

  Whether it’s $50 and some housework or simply$300 a month, your child should

contribute to the household．But don’t run off on vacation with that money．This could be an opportunity to teach the importance of saving for retirement or life goals．Furman advises investing(投資)your kid’s rent so he Can use it for, say, his first apartment．

    Too many young adults think that if they Can’t find a job inⅡ1eir chosen career, they don’t have to be working．Not true．While your child looks for that dream job，he should earn small wages in fields such as food service or child care．You shouldn’t have to monitor her job hunt，but if she isn’t getting anywhere，it’s time to

step in．Talk about career moves she may be missin9．Consider meeting with a career counselor(職業(yè)規(guī)劃顧問)to help get your child on the right course．

  Set a cutoff time，because it’s easy to keep pushing off moving out．Fixing a date will encourage your child to find a job．And you’11 feel a sense of comfort knowing that your child won’t live at home forever．

  “The more specific you get now, the less likely that conflict will break out later,” Furman says．

41．What does the passage mainly talk about?

  A．What to do to make yore-kids out of home．

  B．What to do when college grads move back home．

  C. How to help your children on their career path．

  D．How to get along well with your kids．

42.If your child stays too long home after graduation from college，you should

A．set a time limit for him to move out

B．buy him a small apartment

C. teach him how to save for retirement

D．keep him off small—wage fields

43．What does “they” in the second paragraph refer to?

    A．Children．    B．Parents．    C．Adults．   D．Companies．

44．What should the rent from your child be used for?

  A．You can spend it on holiday．    B．You can pay the career counselor．

  C．You Can keep it for child care．D．You Can invest it for the kid’s housing

41．B  42．A 43．B 44．D

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