It was perhaps when my parents—who also happen to be my housemates—left to go travelling for a couple of months recently that it 26 on me why I had not yet left the family home.
It wasn't that I relied on them for 27 reasons, or to keep my life in order, or to ease the chaos of the home. These days, I rely on them for their company.
I missed coming home and talking about my day at work, and I missed being able to read their faces and sense how their day was. I missed having unique 28 into tiny details that make a life.
While the conversation about young adults staying longer at home is 29 by talk of laziness, of dependence, of an inability for young people to pull themselves together, 30 do we talk of the way, in my case at least, my relationship with my parents has 31 strengthened the longer we have lived together.
Over the years the power dynamic has changed and is no longer defined by one being the giver and another, the taker. So, what does this say for our relationships within the family home?
According to psychologist Sabina Read, there are “some very positive possible 32 when adult children share the family home”, noting the “parent-child relationship may indeed strengthen and mature” in the process.
But, she notes, a strong 33 doesn't simply come with time. “The many changing factors of the relationship need to be acknowledged, rather than hoping that the mere passage of time will 34 connect parents to their adult children. It's important to acknowledge that the relationship parameters have changed to avoid falling back into 35 from the teen years.
A) bond
B) contemplated
C) dawned
D) hierarchy
E) insight
F) legislative
G) leverage
H) logistical
I) magically
J) outcomes
K) patterns
L) rarely
M) saturated
N) stereotypes
O) undoubtedly
答案解析：
26. 根据句意 It... on me why...”，这是一个固定搭配 it dawns on sb. that...”，意思是某人突然明白/意识到...”。这里指作者在父母去旅行后，突然意识到自己为什么还没搬出家的原因，所以选 C) dawned”。
27. 根据下文 or to keep my life in order, or to ease the chaos of the home”可知，这里列举的是作者不依赖父母的方面，这些都与生活安排、日常事务管理有关。logistical”意为后勤的，组织协调的”，在此处指实际生活上的安排，符合语境，所以选 H) logistical”。
28. 根据句意 I missed having unique... into tiny details that make a life”，作者怀念的是能洞察生活琐碎细节的独特视角或深刻理解。insight”意为洞察力，深刻见解”，符合语境，所以选 E) insight”。
29.空格所在句意为“年轻人久居家中的谈话被年轻人太懒惰、不独立、不振作的论调所___”,“saturated”表示“充满的”，所以选M。
30. 根据句意 While the conversation... is dominated by talk of laziness..., ... do we talk of the way... my relationship... has strengthened”，这是一个典型的否定词+倒装”结构，表示与前面相反的情况很少发生。rarely”意为很少，不常”，符合语境和语法结构，所以选 L) rarely”。
31. 根据句意 my relationship with my parents has... strengthened the longer we have lived together”，作者想强调这种关系是毫无疑问地”加强了。undoubtedly”意为毫无疑问地，肯定地”，符合语境，所以选 O) undoubtedly”。
32. 根据句意 there are ‘some very positive possible... when adult children share the family home’”，心理学家指出成年子女与父母同住可能会有一些非常积极的可能结果”。outcomes”意为结果，后果”，符合语境，所以选 J) outcomes”。
33. 根据句意 a strong... doesn't simply come with time”，这里讨论的是亲子关系。bond”意为纽带，联系”，a strong bond”指牢固的(情感)纽带，符合语境，所以选 A) bond”。
34. 根据句意 hoping that the mere passage of time will... connect parents to their adult children”，心理学家指出，不能仅仅指望时间的流逝就能神奇地”让父母和成年子女产生联结。magically”意为神奇地，魔术般地”，符合语境，所以选 I) magically”。
35. 根据句意 to avoid falling back into... from the teen years”，为了避免重蹈青少年时期的覆辙”，即回到过去不健康的互动模式中。patterns”意为模式，行为模式”，符合语境，所以选 K) patterns”。
