“This_time_with_children_pays_off，” Brandon says. He notes that good parent­child relationships result in children being happier and more successful, including at school.

　　As parents struggle to be more available to their kids, new research on work and family schedules to be presented Friday at the meeting in Dallas includes a study that shows parents' availability is on the decline because more parents are in the workforce. Although parents today may be spending more time on child care, they are less available overall.

　　Working parents who spend less time with their children should try to make sure the time they do spend is communicating with them vs doing the dishes or spending more time on themselves, Brandon says. “The trade­off is not necessarily taking away time from your kid，” he says. “You're taking away time from other things.”

　　本文是一篇议论文，主要讨论职业父母由于忙于工作，很少有时间和孩子们一起度过家庭的黄金时光。作者认为这一现状应该得到改变。

　　36．The first paragraph mainly intends to tell us that ________.

　　A．technology lets parents work at home

　　B．parents are satisfied with their work

　　C．technology makes our lives much easier

　　D．the family time is not always satisfying

　　答案：D　细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“... family time may not be working out the way we thought.”可知，家庭时光不总是令人满意的。故选D项。

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