Parents often faced the( )between doing what they felt was good for the development of the child and what they could stand by way of undisciplined noise and destructiveness.
【选项释义】 A. paradox悖论 B. junction连接,结合点 C. dilemma困境,进退两难 D. premise前提,假定 【考查点】名词辨析 【解题思路】根据空格后的句意:做自己认为对孩子发展好的事情和继续容忍孩子没有规矩的吵闹和破坏,可知是进退两难的情况,故空格处应填入C选项。 【干扰项排除】 A选项paradox表示a person, thing or situation that has two opposite features and therefore seems strange(有两个相反特征的人、物或情况,因此看起来很奇怪)不符合语境; B、D选项无法与空格前后文构成相应逻辑关系。 【句意】家长们经常面对这样进退两难的境况:是做自己认为对孩子发展好的事情还是继续容忍孩子没有规矩的吵闹和破坏。