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 矛盾;悖论 B. junction 交叉路口;汇合处 C. dilemma 进退两难的窘境;困境 D. premise 前提;假定 【考查点】名词辨析。 【解题思路】空格处和faced(面临)构成动宾逻辑,由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(是做他们认为对孩子发展有益的事,还是忍受不受约束的噪音和破坏性行为)可知,此处表示父母面临的是一种两难境地。dilemma需要在两个或多个可能的选择或行动中做出决策的困难或困境,通常这些选择都有不利的后果,因此C选项正确。 【干扰项排除】 A选项paradox指矛盾或与普遍意见相反的陈述; B选项junction指两个或更多的事物相遇或连接的地方; D选项premise指在论证、理论或行动基础上被接受或假定为真实的陈述或概念; 均不符合语境。 【句意】父母常常面临这样的两难境地:是做他们认为对孩子发展有益的事,还是忍受不受约束的噪音和破坏性行为。