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Dear David£¬
I¡¯m glad you would like to share your feelings with me£®It¡¯s hardly surprising that your feelings of not being ¡°grown up¡± have come on strongly at this point in your life£¬just before you¡¯re about to become a father£®You are asking£ºwill I make a good father£¿How will I cope?
Should I have brought another little person into the world? Can l provide for it? Help! I think nearly every sensitive about-to-be-parent must have these occasional feelings of self-doubt and inadequacy(²»ÊÊ)before the birth and it would be most unusual if you didn't share them£®It's difficult£¬honestly£¬to feel grown-up unless you have something less grown-up to relate to£®
The boss with a hen-pecking wife may feel like a seven-year-old when he¡¯s at home£®But as he walks through the office door£¬and knows he¡¯s going to be surrounded by staff looking to him for Advice£¬he grows into a fully mature man£®And I think it¡¯s a mistake to imagine that we all feel£¬as we age£¬a kind of progression of states£¬from the baby to the adult£®Most people feel£¬on Tuesday£¬about three years old£¬and on a Wednesday£¬around 80£®
There's a common remark that ¡°all men are little boys¡±£¬but it's not true£®It's more true that men often behave like little boys£®But nearly all people£¬at some moments in their lives£¬are capable of groat maturity£®
Once your baby arrives£¬you¡¯ll soon feel less childlike£¬or rather£¬less often£®When your child tries to put its fingers into the electric plug£¬the adult in you will rise up to prevent it£®You¡¯ll see
you have very little in common with a needy child£¬particularly if it's looking to you for comfort and support£®
Comfort yourself£¬David£¬with two truths£®One is that your friends laugh when they talk about this subject because they£¬like you£¬feel frightened£®And remember that people who haven't grown up don¡¯t go around talking about the fact that they don¡¯t feel grown-up£®
Hope my advice will be helpful and good luck to you and your little one£®
Yours sincerely
Miss Advice
1.According to the passage£¬Miss Advice thinks David's self-doubt is________£®
A£®valuable B£®natural C£®unusual D£®bearable
2.From Paragraph 2£¬we can learn that people's sense of maturity________£®
A£®will increase with age
B£®is obviously seen at home
C£®changes with different situations
D£®becomes stronger with familiar people
3.Miss Advice holds that________£®
A£®all men behave like little boys
B£®people tend to laugh at the subject
C£®men with a baby feel more grown-up
D£®people enjoy talking about their immaturity
4.Miss Advice wrote the letter to________
A£®offer suggestions to a future father
B£®teach people how to grow up
C£®encourage people to be responsible
D£®solve problems of the less grown-up