Whencouplesgetmarried,theyusuallyplantohavechildren,Sometimes,however,acouplecannothaveachildoftheirown.Inthiscase,theymaydecidetoadoptachild.Infact,adoptionisverycommontoday.Thereareabout60,000adoptionseachyearintheUnitedStatesalone.Somepeopleprefertoadoptinfants.Othersadoptolderchildren.Somecouplesadoptchildrenfromtheirownfamilies,theyalladoptchildrenforthesamereason.Theycareaboutchildren（第26题）andwanttogivetheiradoptedchildahappylife.
Mostadoptedchildrenknowthattheyareadopted.Psychologistsandchildcareexpertsgenerallythinkthisisagoodidea.However,manyadoptedchildrenoradopteeshaveverylittleinformationabouttheirbiologicalparents.Asamatteroffact,itisoftenverydifficultforadopteestofindoutabouttheirbirthparentsbecausethebirthrecordsofmostadopteesareusuallysealed.Theinformationissecret,（第27题）sonoonecanseeit.
Naturally,adoptedchildrenhavedifferentfeelingsabouttheirbirthparents.Manyadopteeswanttosearchforthem,butothersdonot.Thedecisiontosearchforbirthparentsisadifficultonetomake.
Mostadopteeshavemixedfeelingsaboutfindingtheirbiologicalparents.（第28题）Eventhoughadopteesdonotknowabouttheirnaturalparents,theydoknowthattheiradoptiveparentswantthem,lovethemandwillcareforthem.
Questions26to29arebasedonthepassageyou’vejustheard.
