Passage 15 When couples get married, they usually plan to have children. Sometimes however, a couple cannot have a child of their own. In this case, they may decide to adopt a child. In fact, adoption is very common today. There are about 60,000 adoptions each year in the United States alone. Some people 1) _____ adopt infant. Others adopt older children. Some couples adopt children from their own countries. Others adopt chidren from foreign countries. In any case, they all adopt children for the same reason: they 2) _____ children and want to give their adopted child a happy life. Most adopted children know that they are adopted. 3) _____ and childcare experts generally think this is a good idea. However, many adopted children or adoptees have very little information about their 4) _____ parents. As a matter of fact, it is often very difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents, because the birth records of most adoptees are usually 5) _____. The information is secret, so not one can see it. Naturally, adopted children have 6) _____ feelings about their birth parents. Many adoptees want to search for them, but others do not. The 7) _____ to search for birth parents is a difficult one to make. Most adoptees have 8) _____ feelings about finding their biological parents. Even though adoptees do not know about their natural parents, they do know that their 9) _____ parents want them, love them and will 10) _____ them.