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正确答案：B
解析：文章第三段提到“Studies have shown that a large part of parents who abuse their children were themselves physically or emotionally mistreated during their childhood... these parents repeat the pattern with their own children, often in the belief that they are rightfully exercising their parental right to punish a child.”研究表明一大部分虐待孩子的父母本身在童年时代就遭受了身体和情感的虐待，这些父母让自己的遭遇在孩子身上重演，并且相信自己正当地行使了父母惩罚孩子的权利。可见，有些父母虐待孩子正是因为自己儿时受到了虐待，那么本题说“一些父母虐待孩子是因为在儿时受到了极度友善的对待”与文章意思是正相反的。