Question

In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called “satellite kids”, who live in one place but whose parents live in another place．

 Asians are immigrating to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever before．Most Asians immigrate because they believe that they can give their children a better education in the West．In Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Korea, it is difficult to go to university．Students must first pass the strict national examination．However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university, and anyone who wants to go can go．As a result, Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university．

         The problem is that when Asians arrive, they discover that finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East．Also, they find that they are very lonely, and that they miss their homes．Because of these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West．Therefore, these children become “satellite kids”, and most of their parents do not know how sad it is to be a “satellite kid”．

         Only until now are Canadians and Americans discovering the “satellite kid” problem．Because these children do not speak English and because their parents are not there to take care of them, they are often absent from school．To be a “satellite kid” means to grow up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well．Also, it means to grow up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere．What these “satellite kids” will probably say to their parents is that it’s better to have parents around than to have a university education．

1.Some Asian parents send their kids abroad because ________．

A. they hope their children may easily find a job there

B. the kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries

C. all foreign universities are better than the ones in their own countries

D. the kids want to improve their English and make foreign friends

2. “Satellite kids” refer to Asian kids ________．

A. without patents

B. living abroad alone

C. with university education

D. speaking no English

3.Some Asian immigrant children become “satellite kids” because their parents ______．

A. want to leave their own country

B. want them to go to university

C. return to their countries to work 

D. want them to be independent

4. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Parents want better education for their kids．

B. Parents feel lonely and miss their families．

C. Canadians and Americans begin to notice the “satellite kids” problem．

D. Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need of care from family．

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B   

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了一些父母因?yàn)樽约旱暮⒆釉趪?guó)內(nèi)不能上大學(xué)，于是就想出讓自己的孩子在國(guó)外上學(xué)的想法，而父母在國(guó)外不能找到好的工作，于是他們就回到了自己的國(guó)家，而把孩子留在的異國(guó)他鄉(xiāng)成了satellite kids孩子，他們?cè)趪?guó)外沒(méi)有父母的監(jiān)督和關(guān)心，學(xué)習(xí)和生活都不是很快樂(lè)。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university, and anyone who wants to go can go．因?yàn)樗麄兊暮⒆釉谧约旱膰?guó)家不能上大學(xué)，所以送到國(guó)外很容易上大學(xué)，故選B。

2.推理判斷題。A項(xiàng)明顯錯(cuò)誤，并非指沒(méi)有了父母的孩子；C項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤，目的是上大學(xué), 并非指擁有大學(xué)教育的孩子；D項(xiàng)表述錯(cuò)誤，亞洲不講英語(yǔ)的孩子有很多，這里強(qiáng)調(diào)的是在國(guó)外求學(xué)的亞洲孩子；依文章最后一段中的“To be a ‘satellite kid’ means to grow up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well．Also, it means to grow up lonely”可知B項(xiàng)正確。means一詞，起到了下定義的作用。故選B。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句話(huà)“Therefore, these children become ‘satellite kids’”可知，前文是其原因，因?yàn)樗麄兊母改富氐搅俗约旱膰?guó)家找工作去了，而把孩子留在了異國(guó)他鄉(xiāng)，故選C。

4.主旨大意題。文章討論了satellite kids這一群體的成因及這些孩子的表現(xiàn)和心聲，由此可知，本文是以“孩子”為中心來(lái)寫(xiě)的，由此排除A、B、C三項(xiàng)。故選D。

考點(diǎn)：社會(huì)類(lèi)短文閱讀。