Once Chinese students in American schools were largely limited to graduate students. Gradually that trend shifted, with more students coming from China to earn bachelor' s degrees at American institutions. Now, the population is widening once again, with many Chinese students studying in the U, S. from ever - younger ages.

Bill Zhou, a resident of California, though born in Shenzhen, and his wife are currently housing just such a student: Hsu, also from Shenzhen, who is living with Zhou (a paid arrangement) while he attends a private, religious institution. .

Although Zhou is caring, he knows there are many people taking advantage of the trend

who lack conscience. In a Lost Angeles Times article, Zhou described his reservations about the current system.”They don't know if the school is good. They don't know if the home stay is good. But everyone else is doing it, so they do it, too," Zhou said, addressing the parents of so - called parachute(降落傘) children, who earn the nickname by "parachuting" into the U.S. by themselves, unaccompanied by family.

Based on statistics, Zhou has reason to be concerned. A recent article in Sixth Tone', stated that the number of Chinese students enrolled at U. S. secondary schools increased from just 647 in 2006 to more than 46,000 in 2016. Those numbers are reflected in Chinese society and even popular culture, where a new television drama titled " A Love for Separation" was released several months ago.

"It is a common misunderstanding that studying in a private American high school is easier than in China, a mother told. " My son is under enormous pressure to compete with accomplished peers. He was very lonely during his first year of high school, and found it hard to assimilate into an unfamiliar environment. "

Chinese parents send their teenagers abroad for varieties of reasons. For some students, it is to escape the strict Chinese education system; for others, it is a second chance to recover from bad grades or a low score on China's college entrance exam. For still others, it is simply a lifelong dream.

1.What's Bill Zhou' s attitude towards the trend of growing parachute children?

A. Positive B. Indifferent

C. Concerned D. Opposed

2.What does the underlined phrase " assimilate into" in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. show respect to B. get rid of

C. take advantage of D. fit in with

3.Which is not the reason why increasing parents send their little children abroad?

A. They just follow the crowd.

B. They just show off their large treasure.

C. They want their children to break away from Chinese education system.

D. They want to give their children with poor grades another chance to succeed..

4.What' s the author' s purpose in writing the text?

A. To help these parents to choose a reliable home stay..

B. To remove these parents doubts about studying abroad.

C. To encourage these parents to send their kids abroad as early as possible.

D. To remind these parents to be more sensible before sending their kids abroad..

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