Question

A mother’s ad calling for her son to come home for Chinese New Year ran on the front page of the Chinese Melbourne Daily newspaper on January 14.

It placed a full page ad, saying “Dear Peng, I’ve called you many times but you don’t pick up, maybe you will see this. Dad and mom won’t ever force you to get married anymore, come home for Chinese New Year! From your mom who loves you.”

The ad, which appeared on the front page of the Chinese Melbourne Daily on Tuesday, would cost $2,796.80 Australian dollars ($2465). The newspaper serves the city’s Chinese community. The mother, who lives in Guangzhou had placed the ad after losing contact with her son.

Every year around this time, many Chinese prepare to head home for China’s most important festival. But many of the younger generation are afraid of facing family confrontations about their love life.

On the online Chinese forum Tianya. cn, a single man asked for advice on facing his family. “It’s almost that time of the year. How should I explain to my family and relatives that I am single?” a user in Guangzhou “1979xiaozhu” posted. Many of the replies were telling him not to go home instead.

User “qianlidaiwanwoduxing” wrote: “Going home means they will either arrange blind dates for you or you get scolded.”

“This year my mom gave me an ultimatum. One, bring 50,000 yuan; second, bring a wife home. If I don’t have both then she said I don’t need to come home. What a tragedy!” said user “fghjkh84”.

Those girls who can’t handle the pressure of parents can rent a boyfriend for the day through China’s online shopping giant, Taobao.com. Rental boyfriends come with services such as meeting the parents, shopping and watching movies.

1.The mother placed a full page ad in order to _______.

A. ask her son to come back to China for the festival

B. beg her son to answer her telephone more times

C. force her son to come home and get married

D. make her son become famous in Melbourne

2.Why did the mother place the ad in the Chinese Melbourne Daily?

A. Because her son didn’t want to get married in China.

B. Because she couldn’t get in touch with her son any more.

C. Because her son wanted to live alone in Australia.

D. Because she wanted her son to come back to work.

3.What leads many Chinese young people not to go home for New Year?

A. Their busy work. B. The long distance.

C. Their low pay. D. Their love life.

4.From the passage we can infer ______.

A. the user “1979xiaozhu” is a married young man

B. the user “qianlidaiwanwoduxing” will go home

C. the user “fghjkh84” will bring a wife home

D. some single girls have to bring an untrue boyfriend home

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：一位來(lái)自廣州的媽媽花費(fèi)巨資在澳大利亞的中文報(bào)紙頭版登廣告來(lái)尋找他的兒子。現(xiàn)在的年輕一代大多有被家人催婚甚至逼婚的經(jīng)歷，由于害怕被家長(zhǎng)逼婚，很多年輕人都不愿意回家。

1.calling for her son to come home for Chinese New Year”和第二段“Dad and mom won’t ever force you to get married anymore, come home for Chinese New Year!”可知，媽媽登廣告是為了讓她的兒子回家過(guò)年，故選A。

2.I’ve called you many times but you don’t pick up, maybe you will see this”可知，她因?yàn)槁?lián)系不上自己的兒子才想到用在報(bào)紙上登廣告的方法來(lái)找他，故選B。

3.But many of the younger generation are afraid of facing family confrontations about their love life.”可知，許多年輕人不愿意回家過(guò)年是因?yàn)閾?dān)心父母問(wèn)自己的感情問(wèn)題，故選D。

4.Those girls who can’t handle the pressure of parents can rent a boyfriend for the day through China’s online shopping giant可知，單身的女性可以在網(wǎng)上租一個(gè)男朋友，故選D。

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