Question

One of the latest trend（趨勢） in American Childcare is Chinese au pairs. Au Pair in Stamford, for example, has got increasing numbers of request for Chinese au pairs from aero to around 4,000 since 2004. And that’s true all across the country.

“I thought it would be useful for him to learn Chinese at an early age” Joseph Stocke, the managing director of s company, says of his 2-year old son. “I would at least like to give him the chance to use the language in the future,” After only six months of being cared by 25-year-old woman from China, the boy can already understand basic Chinese daily expressions, his dad says.

Li Drake, a Chinese native raising two children in Minnesota with an American husband, had another reason for looking for an au pair from China. She didn’t want her children to miss out on their roots.” Because I am Chinese, my husband and I wanted the children to keep exposed to(接觸) the language and culture.” she says.

“Staying with a native speaker is better for children than simply sitting in a classroom,” says Suzanne Flynn, a professor in language education of Children.” But parents must understand that just one year with au pair is unlikely to produce wonders. Complete mastery demands continued learning until the age of 10 or 12.”

The popularity if au pairs from China has been strengthened by the increasing numbers of American parents who want their children who want their children to learn Chinese. It is expected that American demand for au pairs will continue to rise in the next few years.

1.What does that term” au pair” in the text mean?

A. A mother raising her children on her own

B. A child learning a foreign language at home

C. A professor in language education of children

D. A young foreign woman taking care of children.

2.Li Drake has her children study Chinese because she wants them ______.

A. to live in China some day

B. to speak the language at home

C. to catch up wit other children

D. to learn about the Chinese culture

3.What can we infer from the text?

A. Learning Chinese is becoming popular In America,

B. Educated woman do better in looking after children

C. Chinese au pairs need to improve their English Skills.

D. Children can learn a foreign language well in six months.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.D

3.A

【解析】

試題分析: 本文屬于說明文體裁。在文中作者提出美國現(xiàn)在存在的一種潮流趨勢，即越來越多的美國人希望孩子能夠?qū)W漢語，而且他們都希望孩子能夠在家里和來自中國的學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)漢語，他們認(rèn)為這樣在生活中通過交流來學(xué)習(xí)漢語要比在學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)有優(yōu)勢。

1.誤選項為A， 因為文中多次提到學(xué)漢語的兒童。但是根據(jù)文章第三段….had another reason for looking for an au pair from China. 和文章第四段“Staying with a native speaker is better for children than simply sitting in a classroom,”可以推斷美國家長希望孩子能夠在家和來自中國的人們學(xué)英語，由此判斷au pair是指住在家里可以教給孩子語言的年輕人。故答案選D。

2.”可知她讓孩子學(xué)漢語的原因是想讓孩子了解中國的文化。故答案選D。

3.判斷推理。作者在文章首段提到美國的潮流就是小孩子在家學(xué)習(xí)漢語，而且給出了具體的數(shù)字證明，再通過文章末段It is expected that American demand for au pairs will continue to rise in the next few years可知.美國對au pairs的需求將會繼續(xù)增長，由此判斷A選項內(nèi)容正確。

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