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為自己的孩子在國內不能上大學，于是就想出讓自己的孩子在國外上學的想法，而父母在國外不能找到好的工作，于是他們就回到了自己的國家，而把孩子留在的異國他鄉成了satellite kids孩子，他們在國外沒有父母的監督和關心，學習和生活都不是很快樂。

1.細節理解題。根據in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university, and anyone who wants to go can go．因為他們的孩子在自己的國家不能上大學，所以送到國外很容易上大學，故選B。

2.推理判斷題。A項明顯錯誤，并非指沒有了父母的孩子；C項錯誤，目的是上大學, 并非指擁有大學教育的孩子；D項表述錯誤，亞洲不講英語的孩子有很多，這里強調的是在國外求學的亞洲孩子；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項正確。means一詞，起到了下定義的作用。故選B。

3.細節理解題。根據倒數第二段最后一句話“Therefore, these children become ‘satellite kids’”可知，前文是其原因，因為他們的父母回到了自己的國家找工作去了，而把孩子留在了異國他鄉，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和心聲，由此可知，本文是以“孩子”為中心來寫的，由此排除A、B、C三項。故選D。

考點：社會類短文閱讀。