Question

To be sure, only children experienced some things differently from those with sisters and brothers. Many feel more pressure to succeed. In the absence of brothers and sisters, only children also tend to look more exclusively to their parents as role models.

In India, 10-year-old Saviraj Sankpal founded a support group for the tiny minority of only children. Among other things, the group does volunteer work to counter the myth that they are not responsible. “People think we’re treated too kindly and ruined,” says Sankpal, a computer engineering student. “But I’d like to remind them how lonely it can get.”

Most only children, however, say they wish for sisters or brothers only when it comes to caring for aging, unhealthy parents. Britain’s David Emerson, coauthor of the book The Only Child, says that such a person bears a terrible burden in having to make all the decisions alone. Emerson knows from experience: After his father died, he chose to move his elderly mother from their family home, where she was vulnerable(易受攻擊的) to house breakers, to a new one with more security. “The move was quite hard on her, and she might feel that I pushed her into it,” he says. “After all, I am left with that responsibility.”

In the future, more and more only children will likely face similar choices. With working mothers increasingly the rule, many families are finding they simply don’t have the time, money or energy to have more than one child. As only children become common, perhaps the world will realize that the charge made against them is unjust.

1.It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s attitude towards only children is 　　　. 

A. critical          B. objective       C. hostile     D. unjust

2.It can be inferred from the passage that only children’s parents should 　　　.

A. find a support group for their only children

B. do volunteer work to help their only children

C. let their only children make all the decision alone

D. set good examples for their only children

3.Emerson decided to move his elderly mother to a new house because he 　　　.

A. is the only one who cares about her

B. doesn’t want to leave her alone

C. wants to share the responsibility with her

D. is worried about her safety

4.It is quite usual now for a working mother to 　　　.

A. spend all her time and money on her only child

B. be responsible for bringing up her only child

C. have and bring up only one child

D. devote all her energy to her job

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了現代的社會獨生子女的孩子較多，獨生子女由于沒有兄弟姐妹，所以就以自己的父母為榜樣來學習，所以父母應該為孩子做好榜樣。由于職業母親沒有多余的時間和精力，所以一般情況下，她們只生養一個孩子。

1.推理判斷題。A. critical批評的； B. objective客觀的； C. hostile敵視的； D. unjust不公平的。根據As only children become common, perhaps the world will realize that the charge made against them is unjust.作者只是客觀的敘述了獨生子女的情況，沒有給出他自己的觀點，故選B。

2.推理判斷題。根據In the absence of brothers and sisters, only children also tend to look more exclusively to their parents as role models.獨生子女，因為沒有兄弟姐妹，所以把父母看成自己學習的榜樣，所以父母應該為孩子做好榜樣，故選D。

3.細節理解題。根據After his father died, he chose to move his elderly mother from their family home, where she was vulnerable(易受攻擊的) to house breakers, to a new one with more security.因為Emerson 擔心母親的安全，故選D。

4.細節理解題。根據With working mothers increasingly the rule, many families are finding they simply don’t have the time, money or energy to have more than one child. 對于職業母親來說撫養一個孩子是普遍的，故選C。

考點：社會類短文閱讀。