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【题目】Stayathome kids are named “generation nini” in Spain. They are those adults who still live at home and are neither working nor studying. But the problem is by no means limited to Spain. It is a worldwide problem.

In Italy, they are known as “bamboccioni” or big babies. There nearly 60 percent of 1834yearold adults still live in their parents' home, up from almost 50 percent since 1983. Once kept there by the love for their mama's homecooked food, the economic crisis has seen a rise in adults left unable to hold down a steady job or afford a home of their own. Last year, an Italian government minister admitted that his mother washed his clothes and made the bed for him until he was 30. He demanded a law forcing young Italians to leave their parents' home at 18 to stop them becoming hopelessly dependent on their parents.

In the UK, the government has made the term NEETS—not in employment, education or training for these children. In England alone the percent of NEETS aged 19－24 surged to 18.8 percent of the age group—in the last quarter of 2010, up 1.4 percent on the same period a year before. The number of British men in their 20s living with their parents has risen from 59 percent to 80 percent in the past 15 years, while the number of women has risen from 41 percent to 50 percent. The average age of the firsttime house buyers is now 38.

In the US, the problem is known as the “full nest syndrome (综合症)”. Adults there are left struggling to support adult children who have stayed at home with student debts and facing few job opportunities in a weak economy. A recent study showed almost a third of American adults aged 34 and under are living with their parents.

【1】“Big babies” mentioned in Paragraph 2 refer to those adults who ________.

A. are poorly educated

B. are not as smart as others

C. lose their job in the bad economy

D. rely on their parents for a living

【2】The Italian government minister thinks that ________.

A. parents should make their children feel hopeless

B. young people should live on their own after 18

C. parents should never make the bed for their children

D. it is OK for adult children to live with their parents

【3】The underlined word “surged” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by “________”．

A. jumped B. reduced

C. recovered D. moved

【4】What does the last paragraph tell us?

A. Some American adult children are a burden to their parents.

B. American parents are happy to live with their children.

C. America has the most adult children compared with other countries.

D. It is a tradition for adult children to live with their parents in America.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】A

【解析】本文属于社会类。越来越多的成年孩子住在父母家里，这种现象在全世界都很普遍。

【1】D

推理判断题。根据第一段的“They are those adults who still live at home and are neither working nor studying.”可知这些成年孩子是无收入来源、依靠父母生存的人。故选D。

【2】B

细节理解题。根据第二段的“He demanded a law forcing young Italians to leave their parents' home at 18 to stop them becoming hopelessly dependent on their parents.” 他要求有一项法律迫使年轻的意大利人在18岁离开父母的家，以阻止他们完完全全依赖父母。分析句意可知是让他们不再依靠父母，独自生活。应选B。

【3】A

【名题点睛】词义猜测型----依据语境猜测词义策略。

语境既上下文。由于上下文中的生词不是孤立存在的，其词义与句中其它词的词义或具体的语境有着密切的联系。因此在阅读过程中，许多生词的词义可以充分利用上下文中相关的词汇，短语并结合具体的语境来推测。

【解题剖析】此题属于猜测词义中的---依据语境猜测词义。答案需要推断1.4percent上升至18.8 percent和jump的关系。

【答案定位】。根据第三段中的“In England alone the percent of NEETS aged 19－24 surged to 18.8 percent of the age group—in the last quarter of 2010, up 1.4 percent on the same period a year before.”可推知：1.4percent上升为18.8 percent和jump的关系。

【推理关系】题干The underlined word “surged” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by “________”． 文章内容18.8 percent of the age group—in the last quarter of 2010,up 1.4 percent on the same period a year before” 可知这里是指由1.4%激增到了18.8%。

【4】A

推理判断题。根据末段的“Adults there are left struggling to support adult children” 那里的成年人仍在努力抚养已成年的孩子。分析本句可知这些无收入来源的美国成年孩子成了他们父母的负担。而A项.一些美国成年的孩子是父母的负担。故选A。