Question

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

A woman gave up her fetus(胎儿) in Central China’s Hubei province after her 13-year-old daughter threatened to commit suicide.

The event drew people’s attention to the single child mentality, which may be an obstacle as the country tries to relax the single-child policy. The woman, 44, had been pregnant for 13 weeks. Her daughter became unhappy after knowing that she was going to have sibling（兄弟姐妹）. __【1】__ when the ninth-grader cut her wrists with a razor blade in an attempted suicide, according to a report of the local Wuhan Evening News.

_【2】_, but the girl is not the only child in China showing jealousy of a younger sibling. Zhuang Zhuang(not his real name) was 16 when his younger brother was born last year. Since then he’s fallen behind in his classes. “They never cared about me again.” the teenager complained. “__【3】_, so as to win attention from my parents.”

The one-child policy was relaxed I 2013, in an attempt to address the country’s declining labor force and aging population. __【4】_, including the most populated Henan, have allowed couples to have a second child if either parent is an only child. Beijing followed suit last December. Although 11 million couples have been granted a permit to have a second child, statistics from the National Health and Family Planning Commission show only close to one million couples out of them filed birth applications by the end of last year. “Economic cost”, “time cost” and “one child is enough” were listed as top reasons for not having a second child, according to a survey by China Youth Daily. _【5】_ out of concern for their first child.

Xia Xueluan, a sociology professor at Peking University, believes the one-child policy, enacted more than three decades ago, created many young “emperors” and “empresses” in China. “Parents spoiled their children, so many kids tend to be self-centered without consideration for others,” he said.

A. It’s easier for them to raise one child.

B. A majority of the Chinese provincial regions.

C. Her anxiety reached its peak.

D. I’m under great pressure to do well in academic performances.

E. They don’t want their child to be alone.

F. Many parents give the third reason.

G. The case may sound extreme.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】G

【3】D

【4】B

【5】F

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇议论文，讲的是由于生二胎政策的放松，一些孩子得知自己要有弟弟妹妹了，很多不开心，焦虑，从而导致学习下降甚至自杀。社会学家指出，生二胎政策30年之前就应该实施，现在的孩子普遍的以自我为中心而不懂得考虑他人的感受，变成一个个的“小公主”“小皇帝”。

【1】C根据第36空的前一句话：她的女儿知道她将要有弟弟妹妹了，变得很不高兴；再根据后半句：割腕自杀未遂。可知女儿的焦虑达到了顶峰，故选C。

【2】G根据37空后一句话：但这不是中国唯一表现出对弟弟妹妹嫉妒的孩子，G项，The case may sound extreme.这个案例听起来可能很极端。跟后一句话相匹配，故选G。

【3】D根据38空前一句话：“他们都不关心我了”。她抱怨说。38空后一句话：像这样来吸引我父母的注意力。D选项，I’m under great pressure to do well in academic performances.“我现在压力很大，想取得好的成绩，”可知符合语境，故选D。

【4】B根据39空后的一句：包括拥有最多人口的河南省，也已经允许夫妻能生第二个孩子，如果夫妻双方都是独生子女的话。B选项，A majority of the Chinese provincial regions. 大多数的中国省级区域。故选B。

【5】F根据空格前一句：据中国青年日报的一项调查“经济成本，时间成本和一个孩子就够了，被列为不要第二个孩子的顶尖理由”。根据后半句：关心他们的第一个孩子。F项 Many parents give the third reason. 很多父母给出了第三个理由。可知F项符合语境，故选F。