Question

Every kid wishes to be an adult. Do you remember playing houses as a child pretending to be a grown?up like your parents? Did you imagine you were a doctor, a soldier or a teacher? At that time, anything seemed more exciting than young.

But now as grown?ups, some adults find they cannot leave childhood behind. They become “kidults”(kid+adult). Being a kidult has become a lifestyle choice among young people across Asia. Some kidults collect toys they once played with. Hello Kitty, Garfield, and Snoopy have many adult fans around the world. It is not unusual to see a 20?something woman with a big, Garfield?shaped cushion on her sofa or a Hello Kitty mobile phone accessory(饰物). Other kidults still enjoy children’s stories and fairy tales. For example, even an edition of the Harry Potter novels with an adult cover came out in Britain. That way, no one else on the subway will know that an adult is actually reading a children’s book!

“Kidults can be like vitamins to society. Adults who value their childhood and hold on to pure, childlike emotion may be needed in such a rough and dry society,” said a professor in a Korean University. He added that kidult culture might fill the generation gap between adults and kids. It could give children and their parents books, movies, and cartoon shows to enjoy together.

Tim Greenhalgh, a professor in London explained that some kidults just refuse to grow up. They cling to(舍不得放弃) childhood because life in a busy and stressful city frightens them. Kidults would like to forget their age and openly show their fear of society and adulthood.

“So, they look for an escape from increasingly complex and stressful life that are hard to deal with,” Greenhalgh said.

1.We can learn from the passage that kidults are________.

A. children who can’t wait to grow up

B. grown?ups who hold on to childlike emotion

C. people who enjoy playing sports

D. young people who pretended to be grown?ups when young

2.According to the passage, kidults would like to do the following except________.

A. buy Hello Kitty mobile phone accessories

B. read a children’s book on the subway

C. work in a busy and stressful city

D. collect toys they once played with

3.In the opinion of the Professor in a Korean University, kidults are________.

A. immature (不成熟) and weak

B. necessary to our society

C. looked down upon

D. getting more and more

4.The main reason of the kidult culture lies in that________.

A. some companies are taking advantage of it

B. modern life is stressful and hard

C. some people like to stay young and energetic

D. some people wish to bridge the generation gap

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章主要关注的是仍然有着童年情结的成年人。每个孩子都希望长大成人，但现在的一些成年人却无法完全抛下童年的记忆。有专家认为成年人拥有童年情结是有必要的。

1.1】细节理解题。根据第二段“some adults find they cannot leave childhood behind. They become “kidults”(kid+adult)”可知，一些成年人摆脱不了童年的情结，根据第三段“Adults who value their childhood and hold on to pure, childlike emotion”可知答案，故选B。

2.2】推理判断题。根据第二段“Some kidults collect toys they once played with.”排除D；根据第二段“a 20?something woman with...a Hello Kitty mobile phone accessory(饰物)”排除A；根据“Other kidults still enjoy children’s stories and fairy tales...an adult is actually reading a children’s book”排除B，故选C。

3.3】细节理解题。根据第三段“Kidults can be like vitamins to society. Adults who value their childhood and hold on to pure, childlike emotion may be needed in such a rough and dry society,”可知，教授认为kidults有存在的必要性，故选B。

4.4】推理判断题。根据最后一段“they look for an escape from increasingly complex and stressful life that are hard to deal with”可知，有童年情结的成年人是在寻找一种逃避生活压力的方法，故选B。

考点：社会类短文阅读