18.According to the US'Office for National Statistic(統(tǒng)計),women reaching the end of their childbearing years had about 1.9children each in 2004,compared with 3.1for those women in 1976.Numbers from the UK's Office for National Statistics show a similar matter across the Atlantic:the percentage of one-child families in Britain had risen from 18percent in 1972to 26percent in 2007.
But even though only children are becoming increasingly common,the stereotype(偏見) that they're selfish,spoilt(寵壞的) and short of social skills holds strong.Even parents of only children are made to feel guiltyabout having only one child.Worried that they're being selfish and endangering their child's future,they rush to online trying to get advice.Soon,however,they ask themselves:is this social stereotype really reasonable?
"There have been hundreds and hundreds of research studies that show that only children are no different from their mates,"Susan Newman,a social psychologist(心理學家) at Rutgers University in the US,told ABC News.
A perfect example is Natalie Portman."I had the only attention of my parents.And you know what?If I had had brothers or sisters I would have never become an actress,"she told Naanoo,an online magazine."My mother has been with me to every audition(試聽) and every acting class.With more children that would have never been possible.They would have been jealous(妒嫉) of me."
This raises another question:why are only children still get such suspicion(質疑)?
"There is a long-lasting belief that's been around probably since humans first existed that to have just one child is somehow dangerous,both for you and for the continuation of your race,"Toni Falbo,a professor of educational psychology at Texas University's Population Research Center,told The Guardian."In the past a lot of children died.You'd have had to be crazy to only have one."
Times,of course,have changed and baby's death has largely disappeared.So what do only children themselves say?Kayley Kravitz,a blogger for The Huffington Post,grew up as an only child and highly praises the experience."Being an only child taught me the most valuable skill of all:the ability to be alone,"she said.
56.What does the writer probably think of only children?C
A.They are big problems.
B.They usually have more free time.
C.They are almost the same as others.
D.They can learn more social skills from their parents.
57.What does the word"guilty"in paragraph 2mean probably?A
A.Sorry.
B.Happy.
C.Disappointed.
D.Proud.
58.What can we infer from the passage?D
A.There were more only children in 2007.
B.Only children have more ability to be alone.
C.People usually have stereotypes on only children.
D.Modern medical technology makes only children more acceptable.
59.The writer mainly wants to tell us thatA.
A.only children are social problems we should face directly
B.the parents were worried because of the stereotype
C.only children have more problems than others
D.there are more and more only children.
分析 文章大意:主要描述了獨升子女越來越多,從幾個方面闡述了獨生子女的好處.獨生子女的現(xiàn)狀,告訴我們這是我們應該面對的社會問題.
解答 56-59:CADA
56題答案:C考查推理判斷題,根據(jù)文中的第三段:There have been hundreds and hundreds of research studies that show that only children are no different from their mates可知 only children 與別的孩子幾乎是一樣的,故答案是C.
57題答案:A考查詞匯題,根據(jù)文中的第二段的描述,可知獨生子女是自私的,寵壞的,所以父母感到很有負罪感,很難過,故答案是A.
58題答案:D考查推理判斷題,根據(jù)文中講述了獨生子女的增加,社會對他們的偏見…選項A在第一段最后,不用推斷是事實,選項B根據(jù)最后一段最后一句也是事實.選項C在文章第二段中是事實 所以選擇D,從獨生子女的數(shù)量增加,可知人們開始接受這種現(xiàn)象,推斷出醫(yī)學技術是孩子的死亡率下降.
,故答案是D.
59題答案:A 主旨題,根據(jù)作者通過寫獨生子女的現(xiàn)狀,告訴我們這是我們應該面對的社會問題,故答案是A.
點評 本文是一篇日常生活類閱讀,題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題,做題時結合原文和題目有針對 性找出相關語句進行仔細分析,結合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確的答案.