6.Once Chinese students in American schools were largely limited to graduate students.Gradually that trend shifted,with more students coming from China to earn bachelor's degrees at American institutions.Now,the population is widening once again,with many Chinese students studying in the U,S.from ever-younger ages.
Bill Zhou,a resident of California,though born in Shenzhen,and his wife are currently housing just such a student:Hsu,also from Shenzhen,who is living with Zhou (a paid arrangement) while he attends a private,religious institution..
Although Zhou is caring,he knows there are many people taking advantage of the trend who lack conscience.In a Lost Angeles Times article,Zhou described his reservations about the current system."They don't know if the school is good.They don't know if the home stay is good.But everyone else is doing it,so they do it,too,"Zhou said,addressing the parents of so-called parachute(降落傘)children,who earn the nickname by"parachuting"into the U.S.by themselves,unaccompanied by family.
Based on statistics,Zhou has reason to be concerned.A recent article in Sixth Tone',stated that the number of Chinese students enrolled at U.S.secondary schools increased from just 647 in 2006 to more than 46,000 in 2016.Those numbers are reflected in Chinese society and even popular culture,where a new television drama titled"A Love for Separation"was released several months ago.
"It is a common misunderstanding that studying in a private American high school is easier than in China,a mother told."My son is under enormous pressure to compete with accomplished peers.He was very lonely during his first year of high school,and found it hard to assimilate into an unfamiliar environment."
Chinese parents send their teenagers abroad for varieties of reasons.For some students,it is to escape the strict Chinese education system; for others,it is a second chance to recover from bad grades or a low score on China's college entrance exam.For still others,it is simply a lifelong dream.

24.What's Bill Zhou's attitude towards the trend of growing parachute children?C
A.Positive'.B.Indifferent      C.Concerned       D:Opposed
25.What does the underlined phrase"assimilate into"in Paragraph 5 mean?D
A.show respect to   B.get rid of     C.take advantage of    D.fit in with
26.Which is not the reason why increasing parents send their little children abroad?B
A.They just follow the crowd.
B.They just show off their large treasure.
C.They want their children to break away from Chinese education system.
D.They want to give their children with poor grades another chance to succeed..
27.What's the author's purpose in writing the text?D
A.To help these parents to choose a reliable home stay..
B.To remove these parents doubts about studying abroad..
C.To encourage these parents to send their kids abroad as early as possible.
D.To remind these parents to be more sensible before sending their kids abroad..

分析 文章主要講述了很多家長把孩子送到國外去讀書,描述了很多家長不知道什么原因看別人把孩子送到了國外自己也就這樣做了.作者寫這篇文章的目的在與提醒這些父母在把孩子送到國外之前要更加理智.

解答 24.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段第三句"They don't know if the school is good.They don't know if the home stay is good.But everyone else is doing it,so they do it,too,"他們不知道學(xué)校是否好,他們不知道家里是否好,但其他人都在做,所以他們也這樣做了,結(jié)合選項可知C項為正確答案.
25.D詞意猜測題.根據(jù)該段"He was very lonely during his first year of high school,and found it hard to assimilate into an unfamiliar environment."可知他在他的高中的第一年很孤單,發(fā)現(xiàn)很難融入一個陌生的環(huán)境,結(jié)合選項故選D.
26.B細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)最后一段二、三句"For some students,it is to escape the strict Chinese education system; for others,it is a second chance to recover from bad grades or a low score on China's college entrance exam.For still others,it is simply a lifelong dream."可知對于一些學(xué)生來說,這是逃離嚴(yán)格的中國教育體系;對于其他人,這是一次機會從成績不好或?qū)χ袊呖嫉头只謴?fù).對某些人來說,這僅僅是一個畢生的夢想.故選B.
27.D主旨題.文章主要講述了很多家長把孩子送到國外去讀書,描述了很多家長不知道什么原因看別人把孩子送到了國外自己也就這樣做了.作者寫這篇文章的目的在與提醒這些父母在把孩子送到國外之前要更加理智.故選D.

點評 本文是人物故事類閱讀理解.做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù)

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B.The family members got much closer.
C.People living in small houses are happy.
D.The Salwens intend to buy another big house.
45.The best title for the passage should be"D".
A.The Less,the Better
B.An Expected Satisfaction
C.Something We Can Live Without
D.Somewhat Crazy but Inspiring.

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