Rented Boyfriends
Taobao. com, China's largest online marketplace, is never short of bizarre offers.
And here is the latest one: boyfriends for rent.
A rented boyfriend can do the following: accompanying the girl to visit friends and families, go shopping, having meals and even getting a kiss out of courtesy. The charge is by the hour.
The services become hot with the approach of the Spring Festival, the most important festival for family reunions.
In China, parents especially worry about unmarried daughters.
Single women will have to face the same old question at the family dinner table: have you got a boyfriend?
And for those who haven't found their Mr. Rights, renting a boyfriend emerges as a solution.
So, which men are willing to offer that service?
“I offer such a service only because I'm bored and know fewer female friends at work," said Ding Hui, 27, a salesman in the plastic industry in Shanghai, with a monthly salary of more than 10,000 yuan.
He rented himself twice last year: during the Spring Festival and National Day. His customers were two 28-year-old women.
He charged 3,000 yuan each, and the customer had to cover his round-trip tickets, accommodations and bought him clothes to make him look smart.
More than 260 rent-a-boyfriend services can be found on the taobao.com, with the number climbing.
An anonymous female netizen, who claimed to have rented a boyfriend, said on the website, "My parents are very satisfied, so my pressure is greatly reduced."
Another comment read, "It's good that I've achieved the wish of my parents."
【小題1】On which site can women rent boyfriends?  (within 4 words )
                                                                                   
【小題2】How does a rented boyfriend get paid? (within 3 words)
                                                                                  
【小題3】What question may single women have to face at the family dinner table? (within 5 words)
                                                                                   
【小題4】What did Ding Hui’s customer have to pay besides his service?(within 18 words )
                                                                                   
【小題5】For what reasons do single women rent boyfriends? ( within 15 words)
                                                                                   


【小題1】On Taobao.com.
【小題2】By the hour.  
【小題3】Have you got a boyfriend?/Do you have a boyfriend?
【小題4】The customer had to cover his round-trip tickets accommodation and bought him clothes to make him look.
【小題5】Their pressure can be reduced and they can fulfill the wishes of their parents./Because their parents are worried if they still haven’t hot a boyfriend.

解析試題分析：文章大意：中國最大的在線網(wǎng)上購物網(wǎng)站——淘寶，出現(xiàn)男朋友出租服務(wù)。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一二段Taobao. com, China's largest online marketplace, is never short of bizarre offers. And here is the latest one: boyfriends for rent.可以歸納出答案。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句The charge is by the hour.可以歸納出答案。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第六段Single women will have to face the same old question at the family dinner table: have you got a boyfriend? 故可以歸納出答案。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第四段He charged 3,000 yuan each, and the customer had to cover his round-trip tickets, accommodations and bought him clothes to make him look smart.可以歸納出答案。
【小題5】歸納題。根據(jù)In China, parents especially worry about unmarried daughters.可以歸納出答案。
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