BEIJING—Family planning officers will handle the illegal birth case of film director Zhang Yimou by following legal procedures, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, December 10, 2013.
When asked to comment on Zhang’s case at a press conference, Yao Hongwen, spokesman for the National Health and Family Planning Commission(NHFPC), said “Every citizen is equal before the law and nobody is allowed to have privileges(特權)to give birth to more children than allowed.”
Yao’s comment came after media stories claimed that Zhang had remarried and fathered a total of seven children: one with his former wife, three with his present wife, Chen Ting, and another three from two lovers.
“The NHFPC’s attitude towards citizens’ birth violations(違法)is consistent and clear…Every Chinese citizen should obey and safeguard the seriousness of laws and regulations.” NHFPC spokesman Yao Hongwen said.
China’s family planning policy, introduced in the late 1970s to slow down the country’s growing population, limits most urban couples to one child and most rural couples to two. The policy was recently relaxed, allowing couples to have two children if one of them is an only child.
Those who break the policy face severe fines. The amount of the fine is generally several times the yearly annual income of the two spouses(配偶). Some media calculations put the fine that Zhang may face at as much as 160 million yuan(over $26 million).
Zhang’s birth case has caused criticism online about famous people who have more children than the policy allows.
In an open letter on December 1, Zhang admitted that the couple has two sons and daughter and they are willing to accept investigation and punishment according to China’s laws and regulations. He apologized to the public.
However, the letter denied that Zhang had lovers and was father to as many as seven children from various mothers.
Zhang, one of the “fifth generation” of Chinese filmmakers, made his first directorial work in 1987 with “Red Sorghum” and has won a number of award worldwide. He was chief director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games.
【小題1】The purpose of the news report is to ______________

A.claim that Zhang Yimou remarried and fathered a total of seven children
B.inform us that Zhang’s illegal birth case will be dealt with by the government
C.convince us that Zhang is a famous director and his case will be pardoned
D.confirm that Zhang’s illegal birth case has resulted in lots of criticism online
【小題2】According to Yao Hongwen, which of the following statements is true?
A.Every Chinese citizen should obey and safeguard laws and regulations.
B.Few people have the privileges to give birth to more children than allowed.
C.China’s family planning policy has never been relaxed since introduced.
D.Zhang will be fined as much as 160 million yuan for his violations.
【小題3】Judging from the recent relaxed policy, a couple_______________
A.can have as many as three children if they live in a rural area
B.will definitely be fined if they have two children nowadays
C.can give birth to two children if one of them is an only child
D.can only give birth to two children if they live in an urban area


【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】C

解析試題分析:本文屬于新聞類短文,主要講述的是張藝謀超生的問題,以及政府對于這一案件的處理態(tài)度。
【小題1】B 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段Family planning officers will handle the illegal birth case of film director Zhang Yimou by following legal procedures, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, December 10, 2013.可知本文主要講述的是張藝謀超生的問題,以及政府對于這一案件的處理態(tài)度。故B正確。
【小題2】A 推理題。根據(jù)文章第2段最后一句“Every citizen is equal before the law and nobody is allowed to have privileges(特權)to give birth to more children than allowed.”可知Yao Hongwen任何人在法律面前都是平等的,沒有人可以有凌駕與法律之上的特權。故A正確。
【小題3】C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第5段最后一句The policy was recently relaxed, allowing couples to have two children if one of them is an only child.可知父母親是單獨的可以再生一個孩子。故C項正確。
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In the European Union, one in five young people are looking for work, the report claims. Some 27.9% of youths were unemployed in North Africa last year —a rise of five percentage points on 2010. In the Middle East, the figure stood at 26.5% in the report's regional breakdown. Even in East Asia, perhaps the most economically active region, the unemployment rate was 2.8 times higher for young people than for adults, the report said.
But, the ILO report reveals, the true picture of youth unemployment is even more pessimistic. Many young people are extending their time in higher education because they cannot find jobs. Others are taking part-time unskilled work because they cannot find work in the fields they trained for.
The ILO says that more than six million young people worldwide have given up looking for work and are becomingly increasingly detached from society. By not using their skills they are losing them, the report says, and if there is no improvement in the jobs market soon, they may be not only unemployed, but unemployable.
The ILO suggests offering tax breaks to businesses hiring young people and offering more programmes to help kick-start careers.
【小題1】Which of the following is true according to Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs?

A.Since 2007, the number of young people out of job has risen to 4 million. 
B.Nearly 13% of the young people have no work. 
C.Job creation should be made a key priority in policymaking. 
D.The youth unemployment rate can never go down. 
【小題2】The various figures in paragraph 3 and 4 were used to show_______.
A.The employment situation is serious only in the European Union 
B.The global youth employment situation is depressing 
C.East Asia enjoys a high youth employment rate 
D.Compared with the situation in 2009, the youth employment in 2007 is slightly better 
【小題3】According to ILO, the following are caused by high youth unemployment rate except_______.
A.The government calls on young people to take up whatever job is available 
B.Many young people are making their time in higher education longer 
C.Some young people are taking part-time unskilled work 
D.Many young people have given up looking for work 
【小題4】The ILO offered many solutions to the crisis of youth unemployment, including_______.
a. making job creations a priority          b. more training schemes      
c. encouraging public investment           d. tax breaks for employers     
e. offering more entrepreneurship programmes to help start careers
A.a(chǎn) b c e B.b c d e C.a(chǎn) c d e D.a(chǎn) b d e 

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