Every kid wishes to be an adult. Do you remember playing house 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 being 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(附屬品).

Other kidults still enjoy children's stories and fairy tales. For example, Bloomsbury even published the Harry Potter novels with an adult cover. 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, child-like emotion may be needed in such a rough and dry society," said Lee So-jung, a professor at Hankuk University(韓國(guó)外國(guó)語(yǔ)大學(xué))of Foreign Studies.

He added that kidult culture may 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, an adviser in London explained that some kidults just refuse to grow up. They hold on to childhood because working 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 can escape from increasingly busy and stressful lives that are hard to deal with,’’Greenhalgh said.

1.Why does a kid wish to be an adult?

A.Because he wants to be independent.

B.Because he doesn’t want to be controlled by adults.

C.Because he wants to experience the real world.

D.Because he believes there will be more exciting life ahead.

2.What can we infer from the passage?

A.Some Kidults refuse to grow up.

B.Some Kidults in Britain like reading on the subway.

C.Some Kidults think childhood is the best time of their life

D.All Kidults want to escape from the busy and stressful life

3.One of the advantages of the kidult culture is that________.

A.it can make adults face the real social life.

B.it can make our society young and full of life.

C.it can increase the sales of children’s books

D.it can lead to harmonious relationship between adults and kids

4.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

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