In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called “satellite kids”, who live in one place but whose parents live in another place.
Asians are immigrating to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever before. Most Asians immigrate because they believe that they can give their children a better education in the West. In Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Korea, it is difficult to go to university. Students must first pass the strict national examination. However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university and anyone who wants to go can go. As a result, Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university.
The problem is that when Asians arrive, they discover that finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East. Also, they find that they are very lonely, and that they miss their homes. Because of these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West. Therefore, these children become “satellite kids”, and most of their parents do not know how sad it is to be a “satellite kid”.
Only until now are Canadians and Americans discovering the “satellite kid” problem. Because these children do not speak English and because their parents are not there to take care of them, they are often absent from school. To be a “satellite kid” means to grow up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well. Also, it means to grow up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere. What these “satellite kids” will probably say to their parents is that it’s better to have parents around than to have a university education.
小題1:Some Asian parents send their kids abroad because _______.
A．a(chǎn)ll foreign universities are better than the ones in their own countries
B．they hope their children may easily find a job there
C．the kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries
D．the kids want to improve their English and make foreign friends
小題2:“Satellite kids” refer to Asian kids ________.
A．with university educationB．speaking no English
C．without parentsD．living abroad alone
小題3:What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Parents want better education for their kids.
B．Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need of care from family.
C．Parents feel lonely and miss their families.
D．Canadians and Americans begin to notice the “satellite kids” problem.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B

試題分析：本文主要介紹了“satellite kids”，他們與父母分離，獨(dú)自生活在國外。迫切想得到父母的照顧與關(guān)心。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段3,4,5三行內(nèi)容In Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Korea, it is difficult to go to university. Students must first pass the strict national examination. However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university and anyone who wants to go can go.說明父母想讓孩子進(jìn)大學(xué)是主要的原因，因?yàn)樵谒麄冏约旱膰依铮麄兊暮⒆雍茈y上大學(xué)。故C正確
小題2:推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段there is a new group of children called “satellite kids”, who live in one place but whose parents live in another place.說明這樣的孩子是不和他們的父母住在一起的，，是獨(dú)自生活在國外，而他們的父母回到了東方去掙錢。故D正確。
小題3:主旨大意題。本文主要介紹了“satellite kids”，他們與父母分離，獨(dú)自生活在國外。迫切想得到父母的照顧與關(guān)心。
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     Giving pocket money is an excellent way to develop children’s independence. Children should receive pocket money as their small share of the family wealth, and they should share in doing the housework as well.
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A．Positive.B．Indifferent(中立的).C．Negative.D．Worried.
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C．Parents should let children spend money on their own when they have money
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An aging society refers to one where 10 percent or more of its population is over 60. By the end of 2007, Chinese over 60 years old have made up 11.7 percent of the nation’s total population. “China is getting old before becoming rich,”said Cai Chuang, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The population increase that has powered Chinese growth for three decades will give way over the next ten years to a rapid aging of the society. This will lead to weaker economic growth, because of a lack of labor resources.
As a result of the family planning policy, it is expected that the country’s total working population will decrease after 2015.
China is not the only country getting old. More that 60 countries have become aging societies and one in three people in the European Union is a senior citizen.
However, experts said that China doesn't have a highly developed social security network to support the old. Social security is an insurance program protecting those in need, including the old, the disabled and others.
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B．10% or more of its population is over 60
C．there are four old people in a family
D．most of its population is over 60
小題2:If China enters an aging society, __________.     
A．there will not be enough labor resources
B．the family planning policy will be ended
C．everyone needs to take care of four to twelve old people
D．China will have a highly developed social security network
小題3:What does Cai Chuang mean by saying“China is getting old before becoming rich.”?
A．China will be an aging society, then be a developed country.
B．China will be a rich country before being an aging society.
C．An aging society will affect Chinese economy development.
D．China will stop developing because of its aging problem.
小題4:The passage mainly talks about         .
A．a(chǎn)n aging societyB．Chinese social problem
C．family panning policyD．a(chǎn)ging problem in China

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