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【題目】Recently the Chinese Government said that it plans to relax its one-child policy（政策）. The news is welcomed by millions of Chinese who were punished in the past for having more than one child. The new policy will give a chance to couples where one of the parents is an only child, to have two children.

The one-child policy is depended on rewards（獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)）and punishments. Couples are fined（罰款）thousands of dollars if they have more children than allowed, and many lose their jobs and money. On the other hand, couples are given longer holidays for giving birth late. However, the one-child policy has caused some problems for the country. People prefer raising boys to girls. It is said that there are 32 million more boys than girls under the age of 20 today!

Because of the drop in the number of children, there won’t be enough young people going into the factories. Today, for every person that stops working, there are six working adults. But by 2040 there will be only two working persons to support four old ones.

This new plan is the first real step（步驟）to give up one-child policy. However, for many in China, the cost of raising children is still too high to think of larger families. In fact, it is also a big problem.

【1】The underlined word “punish” means in Chinese.

A. 懲罰 B. 調(diào)查 C. 結(jié)論

【2】What might happen if parents have more children than allowed?

A. They would get some more money.

B. They had to work longer hours.

C. They lost their jobs and money.

【3】The writer wants to tell us .

A. there are more girls than boys in China

B. there are more boys than girls in China

C. there are boys as many as girls in China

【4】What will happen in the future?

A. People wouldn’t like to work long hours.

B. There won’t be enough jobs for people.

C. There won’t be enough working people.

【5】We can infer from the last paragraph that .

A. every couple will have at least two children

B. some couples can’t afford to raise two children

C. it’s easy for every couple to have two children

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】現(xiàn)在中國政府放開了二胎的政策，結(jié)束了幾十年的計(jì)劃生育政策。在過去實(shí)施計(jì)劃生育政策的時(shí)候， 很多超生的夫婦都會(huì)受到罰款或是其他方式的懲罰。由于勞動(dòng)力的下降，國家決定改變這一政策。

【1】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)劃線單詞所在的句子The news is welcomed by millions of Chinese who were punished in the past for having more than one child.以及短文第二段中Couples are fined（罰款）thousands of dollars if they have more children than allowed, and many lose their jobs and money.可知，過去的時(shí)候，生超過一個(gè)孩子是會(huì)被罰款，或者是有其他的懲罰措施，現(xiàn)在國家放開了二胎的政策。由此可知應(yīng)選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中Couples are fined（罰款）thousands of dollars if they have more children than allowed, and many lose their jobs and money.可知，如果一對(duì)夫婦生超過一個(gè)孩子，那么他們會(huì)被罰款，很多人還會(huì)失去他們的工作和錢。由此可知應(yīng)選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中It is said that there are 32 million more boys than girls under the age of 20 today!可知，據(jù)說現(xiàn)在20歲以下的孩子中男孩比女孩多3，200萬。由此可知應(yīng)選B。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段中Because of the drop in the number of children, there won’t be enough young people going into the factories可知，由于孩子數(shù)量的下降，就不會(huì)有足夠的年輕人去工廠工作，因此勞動(dòng)力就會(huì)減少。故應(yīng)選C。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文最后一段中However, for many in China, the cost of raising children is still too high to think of larger families可知，對(duì)于中國的很多人來說，撫養(yǎng)孩子的費(fèi)用太高了，所以他們都不考慮再生一個(gè)孩子。由此可知應(yīng)選B。