Question

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 (移民) 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. For 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.

1.Some Asian parents send their kids abroad because ________.

A．they hope their children may easily find a job there

B．a(chǎn)ll foreign universities are better than the ones in their own countries

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

2.“Satellite kids” refer to Asian kids ________.

A．without parents                        B．speaking no English

C．with university education                 D．living abroad alone

3.Some Asian immigrant children become “satellite kids” because their parents ________.

A．want to leave their own country            B．want them to go to university

C．return to their countries to work            D．want them to be independent

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Parents want better education for their kids.

B．Parents feel lonely and miss their families.

C．Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need of care from family.

D．Canadians and Americans begin to notice the “satellite kids” problem.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.C    

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了在 美國西部出現(xiàn)的“Satellite kids”他們遠離父母，在學(xué)習(xí)和生活上有很多的問題，他們需要父母的關(guān)愛。

1.細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段5,6,7行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.說明很多的父母把孩子送到國外上學(xué)是因為在自己國家里讀大學(xué)很困難，而在國外，要容易得多，故C正確。

2.細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段1,2行there is a new group of children called “satellite kids”, who live in one place but whose parents live in another place.說明這樣的孩子是指那些在國外單獨生活的孩子，故D正確。

3.細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段3,4行For these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West.說明很多父母都回去了，把孩子留在了西部，故C正確。

4.主旨大意題。本文主要講述的就是在國外的生活的孩子在遠離父母以后會出很多的問題，他們需要父母的關(guān)心和幫助，故C正確。

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點評：本文介紹了“Satellite kids”的現(xiàn)象。文章內(nèi)容較為簡單，考查細節(jié)題為主，答題時在文章找到對應(yīng)的地方，用筆進行標(biāo)記，這有利于后期有時間檢查時可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細理解作者所講的意思，再結(jié)合選項，通過排除法和自己對全文的把握，選出正確答案。