Directions:Read the following three passages.Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage
Many of China's post-1980s generation have now become parents.
"RMB 1, 000 for the nursery and RMB 5, 000 for the kindergarten, ” a post on a popular Internet site says.The author explains that it costs RMB 450, 000 to raise a child through to the sixth grade."A whole family, s monthly income is spent on the child; every minute you have is used earning money for your child? your moods are hugely affected by your child, s; friends, career and fun all belong to your pre-child life; youM sell your house to get your child into a better school.
And this, according to sina.com, means a generation of "child slaves" has been created.
With thousands of people blogging in China, s cyber space, a new group of bloggers have made a name for themselves by blogging about raising children.These young parents who regularly blog about their children, s daily lives, exchange tips and post hundreds of cute photos of their toddlers are divided about whether they are slaves to their children.
Gao Jia, who is about to have a baby, thinks she^s a ‘'slave-to-be, and looks forward to it."It's my responsibility to raise the next generation.”
Blogger Baobao, on the other hand, thinks she is a "child farmer, rather than a child slave."Pm raising my child like a farmer planting baby trees.
Wen Ma, who also writes her own child-raising blog, criticizes the popular Chinese saying "everything we do is for the kids".She continues, "We take both that saying and kids too seriously; for our children, s sake, we cannot be child slaves.It makes us weak.
Huan Zi doesn, t think child slave correctly describes her generation of parents."We can be apartment slaves, because we need an apartment to live in, but it's our own choice to have children, she says."There will come the time when the post-1980s generation finds their own place in life, but being slaves should not be it.
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