A mother’s ad calling for her son to come home for Chine Wap版

试题详情及答案解析

A mother’s ad calling for her son to come home for Chinese New Year ran on the front page of the Chinese Melbourne Daily newspaper on January 14.
It placed a full page ad, saying “Dear Peng, I’ve called you many times but you don’t pick up, maybe you will see this. Dad and mom won’t ever force you to get married anymore, come home for Chinese New Year! From your mom who loves you.”
The ad, which appeared on the front page of the Chinese Melbourne Daily on Tuesday, would cost $2,796.80 Australian dollars ($2465). The newspaper serves the city’s Chinese community. The mother, who lives in Guangzhou had placed the ad after losing contact with her son.
Every year around this time, many Chinese prepare to head home for China’s most important festival. But many of the younger generation are afraid of facing family confrontations about their love life.
On the online Chinese forum Tianya. cn, a single man asked for advice on facing his family. “It’s almost that time of the year. How should I explain to my family and relatives that I am single?” a user in Guangzhou “1979xiaozhu” posted. Many of the replies were telling him not to go home instead.
User “qianlidaiwanwoduxing” wrote: “Going home means they will either arrange blind dates for you or you get scolded.”
“This year my mom gave me an ultimatum. One, bring 50,000 yuan; second, bring a wife home. If I don’t have both then she said I don’t need to come home. What a tragedy!” said user “fghjkh84”.
Those girls who can’t handle the pressure of parents can rent a boyfriend for the day through China’s online shopping giant, Taobao.com. Rental boyfriends come with services such as meeting the parents, shopping and watching movies.
【小题1】The mother placed a full page ad in order to _______.

A．ask her son to come back to China for the festival

B．beg her son to answer her telephone more times

C．force her son to come home and get married

D．make her son become famous in Melbourne

【小题2】Why did the mother place the ad in the Chinese Melbourne Daily?

A．Because her son didn’t want to get married in China.

B．Because she couldn’t get in touch with her son any more.

C．Because her son wanted to live alone in Australia.

D．Because she wanted her son to come back to work.

【小题3】What leads many Chinese young people not to go home for New Year?

A．Their busy work.	B．The long distance.
C．Their low pay.	D．Their love life.

【小题4】From the passage we can infer ______.

A．the user “1979xiaozhu” is a married young man

B．the user “qianlidaiwanwoduxing” will go home

C．the user “fghjkh84” will bring a wife home

D．some single girls have to bring an untrue boyfriend home

答案：【小题1】A
【小题2】B
【小题3】D
【小题4】D

试题分析：一位来自广州的妈妈花费巨资在澳大利亚的中文报纸头版登广告来寻找他的儿子。现在的年轻一代大多有被家人催婚甚至逼婚的经历，由于害怕被家长逼婚，很多年轻人都不愿意回家。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据第一段“calling for her son to come home for Chinese New Year”和第二段“Dad and mom won’t ever force you to get married anymore, come home for Chinese New Year!”可知，妈妈登广告是为了让她的儿子回家过年，故选A。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据第二段“I’ve called you many times but you don’t pick up, maybe you will see this”可知，她因为联系不上自己的儿子才想到用在报纸上登广告的方法来找他，故选B。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据第四段“But many of the younger generation are afraid of facing family confrontations about their love life.”可知，许多年轻人不愿意回家过年是因为担心父母问自己的感情问题，故选D。
【小题4】推理判断题。根据“最后一段”Those girls who can’t handle the pressure of parents can rent a boyfriend for the day through China’s online shopping giant可知，单身的女性可以在网上租一个男朋友，故选D。
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