Question

【題目】 Every kid wishes to be an adult. Do you remember playing house as a child—pretending(假裝) to be a grown-up like your parents? Did you imagine you were a doctor, a soldier or a teacher? At that time, anything seemed more exciting than being young.

But now as grown-ups, some adults find they cannot leave childhood behind. They become “kidults”. Being a kidult has become a lifestyle choice among young people across Asia. Some kidults collect toys they once played with such as Hello Kitty, Garfield.

Other kidults still enjoy children’s stories and fairy tales. For example, the British publisher(出版商) Bloomsbury even released an edition of the Harry Potter novels with an adult cover. That way, no one else on the subway will know that an adult is actually reading a children’s book.

“Kidults can be like vitamins to society. Child-like emotions(情感) maybe needed in such a hard society,” said Lee So-jung, a professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. He added that kidult culture may fill the generation gap(代溝) between adults and kids. It could give children and their parents books, cartoon shows and movies to enjoy together.

Tim Greenhalgh, an adviser to London explained that some kidults just refuse to grow up. They stick to childhood because working life in a busy and stressful city make them scared. Kidults would like to forget their age and openly show their fear of society and adulthood. “So, they can keep away from busy and stressful lives that are hard to deal with,” Greenhalgh said.

【1】Why does a kid wish to be an adult?

A.Because he wants to be independent like an adult.

B.Because he doesn’t want to be controlled by adults.

C.Because he really wants to experience the real world:

D.Because he thinks there will be more exciting life when he grows up.

【2】What can we infer(推斷) from the passage?

A.All kids refuse to grow up.

B.Kidults think childhood is a good time of their life.

C.Some kidults in Britain like being doctors or teachers.

D.All kidults want to keep away from the busy and stressful life.

【3】Which statement is one of the advantages of the kidult culture?

A.It can make adults face the real social life.

B.It can make our society young and full of life.

C.It can increase the sales of children’s books.

D.It helps build good relationship between adults and kids.

【4】According to the writer, being a kidult is good in some way except that ________

A.It can improve the relationship between parents and their kids.

B.It can help kidults feel relaxed.

C.It is helpful to solve some social problems.

D.It can make people loyal(忠誠(chéng)的) to one’s parents.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】

文章大意：這篇短文給我們介紹了一些成年人不想擺脫童年，成為大小孩。他們收集他們?cè)��?jīng)玩過(guò)的玩具。他們?nèi)匀幌矚g孩子們的故事和童話(huà)故事；他們之所以堅(jiān)持童年拒絕長(zhǎng)大，是因?yàn)樵诜泵�緊張的城市工作讓他們感到害怕。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第1段中“At that time，anything seemed more exciting than being young. ”可知小孩子想要成為大人，因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為那樣似乎更興奮。故選D。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后段中“Tim Greenhalgh, an adviser to London explained that some kidults just refuse to grow up.”可知并非所有孩子都拒絕長(zhǎng)大，A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)最后一段中“They stick to childhood because working life in a busy and stressful city make them scared.”可推出大小孩認(rèn)為相對(duì)于繁忙而緊張的城市生活，童年是生活中的美好時(shí)光，B項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)第1段中“Did you imagine you were a doctor, a soldier or a teacher?”可知此處是說(shuō)小孩假想自己是醫(yī)生或教師，并非大小孩想要成為醫(yī)生或教師，C項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)最后一段中“Tim Greenhalgh, an adviser to London explained that some kidults just refuse to grow up. They stick to childhood because working life in a busy and stressful city make them scared.”可知是一些大小孩想要逃離繁忙而又緊張的生活，但并非全部，D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第4段中“He added that kidult culture may fill the generation gap between adults and kids. It could give children and their parents books, movies, and cartoon shows to enjoy together.”大小孩文化填補(bǔ)了成年人和孩子之間的代溝，能給孩子和他們的父母共同喜歡的書(shū)籍、電影和卡通節(jié)目"，可知大小孩文化能填補(bǔ)成年人和孩子之間的代溝并給他們提供可以一起享受的事物，由此可推出能讓大人和孩子之間關(guān)系和諧。故選D。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第4段中“He added that kidult culture may fill the generation gap(代溝) between adults and kids.”可知成為大小孩能改善父母和孩子之間的關(guān)系，A項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)最后一段中“Kidults would like to forget their age and openly show their fear of society and adulthood.”可知大小孩忘記年齡并表達(dá)對(duì)社會(huì)和成人世界的恐懼，這能幫助他們放松，B項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)第4段中“Kidults can be like vitamins to society. Child-like emotions maybe needed in such a hard society”可推出大小孩能幫助解決社會(huì)問(wèn)題，C項(xiàng)正確；文中并未提到人們對(duì)父母的忠誠(chéng)這類(lèi)的陳述，D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。故選D。