Theone-childpolicyhasbeencarriedoutforabout20years.MostChinesefamilieshaveonlyonechild.Bytheyear2008thenumberofonlychildreninChinahadalreadybeen330millionwhichwasaboutthepopulationoftheUnitedStates

　　Theone-childpolicyhasbeencarriedoutforabout20years.MostChinesefamilieshaveonlyonechild.Bytheyear2008thenumberofonlychildreninChinahadalreadybeen330millionwhichwasaboutthepopulationoftheUnitedStates.Inthenexttwentyyearstheonly-childgeneration(一代人)willbecomethemainbuildersofoursociety.Nooneknowshowmuchheorshewillchangetheworld.

　　Onlychildreninfamiliesoftenreceivethebestcaresometimesevengetalotofindulgence.Parentsalwaystrytheirbesttosatisfytheirchildren’sneeds.Thosechildrenwhoarecalled“littleemperors”areindangeroftoomuchlove.

　　Howeverthesekidsoftenfelllonelybecauseneithertheirparentsnortheirclassmatescantaketheplaceofabrotherorasister.

　　Itseemsthatonlychildrenarestillnotreadytodotheirduty.someelderonlychildrenhavealreadygraduatedfromcollege.Buttheystilldependontheirparents.Theyneedalongertimetochangefortheirjobsbecausetheywerebroughtupinasafeenvironment.Whentheirparentsgetolderacoupleofonlychildrenwillhavefourparentsandevenmoregrandparentstolookafter.Itwillsurelybethebiggestproblemiftheydon’twellpreparetofaceit.

　　小题1:WhatwasthepopulationoftheU.S.Aintheyear2008?

　　A.About3300000. B.About330000000. C.About33000000.

　　小题2:Inthispassagetheword “indulgence”means________.

　　A.溺爱 B.批评 C.指导

　　小题3:Whydoonlychildrenfeellonely?

　　A.Theirparentshavenotimeforthem.

　　B.Theydon’thavefreetimeforactivities.

　　C.Theyhavenobrothersorsisters.

　　小题4:What’sthebiggestproblemforthefamilythatismadeupoftwoonlychildren?

　　A.Theyhavetolookafterfourparentsandevenmoregrandparents.

　　B.Theytheystilldependontheirparents.

　　C.Theyneedalongertimetochangefortheirjobs

　　小题5:Thebesttitleforthepassageis____________.

　　A.ParentsforOnlyChildren B.TheOnly-childGeneration C.TheOnly-childPolicy