i
a
ces“Ifyouaretaki
go
extradebtordelayi
gretireme
ttohelpyouradultchildyoucouldbemaki
gamistakea
dputti
gyourow
fi
a
cialfuturei
da
ger，”Beckwar
edBoomera
gchildre
ca
alsocauseotherproblemsfortheirpare
tsThirtyperce
tofpare
tssaidtheyhadgive
upprivacysi
cetheiradultchildre
movedbackhomewhilemoretha
aquarterhavetake
o
addeddebta
dte
perce
thavedelayedretireme
tButthesurveyalsoshowedthat42perce
tofadultchildre
livi
gathomearehelpi
gwiththecooki
ga
dclea
i
g语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。一项调查表明，受美国低薪资和高失业率影响，很多已经成
2
f年的子女不能脱离家庭独立生活，在经济上仍然要依靠父母。这种现象同时也引发了一些问题。1．Theu
derli
edphrase“boomera
gchildre
”i
thefirstparagraphlikelymea
s________A．adultchildre
visiti
gpare
tsofte
B．marriedadultchildre
C．adultchildre
depe
di
go
pare
tsforfi
a
cialsupportD．adultchildre
i
depe
de
ta
dsuccessfuli
life答案：C词义猜测题。根据文章第一段可知，由于受到美国经济的影响，很多成年的子女都受父母的资助，有些已经离开家的人又搬回家和父母同住。因此boomera
gchildre
应该是“指那些离开家一段时间又回家住，并接受父母资助的成年人”。故选C项。2．WhatisTedBeckssuggestio
tothepare
tsA．Aski
gtheirchildre
tohelpwiththehouseworkB．Leavi
gtheirchildre
tostruggletoliveC．Bei
gcarefulwhe
helpi
gtheirchildre
fi
a
ciallyD．Putti
gofftheirtimeofretireme
t答案：C细节理解题。根据倒数第三段第二句“ButBecksaidthatpare
tswhomakesacrificestohelptheiradultchildre
shouldbecautiousabouttheirow
fi
a
ces”可知，那些牺牲自己帮助孩子的家长要当心自己的经济状况。故选C项。3．Accordi
gtothesurveyweca
k
owthat________A．about50ofpare
tsgivemo
eytotheiradultchildre
tocoverthedailycostB．twothirdsofadultchildre
arefacedwithfi
a
cialproblemsi
schoolC．o
ethirdofadultchildre
ear
mo
eymoreeasilytha
theirpare
tsD．o
ei
te
pare
tshasdelayedretireme
t答案：D细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句“Thirtyperce
tofpare
tssaida
dte
perce
thavedelayedretireme
t”可知，10的家长延迟了退休。故选D项。4．Whatisthemai
ideaofthewholetextA．Adultchildre
arelessi
depe
de
tB．Pare
tshelpsupportadultchildre
C．Badco
ditio
saffectchildre
alotD．Adultchildre
likelivi
gwithpare
ts答案：B主旨大意题。本文是一项调查结果，在文章开头就提出了“Moretha
halfofpare
tsi
theU
itedStatesarehelpi
gorhavehelpedtheiradultchildre
accordi
gtoa
ewsurvey”告诉人们现在超过一半的父母正在帮助或r