Question

Recently the Chinese Government said that it plans to relax its one-child policy（政策）. The news is welcomed by millions of Chinese who were punished in the past for having more than one child. The new policy will give a chance to couples where one of the parents is an only child, to have two children.

The one-child policy is depended on rewards（獎勵）and punishments. Couples are fined（罰款）thousands of dollars if they have more children than allowed, and many lose their jobs and money. On the other hand, couples are given longer holidays for giving birth late. However, the one-child policy has caused some problems for the country. People prefer raising boys to girls. It is said that there are 32 million more boys than girls under the age of 20 today!

Because of the drop in the number of children, there won’t be enough young people going into the factories. Today, for every person that stops working, there are six working adults. But by 2040 there will be only two working persons to support four old ones.

This new plan is the first real step（步驟）to give up one-child policy. However, for many in China, the cost of raising children is still too high to think of larger families. In fact, it is also a big problem.

1.The underlined word “punish” means in Chinese.

A. 懲罰 B. 調查 C. 結論

2.What might happen if parents have more children than allowed?

A. They would get some more money.

B. They had to work longer hours.

C. They lost their jobs and money.

3.The writer wants to tell us .

A. there are more girls than boys in China

B. there are more boys than girls in China

C. there are boys as many as girls in China

4.What will happen in the future?

A. People wouldn’t like to work long hours.

B. There won’t be enough jobs for people.

C. There won’t be enough working people.

5.We can infer from the last paragraph that .

A. every couple will have at least two children

B. some couples can’t afford to raise two children

C. it’s easy for every couple to have two children

Answer 1