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almost one in five graduates in their late 20s now live with their parents. By contrast, only one in eight
university graduates had failed to fly the nest by the same age 20 years ago, research from the Office for
National Statistics (ONS) shows.
It also found that grown-up sons are twice as likely as their sisters to still be living with their parents
in their late 20s.
With nearly a quarter of men approaching 30 still living at home, the findings are bound to lead to claims
of a "generation of mummy"s boys".
Rising housing prices, increasing student debts and the effects of depression on the job market have
forced a wave of young people to move back into the family home at an age when they would normally
_____.
Young professionals in their late 20s or early 30s have been called the"boomerang generation" because
of the trend toward returning to the family home.
Recent research has suggested that young people in Britain are twice as likely to choose to live with their
parents in their late 20s than their counterparts elsewhere in Europe.
But experts warned that the phenomenon may have more to do with young people facing dark future than
simply a desire to save money.
While the percentage of those of university or college age moving out from the family home has continued
to rise in the last 20 years, among those in their mid and late 20s the trend has reversed.
Overall 1.7 million people aged from 22 to 29 now share a roof with their parents, including more than
760,000 in their late 20s, the ONS figures suggest.
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2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one? The survey showed that the number
of young men living in the family home probable doubles that of young women in their late 20s.
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3. Fill in the blank in the fourth paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please
answer within 5 words.)
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4. List three factors that have driven young people back home again based on the passage.( Please answer
within 5 words each).
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5. Translate the underlined sentence in the seventh paragraph into Chinese.
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答案
2. It also found that grown-up sons are twice as likely as their sisters to still be living with their parents
in their late 20s.
3. move out/leave home
4. ①high housing prices/rising housing prices ②heavy debts/increasing students debts ③difficulty in
finding jobs/depression on the job market
5. 但专家提醒说，导致这一现象的原因并非只是这些年轻人 想节约开支，更多的是因为他们所
面临的惨淡前景。
答案不唯一
核心考点
试题【选做题：阅读下面的短文，并根据短文的要求答题。（注意：问题后的词数要求。） The rise of the so-called "boomerang g】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isn"t it tempting to lie
just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma (文凭) represents a Harvard degree? Or that you finished
an extra couple of years back at State University?
More and more people are turning to an utter deception (欺骗) like this to land their first job or to move
ahead in their careers. For personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A
job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better
with a diploma from a well-known university. Registrars (学籍管理员) at most well-known colleges say that
they deal with dishonest claims like these at the rate of about one per week.
Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms. If it turns out that an applicant is
lying, most colleges are unwilling to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school refers to them as
"special cases." One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says these
claims are made by "no such people".
To avoid complete lies, some job seekers claim that they "attended" or "were associated with" a college
or university. After careful checking, a personnel officer may discover that "attending" means being dismissed
after one semester. It may be that "being associated with" a college means that the job-seeker visited his
younger brother for a football weekend. One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice
dates back at least to the turn of the center-that"s when they began keeping records, anyhow.
If you don"t want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a fake diploma.
One company, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any
number of nonexistent colleges. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from "Smoot State
University". The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the "University of Purdue." As there is no Smoot
State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seem rather high for one
sheet of paper.
B. nowadays it is very hard for people to find jobs
C. lying about college degrees is becoming a widespread problem
D. employers are no longer interested in applicants" actual performances
B. careful
C. incomplete
D. spoken
B. drive the them out of college
C. avoid direct conflicts with them
D. accuse them of such behaviors
B. University of Purdue and Purdue University are the same school
C. people with fake diplomas can get their first jobs in US easily
D. people pay the same price for a fake diploma from different universities
Now, they want to be sports star, pop star and actor, according to a survey by the Guardian newspaper.
Rachel, a character in the popular TV show Glee, may be said to speak for British teenagers. "Nowadays
being nobody is worse than being poor." he said.
Emma Brockes, a reporter with the Guardian, believes it is "the bad influence of celebrity (名人) culture"
that is to blame. "When children wanted to be doctor, it wasn"t because they were really more interested in the
functions of human organs than they are now; you go where the respect is." she wrote.
It could explain why there has been such an increase in levels of anxiety and depression Dr Carlo Stranger,
of Tel Aviv University, studied the sense of self for his new book The Fear of Insigni ficance: Searching for
Meaning in the 21st Century. He told the Daily Mail that young people now are "affected by the close
connection to the global entertainment network, which has turned ranking and rating people according to wealth
and celebrity into an obsession (痴迷)."
"As humans, we naturally measure ourselves to those around us, but now we live in a global village. We are
comparing ourselves with the most "important" people in the world and finding ourselves wanting," he said
Today, even high achievers constantly fear that they are insignificant when they compare themselves to success
stories in the media.
The way out? Simply stop measuring your achievement through a fantasy of wealth and celebrity. Dr.
Strenger said that it is a process called "active self-acceptance through a constant search for self-knowledge
through life".
"The fear of insignificance can only be overcome through strong individual and cultural identity over and
above measurable achievement," he said.
B. become famous
C. be teacher, banker and doctor
D. earn more money
B. Access to the global network.
C. Bad influences of celebrities.
D. Endless comparison with others.
B. He is the spokesman of teenagers.
C. He tells success stories on TV.
D. He is against ranking people with wealth
B. stick to their own dreams
C. make great achievements
D. search for the secret of wealth
B. analyse a social phenomenon
C. encourage celebrity culture
D. introduce three famous people
to get eight cents per DVD. The 1 and others say we"re asking for too much." That is television writer Saul
Bloom"s argument as to 2 the Writers Association of America is going on strike.
The strike by TV and movie writers will greatly 3 TV and movie production. The last such strike, in
1988, 4 the industry half a billion dollars. That strike lasted five months.
All movies that require the 5 of professional writers will stop production. TV networks will have to 6
"reality" shows that don"t require professional writers. 7 , of course, there will be plenty of reruns (重播).
TV viewers 8 fresh programs might have to switch to cable TV or 9 DVDs. A recent nationwide poll
(民意测验) 10 that the general public strongly supports the writers, who are 11 to be underpaid and
unappreciated.
"Writers are 12 demanding," complained Reese Majors, vice president of a production company with seven
13 airing weekly on network TV. "They think they are so 14 . All they do is to type a bunch of 15 onto a
piece of paper. They think that writing is worff. But how can it be work when it is done in the 16 of their
homes? How can you call sitting at home "work"? The 17 and the crew have to go on location (外景拍摄),
where they must 18 the cold, the heat, the jet lag, and the 19 of being away from home No home cooking
for them-they have to eat 20 . But you don"t hear them asking for four more cents per DVD!"
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| Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with ONE word that best fits the context. | |||
| Parents, especially those of teenagers, care about their children"s education more than anything else. They would do 1_____ for their children. Many of them spend most of their spare time 2_____ their children with studies. If they have no time or cannot do it themselves, they would hire family teachers 3_____ send their children to after-class schools. It seems as if a better 4_____ is all that parents expect for children. How can we explain the present situation? First of all, many parents have realized that future success depends more and more 5_____ skills and education. Secondly, in a competitive society there are both losers and 6_____. Those who have better skills and more knowledge will enjoy 7_____ opportunities. Certainly, it is important to learn to succeed, but the first thing to learn is how to survive, how to be a qualified citizen. 8_____ this is included in good education, the children will surely have a bright future and healthy in body and mind. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Until recently, women in advertisements wore one of three things-an apron, an attractive dress or a frown. Although that is now changing, many women still feel angry about offending advertisements. "This ad degrades women." they protested (抗议). Why does this sort of advertising exist? How can advertisers and ad agencies still produce, sometimes, after months of research, advertising that offends the consumer? The ASA, the body which deals with complaints about print media, is carrying out research into how women feel about the way they are pictured in advertisements. Its conclusions are likely 10 be what the advertising industry already knows: although women are often annoyed by the ads, few feel strongly enough to complain. Women are not the only victims of poor and boring stereotypes (老套)-in many TV commercials men are seen either as useless, childish fools who are unable to perform the simplest household tasks, or as inconsiderate fellows, always on the lookout for an escape to the pub. But it is women who seem to suffer more from the industry"s inability to put people into an authentic present-day situation. Yet according to Emma Bennett, director of a London advertising agency, women are not aggressive or extremely angry about those stereotypes and sexist (歧视妇女的) advertising. "They just find it annoying or tiresome." She says that it is not advertising"s use of the housewife role that bothers women, but the way in which it is handled. "The most important thing is the advertisement"s tone of voice. Women hate being insincerely praised or given desperately down-to-earth common-sense advice." In the end, the responsibility for good advertising must be shared between the advertiser, the advertising agency and the consumer. Advertising does not set trends but it reflects them. It is up to the consumer to tell advertisers where they fail, and the process of change will remain slow until people on the receiving end take the business seriously and make their feelings known. | |||
| 1. Despite recent changes in attitudes, some advertisements still fail to _____. | |||
| A. change women"s opinions of themselves B. show any understanding of consumers" feelings C. persuade the public to buy certain products D. meet the needs of the advertising industry | |||
| 2. According to the writer, the commonest fault of present-day advertising is to _____. | |||
| A. condemn the role of tile housewife B. ignore protests about advertisements C. present a misleading image of women D. picture the activities of men wrongly | |||
| 3. Emma Bennett suggests that advertisement ought to _____. | |||
| A. give further emphasis to practical advice B. change their style rather than their content C. use male images instead of female ones D. sing higher praise for women than before | |||
| 4. We can learn from the passage that advertising industry should _____. | |||
| A. take its job more eagerly B. do more pioneering work C. take notice of the public opinion D. concentrate on the products advertised |