Question

    Every kid wishes to be an adult. Do you remember playing house as a child—pretending(假装) 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(代沟) 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(推断) 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(忠诚的) to one’s parents.

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

文章大意：这篇短文给我们介绍了一些成年人不想摆脱童年，成为大小孩。他们收集他们曾经玩过的玩具。他们仍然喜欢孩子们的故事和童话故事；他们之所以坚持童年拒绝长大，是因为在繁忙紧张的城市工作让他们感到害怕。

1.细节理解题。根据第1段中“At that time，anything seemed more exciting than being young. ”可知小孩子想要成为大人，因为他们认为那样似乎更兴奋。故选D。

2.推理判断题。根据最后段中“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绝长大，A项错误；根据最后一段中“They stick to childhood because working life in a busy and stressful city make them scared.”可推出大小孩认为相对于繁忙而紧张的城市生活，童年是生活中的美好时光，B项正确；根据第1段中“Did you imagine you were a doctor, a soldier or a teacher?”可知此处是说小孩假想自己是医生或教师，并非大小孩想要成为医生或教师，C项错误；根据最后一段中“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离繁忙而又紧张的生活，但并非全部，D项错误。故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据第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.”大小孩文化填补了成年人和孩子之间的代沟，能给孩子和他们的父母共同喜欢的书籍、电影和卡通节目"，可知大小孩文化能填补成年人和孩子之间的代沟并给他们提供可以一起享受的事物，由此可推出能让大人和孩子之间关系和谐。故选D。

4.推理判断题。根据第4段中“He added that kidult culture may fill the generation gap(代沟) between adults and kids.”可知成为大小孩能改善父母和孩子之间的关系，A项正确；根据最后一段中“Kidults would like to forget their age and openly show their fear of society and adulthood.”可知大小孩忘记年龄并表达对社会和成人世界的恐惧，这能帮助他们放松，B项正确；根据第4段中“Kidults can be like vitamins to society. Child-like emotions maybe needed in such a hard society”可推出大小孩能帮助解决社会问题，C项正确；文中并未提到人们对父母的忠诚这类的陈述，D项错误。故选D。