Question

    Tao Xing, 12, and Tao Jun, 10, used to be afraid of the end of the Chinese New Year holiday as their parents would return to their jobs in distant cities and they would be left at home. However, this year, they had no reason to be sad. After five years of living with their uncle in a village in Chongqing, the children have their parents back by their sides. There are more than 60 million "left-behind"（留守）children in the countryside when their parents moved away to work in the cities. Tao Xing and Tao Jun’s mother Yu Changmei and their father Tao Yonghong could only return home twice a year from their jobs in Guizhou Province.

Now more and more such kind of families becomes reunited（重聚的） ones. The Tao family is just one of them. In 2015, China’s migrant（移民） population fell for the first time in about 30 years as people pay more attention to the problems faced by left-behind children. Migrants are encouraged to return hometown. They are needed to work for the development of the countryside and provide support for lonely children. "Their parents’ company（陪伴） is the best gift children can receive. It’s difficult for children to grow into adults. They require parents’ care and help," said Guan Xinping, a professor of social policy（政策） at Nankai University.

根据上面短文内容，回答下列问题（每小题答案不超过6个单词）.

1.Where did Tao Xing and Tao Jun’s parents work last year?

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2.Who did Tao Xing and Tao Jun live with in a village in Chongqing for five years?

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3.How often did Tao Xing and Tao Jun’s parents return home from their jobs in Guizhou?

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4.Are migrants encouraged to return hometown now?

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5.What does the sentence "Their parents company is the best gift children can receive." mean?

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Answer

1.In distant cities. / In the cities.

2.Their uncle. / Uncle.

3.Twice a year.

4.Yes. / Yes, they are.

5.It’s difficult to grow up./ It’s difficult to grow into adults./ Growing into adults is difficult./They require（need） parents’ care and help.

【解析】

文章介绍的是中国的一个社会问题——留守儿童。现在人们越来越关注这个问题，很多家庭又重新团聚在一起，现在有很多政策有鼓励外出打工者返乡，发展自己的家乡，因为父母的陪伴是孩子们最好的礼物。

1.根据文中Tao Xing, 12, and Tao Jun, 10, used to be afraid of the end of the Chinese New Year holiday as their parents would return to their jobs in distant cities and they would be left at home. 12岁的陶兴和10岁的陶军过去害怕春节假期结束，因为他们的父母会回到遥远的城市工作，他们会被留在家里。可知他们的父母是去遥远的城市工作，故答案为：In distant cities./ In the cities.

2.根据文中After five years of living with their uncle in a village in Chongqing, the children have their parents back by their sides. 在重庆的一个村子里和叔叔一起生活了五年后，孩子们的父母回到了他们身边。可知过去他们是和他们的叔叔在重庆生活了五年，故答案为：Their uncle. / Uncle.

3.根据文中Tao Xing and Tao Jun’s mother Yu Changmei and their father Tao Yonghong could only return home twice a year from their jobs in Guizhou Province. 陶兴和陶军的母亲于长梅和父亲陶永红在贵州省工作，每年只能回家两次。可知他们的父母每年只回家两次，故答案为：Twice a year.

4.根据文中Migrants are encouraged to return hometown. 鼓励移民返乡。可知现在是鼓励外出打工者返乡，故答案为：Yes. / Yes, they are.

5.根据文中“Their parents’ company（陪伴） is the best gift children can receive. It’s difficult for children to grow into adults. They require parents’ care and help,” said Guan Xinping, a professor of social policy（政策） at Nankai University. “他们父母的陪伴是孩子们能收到的最好的礼物。孩子们很难长大成人。他们需要父母的关心和帮助，”南开大学社会政策学教授关新平说。可知因为没有父母的陪伴孩子们很难长大成人，他们需要父母的关心和帮助，故答案为：It’s difficult to grow up./ It’s difficult to grow into adults./ Growing into adults is difficult./They require（need） parents’ care and help.