To be sure, only children experienced some things differently from those with sisters and brothers. Many feel more pressure to succeed. In the absence of brothers and sisters, only children also tend to look more exclusively to their parents as role models.
In India, 10-year-old Saviraj Sankpal founded a support group for the tiny minority of only children. Among other things, the group does volunteer work to counter the myth that they are not responsible. “People think we’re treated too kindly and ruined,” says Sankpal, a puter engineering student. “But I’d like to remind them how lonely it can get.”
Most only children, however, say they wish for sisters or brothers only when it es to caring for aging, unhealthy parents. Britain’s David Emerson, coauthor of the book The Only Child, says that such a person bears a terrible burden in having to make all the decisions alone. Emerson knows from experience: After his father died, he chose to move his elderly mother from their family home, where she was vulnerable(易受攻击的) to house breakers, to a new one with more security. “The move was quite hard on her, and she might feel that I pushed her into it,” he says. “After all, I am left with that responsibility.”
In the future, more and more only children will likely face similar choices. With working mothers increasingly the rule, many families are finding they simply don’t have the time, money or energy to have more than one child. As only children bee mon, perhaps the world will realize that the charge made against them is unjust.
【小题1】It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s attitude towards only children is . A．critical B．objectiveC．hostileD．unjust【小题2】It can be inferred from the passage that only children’s parents should .A．find a support group for their only childrenB．do volunteer work to help their only childrenC．let their only children make all the decision aloneD．set good examples for their only children【小题3】Emerson decided to move his elderly mother to a new house because he .A．is the only one who cares about herB．doesn’t want to leave her aloneC．wants to share the responsibility with herD．is worried about her safety【小题4】It is quite usual now for a working mother to .A．spend all her time and money on her only childB．be responsible for bringing up her only childC．have and bring up only one childD．devote all her energy to her jobB
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(答案→)B
解析：本文叙述了现代的社会独生子女的孩子较多，独生子女由于没有兄弟姐妹，所以就以自己的父母为榜样来学习，所以父母应该为孩子做好榜样。由于职业母亲没有多余的时间和精力，所以一般情况下，她们只生养一个孩子。
【小题1】推理判断题。A. critical批评的； B. objective客观的； C. hostile敌视的； D. unjust不公平的。根据As only children bee mon, perhaps the world will realize that the charge made against them is unjust.作者只是客观的叙述了独生子女的情况，没有给出他自己的观点，故选B。
【小题2】推理判断题。根据In the absence of brothers and sisters, only children also tend to look more exclusively to their parents as role models.独生子女，因为没有兄弟姐妹，所以把父母看成自己学习的榜样，所以父母应该为孩子做好榜样，故选D。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据After his father died, he chose to move his elderly mother from their family home, where she was vulnerable(易受攻击的) to house breakers, to a new one with more security.因为Emerson 担心母亲的安全，故选D。
【小题4】细节理解题。根据With working mothers increasingly the rule, many families are finding they simply don’t have the time, money or energy to have more than one child. 对于职业母亲来说抚养一个孩子是普遍的，故选C。