Part Three Cloze
Directions:
There are ten blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line though the center.
Double Income and No Kids (DINK) becomes fashionable in China. The DINK couples are usually regarded as those who have higher educations and __31__ careers with higher incomes. The increase in DINK families has shattered the Chinese traditional idea of the family and __32__ typical.
A survey conducted recently in Beijing by a market survey company __33__ that about 3.3 percent of 1,300 surveyed families in Beijing said they have __34__ plans to have children. It is estimated there are about 600,000 DINK families in large cities like Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing.
Why they choose such a lifestyle is concluded in __35__ reasons. Some are showing great worry for the rapid growth of population; some are indulged in building a more well-off family; some are showing sharp __36__ to get themselves free from the obligation of raising children.
__37__, most people still believe it is necessary to bear a child to keep the family line on. As an old Chinese saying goes, there are three aspects in failing to be a filial son and the __38__ serious one is to have no heir for the family. So childless couples will suffer discrimination __39__ family members and neighbors.
But it is clear that the new tide of ideas has come, which suggests young people __40__ to choose their own way of life. They are installing modern ideas into traditional families and society. In the modernization process, personal choices will be highly respected.
31. A. stable B. available C. achievable D. liable
32. A. had become B. may become C. became D. becomes
33. A. directed B. induced C. indicated D. dictated
34. A. no B. not C. hardly D. scarcely
35. A. elegant B. abundant C. similar D. various
36. A. tension B. attention C. intention D. interaction
37. A. Moreover B. However C. According D. Generally
38. A. most B. more C. latest D. less
39. A. into B. to C. at D. from
40. A. wanted B. should want C. want D. had wanted
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