stress or ambition to succeed，boomerang kids tend to become more passive in their search for good jobs，harming their professional ambitions.And finally，the extra financial burden on parents can become too heavy to bear，leading to deep and often permanent damage to the relationship.
文章大意：本文讲述了孩子大学毕业后又回家和父母一起住这种现象。并分析了这种现象的原因以及它的影响。
25．What does the passage mainly tell us？__C__ A．Many young adults like boomerang. B．The boomerang generation are passive. C．Adult children are moving back home. D．The boomerang kids are burdens on parents.
解析：主旨大意题。根据全文内容可知，文章介绍了由于工作不好找，经济压力大，孩子成年之后又搬回家和父母一起住这种现象。
26．What did Monster's survey show？__B__ A．Boomerang kids didn't stay long at home. B．The number of boomerang kids was large. C．Boomerang kids were close to their parents. D．There were few jobs for young adults to do.
27．Why are young adults becoming boomerang kids？__C__ A．Because parents want to play a role in their kids' lives. B．Because graduates want to reconnect with their parents. C．Because it costs too much for graduates to live on their own. D．Because graduates can easily succeed with their parents' help.
解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中“The long-term economic recession(不景气)has made it difficult for college graduates to find jobs，while the cost of living has continued to rise.”可知，孩子毕业单独居住花费的成本越来越高。
28．What is a result of boomeranging？__B__ A．Boomerang kids will be self-confident.
B．Parents may have a bad relationship with their kids.
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C．Parents will be free from the burden of raising kids. D．Boomerang kids tend to lose their desire for knowledge.
C
I first came across the concept of pay-what-you-can cafés last summer in Boone, N．C., where I ate at F．A.R.M (Feed All Regardless of Means) Café.You can volunteer to earn your meal, pay the suggested price ($10) or less, or you can overpay—paying it forward for a future customer's meal.My only regret after eating there was not having a chance to give my time.So as soon as Healthy World Café opened in York in April, I signed up for a volunteer shift(轮班)．
F．A.R.M and Healthy World are part of a growing trend of community cafés.In 2003, Denise Cerreta opened the first in Salt Lake City.Cerreta now runs the One World Everybody Eats Foundation, helping others copy her pay-what-you-can model.
“I think the community café is truly a hand up, not a handout，” Cerreta said.She acknowledged that soup kitchens(施粥所) have a place in society, but people typically don't feel good about going there.
“One of the values of the community café is that we have another approach，” she said.“Everyone eats here, no one needs to know whether you volunteered, overpaid or underpaid.”
The successful cafés not only address hunger and food insecurity but also become necessary parts of their neighborhood—whether it's a place to learn skills or hear live music.Some teach cooking to seniors; some offer free used books.Eating or working there is a reminder that we are all in this world together.
My 10 am～1pm shift at World Healthy Café began with the café manager—one of the two paid staff members.Our volunteer crew wasn't the most orderly, but we managed to prepare and serve meals with a lot of laughs in between.At the end of my shift, I ordered my earned meal at the counter, together with other volunteers.After lunch, I walked out the door, with a handful of new friends, music in my head and a satisfied belly and heart.
文章大意：本文是说明文。主要介绍了时下正在兴起的社区餐馆。 29．What did the author do at F．A.R.M Café last summer？__A__ A．She enjoyed a meal. B．She ate free of charge.
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C．She overpaid for the food. D．She worked as a volunteer.
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段“where I ate at F．A.R.M (Feed All Regardless of Means) Café.”可知。
30．What is the advantage of community cafés compared with soup kitchens？__B__ A．People can have free food. B．People can maintain their dignity. C．People can stay as long as they like. D．People can find their places in society.
解析：推理判断题。由第四段可推知，社区餐馆可以维护人们的尊严。
31．Why are community cafés becoming popular in the neighborhoods？__B__ A．They bring people true friendships. B．They help to bring people together. C．They create a lot of job opportunities. D．They support local economic development.
32．How did the author feel about working at Healthy World Café？__C__ A．It paid well. B．It changed her.
C．It was beneficial. D．It was easy for her.
解析：推理判断题。由最后一段内容“a lot of laughs in between”和“After lunch, I walked out the door, with a handful of new friends, music in my head and a satisfied belly and heart.”可推知，作者很享受在Healthy World Café的工作。
D
An 18-year-old girl Anna Meier from Austria is taking her parents to court for posting over 500 photos of her on Facebook since 2009，without her permission.
Anna has apparently become fed up with her parents’ refusal to take down the embarrassing photos of her at an early age，and is now seeking justice in court.She told the magazine that even though she was 11 years old when her parents started sharing her photos with several hundreds of Facebook friends，they went as far as to post pictures of her as a baby，without ever asking if it was alright with her.“They knew no shame and no limit and didn’t care whether it was a
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picture of me sitting on the toilet or lying naked in my bed—every stage was photographed and then made public，”the girl said.
The girl added that she was only able to see the photos posted on Facebook by her parents when she was 14，after setting up her own account on it.Again and again，Anna asked her parents to remove the photos of her immediately，but they refused.Angry and upset，she felt that she had no other way but to take them to court，which she did as soon as she turned 18，this year.“I’m tired of not being taken seriously by my parents，”she said.
Anna’s lawyer claims they have a good chance of winning the case in court，if it can be proven that the images have violated her rights to a personal life.But，based on similar cases and according to Austrian privacy laws，if the parents lose，they may be forced to pay their daughter a fine of 3,000 to 10,000.
But Anna’s parents，however，see nothing wrong with posting baby photos of her.“I consider it my right to publish these photos，”her father said.“We have posted no more photos of our daughter since she stopped allowing us to photograph her.We also have baby photos of her that can only be seen by a limited group of 700 Facebook friends.”
It’s reported that Anna has moved out of her parents’ home and is living with some girl friends in a rented apartment.
文章大意：文章谈到一个18岁女孩因为父母将她的幼年隐私照片上传朋友圈而引起矛盾，进而引发诉讼的故事。
33．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？__B__ A．Anna started to ask her parents to remove 500 photos at 11. B．Around 700 of her parents’Facebook friends shared the pictures. C．Alma’s parents felt shameless for what they had done on Facebook. D．Anna’s parents started to post her pictures on Facebook when she was 14.
解析：细节理解题。根据文章内容，Anna的父母从2009年开始上传图片到脸书，但Anna并不知晓，因此不是A和D项。他们认为把自己孩子的生活照传到网络，并且是在私人空间和朋友们分享，无关紧要，并不感到自己的行为很无耻，因此C项也被排除。正确选项为B。
34．What made Anna decide to take her parents to court？__B__ A．The pictures of her sitting on the toilet. B．Her parents’ attitude towards her request.
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