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Unit 2 Wish you were here
一、阅读理解
The last thing Caitlin Hipp would have expected as she prepared to turn 28 years old was to be living at home with her parents. All she’s ever wanted to do is to become an elementary school teacher. However, Hipp has racked up(累计) $100,000 (about 0.67 million yuan) in student loan debt and isn’t able to earn enough through working as a part-time skating instructor and restaurant server to live anywhere other than home.
To some degree, multigenerational households have always been a part of American life. However, the number of adults who have been moving back in with their parents or never leaving home in the first place has been growing steadily.
The Pew Research Center recently reported that 2016 was a milestone in the evolving living arrangements of young adults in the US. Until 2016, the most common living arrangement for young adults was to be living in their own property as part of a couple. UBS Financial Services, a Swiss global financial services company, released a report that even suggests one reason for the growing number of young adults still living at home could be that their family doesn’t want them to leave. The report shows that 74 percent of millennials(千禧一代) get some kind of financial support from their parents after college. Millennials see their parents as peers, friends and mentors(导师). In return, their parents happily provide financial support well into adulthood, helping fund everything for them. Stuart Hoffman, chief economist for the PNC Financial Group in the US, said “Although job growth for millennials since 2014 has improved, that doesn’t necessarily mean that millennials are starting to fly the nest, he said. “They may like living at home and being able to save money.”
He added, “While it has held back household formation and purchases on things, they are probably traveling more and eating out more. I don’t know if it represents a change in moral values, it’s much more common for adult children to live in their parent’s homes because it’s becoming part of the culture.” 1.What’s the purpose of Caitlin Hipp’s story?
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A. To prove the author’s view. B. To introduce her situation. C. To present the topic.
D. To make readers rethink about the problem.
2.What does the underlined part (Paragraph1) probably refer to? A. live with parents C. stay at home
B. live independently D. leave home
3.According to Hoffman, which of the following is true? A. It isn’t necessary for millennials to leave the nest. B. They can spend less money on their daily life. C. Moral values are changing gradually.
D. Young adults are living in a different life style. 4.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Why is the number of the millennial growing steadily?
B. Why has the percentage of adults living with their parents been on the rise? C. Why are parents willing to help fund for young adults?
D. Why do more adults treat their parents as peers, friends and guides? 【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了在美国，现在和父母同住的年轻人的数量持续增加这一社会现象。
1.C 【解析】推理判断题。根据第二段中的“However, the number of adults who have been
moving back in with their parents or never leaving home in the first place has been growing steadily.”可知，文章开头举Caitlin Hipp的例子就是为了引出本文话题——越来越多的美国青年倾向于和父母同住。
3.D 【解析】细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“it’s much more common for adult children
to live in their parent’s homes because it’s becoming part of the culture.”可知，霍夫曼认为现在的年轻人和父母同住是一种很正常的社会现象，这是不同以往的，
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说明年轻人的生活方式发生了变化。
4.B 【解析】主旨大意题。根据文章内容，特别是第二段中的“However, the number of adults
who have been moving back in with their parents or never leaving home in the first place has been growing steadily”可知，本文主要介绍了在美国，现在和父母同住的年轻人的数量持续增加这一社会现象。
二、词汇练习
1. make an _________for a trip to Hong Kong.
They have ____________ for a plan to hold a concert. （安排）
2. ___________ is a place that has been ____________ by human beings. （舍弃，
抛弃；沙漠）
3. There is a lot of _________on the table.
on the __________road. （灰尘；满是灰尘的）
4. The citizens are in the shortage of the ____________ of gas.
Large quantities of vegetables are ___________ to the citizens every day.（供给）
5. make an ____________ (宣布)
The monitor ___________ that we would have a picnic the next day. 6. We should live in perfect _________ with nature and animals. a _____________ society (和谐；和谐的) 7. the ___________forests
You can see a beautiful village, ___________ by a mountain.（包围；周围的） 8. 使恐惧 9. 探索
10. 美；美好的人或物 11. 出版 12. 反映；反射
13. 无限的，无休止的 e___________ 14. 空气；大气层a___________ 15. 提前__________ __________
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