《2025年凤凰新学案高中英语必修第一册译林版》

一、阅读理解
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Stay-at-home kids are named “generation nini” in Spain. They are those adults who still live at home and are neither working nor studying. But the problem is not limited to Spain. It is a worldwide problem.
In Italy，they are known as “bamboccioni” or big babies. Nearly 60 per cent of 18 - 34-year-old adults still live in their parents’ home，up from almost 50 per cent since 1983. Once kept there by the love for their mama’s home-cooked food，the economic crisis(经济危机)has seen a rise in adults left unable to hold down a steady job or afford a home of their own. Last year，an Italian government minister admitted that his mother washed his clothes and made the bed for him until he was 30. He demanded a law forcing young Italians to leave their parents’ home at 18 to stop them becoming hopelessly dependent on their parents.
In the UK，the government has made the term NEETS—not in employment，education or training for these children. In England alone the percentage of NEETS aged 19 - 24 surged to 18.8 per cent of the age group—in the last quarter of 2010，up 1.4 per cent for the same period a year before. The number of British men in their 20s living with their parents has risen from 59 per cent to 80 per cent in the past 15 years，while the number of women has risen from 41 per cent to 50 per cent. The average age of the first-time house buyers is now 38.
In the US，the problem is known as the “full nest syndrome(综合征)”. Adults there are left struggling to support adult children who have stayed at home with student debts and facing few job opportunities in a weak economy. A recent study showed almost a third of American adults aged 34 and under are living with their parents.
1. “Big babies” mentioned in Paragraph 2 refers to those adults whoD.
A. are poorly educated
B. are not as smart as others
C. lose their job in the bad economy
D. depend on their parents for a living
2. The Italian government minister thinks thatB.
A. parents should make their children feel hopeless
B. young people should live on their own after 18
C. parents should never make the bed for their children
D. it is OK for adult children to live with their parents
3. The underlined word “surged” (in Paragraph 3) can be replaced by “A”.
A. jumped
B. reduced
C. recovered
D. moved
4. What does the last paragraph tell us?
A. Some American adult children are causing trouble for their parents.
B. American parents are happy to live with their children.
C. America has the most adult children compared with other countries.
D. It is a tradition for adult children to live with their parents in America.

答案： 本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了在全世界都很普遍的啃老现象。
1.D 细节理解题。根据第一段可知，这些成年子女是无收入来源、依靠父母生存的人。故选D项。
2.B 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句可知，他要求有一项法律使年轻的意大利人在18岁离开父母的家，以防止他们完完全全依赖父母。由此可知，这位意大利政府的部长认为那些仍住在父母家里的成年子女(after 18)不应该再依靠父母，应独自生活。
3.A 词义猜测题。根据画线词后面的数据18.8 per cent和up 1.4 per cent for the same period a year before可知，19—24岁的啃老族占该年龄组的比例飙升至18.8%，同比增长1.4%，由此可知画线词词义为“激增”。故选A项。
4.A 推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，父母为了养活背着学生债待在家里、在经济疲软的情况下几乎没有工作机会的成年子女而苦苦挣扎，这说明一些美国成年子女已成为父母沉重的负担。故选A项。