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                         {{B}}Youth Emancipation in Spain{{/B}}
The Spanish Government is so worried about the number of young adults still living with their parents that it has decided to help them leave the nest.
Around 55 percent of people aged 18434 in Spain still sleep in their parents' home,says the latest re- port from the country's state-run Institute of Youth.
To coax(劝诱) young people from their homes,the Institute started a "Youth Emancipation(解放)" programme this month. The programme offers guidance in finding rooms and jobs.
Economists blame young people's family dependence on the precarious(不稳定的)labour market and increasing housing prices. Housing prices have risen 17 percent a year since 2000.
Cultural reasons also contribute to the problem, say sociologists(社会学家). Family ties in south Europe --Italy, Portugal and Greece -- are stronger than those in middle and north Europe, said Spanish soiologist Almudena Moreno Minguez in her report "The Late Emancipation of Spanish Youth. Key for Understanding".
"In general, young people in Spain firmly believe in the family as the main body around which their private life is organized," said Minguez.
In Spain -- especially in the countryside,it is not uncommon to find entire groups of aunts,uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews(外甥/侄子)all living on the same street. They regularly get together for Sunday dinner.
Parents' tolerance is another factor. Spanish parents accept late-night partying and are {{B}}wary of{{/B}} setting bedtime rules.
"A child can arrive home at whatever time he wants. If parents complain he'll put up a fight and call the father a fascist," said José Antonio Gómez Yanez,a sociologist at Carlos Ⅲ University in Madrid.
Mothers' willingness to do children's household chores(家务)worsens the problem. Dionisio Masso, a 60-year-old in Madrid, has three children in their 20s. The eldest 28, has a girlfriend and a job. But life with mum is good.
"His mum does the wash and cooks for him;in the end,he lives well," Masso said.
单选题 The "Youth Emancipation" programme aims at helping young people
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 第三段提到“为了劝导年轻人离开家,西班牙青年协会启动了‘年轻人解放’计划”,短文多次提到了该计划的做法是帮助年轻人自己独立生活,故选A。
单选题 It can be inferred from paragraph 5 that family ties are stronger in Portugal than in
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 短文第五段第二句提到“欧洲南部国家的家庭联系比欧洲中部和北部的国家更紧密”,作者列出了意大利,葡萄牙和希腊三个南部国家,可知葡萄牙位于南部,而芬兰位于北部,故选B。
单选题 Young people's family dependence can be attributed to all the following factors EXCEPT
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 有关导致年轻人过分依赖家庭的原因需要从原文几个段落中找到答案,短文第五段提到了“文化原因”,第八段指出“父母的容忍为另一个因素”,倒数第二段指出“母亲愿意为孩子做家务也是这个问题恶化”,只有不愿意结婚这项因素没有提及,故选C。
单选题 Which of the following statements is NOT true of Dionisio Masso?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 短文倒数第二段第二句提到了“迪奥尼西奥·马索住在马德里,是一个60岁有3个20多岁孩子的母亲”,并没有提到她有一个男朋友,故选B。
单选题 The phrase "wary of" in paragraph 8 could be best replaced by
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 短文第八段提到“父母对孩子的容忍是另一个因素。西班牙的父母可以接受孩子们的深夜派对,小心翼翼地制定就寝时间”。A项意为“厌倦了”,B项意为“害怕”,D项意为“谨慎于”,C项意为“担忧,担心”,故选D。