单选题
According to the speaker, why do some couples adopt children?
A. They want children to keep them company.
B. They want to enrich their life experience.
C. They need looking after in their old age.
D. They care a lot about children.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文]
When couples get married, they usually plan to have children. Sometimes, however, a couple can not have a child of their own. In this case, they may decide to adopt a child. In fact, adoption is very common today. There are about 60 thousand adoptions each year in the United States alone. Some people prefer to adopt infants, others adopt older children, some couples adopt children from their own countries, and others adopt children from foreign countries. In any case, they all adopt children for the same reason—they care about children and want to give their adopted child a happy life.
Most adopted children know that they are adopted. Psychologists and child-care experts generally think this is a good idea. However, many adopted children or adoptees have very little information about their biological parents. As a matter of fact, it is often very difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents because the birth records of most adoptees are usually sealed. The information is secret so no one can see it. Naturally, adopted children have different feelings about their birth parents. Many adoptees want to search for them, but others do not. The decision to search for birth parents is a difficult one to make. Most adoptees have mixed feelings about finding their biological parents. Even though adoptees do not know about their natural parents, they do know that their adopted parents want them, love them and will care for them.
[解析] 因果关系题。题干意为：“作者认为，为什么一些夫妻要领养孩子?”A项意为“他们需要孩子的陪伴”；B项意为“他们想丰富自己的生活经历”；C项意为“他们年老时需要人照顾”；D项意为“他们对孩子充满关爱”。听力材料中提到“In any case，they all adopt children for the same reason—they care about children and want to give their adopted child a happy life”(无论怎样，他们领养孩子都是出于同样的原因，即他们关心孩子，并想给所领养的孩子一个幸福的生活)。这里需要注意听清for the same reason等表示因果关系的词的使用。由此推知，一些夫妻领养孩子是出于对孩子的关爱。故D为正确答案。
单选题
Why is it difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth
parents?
A. Their birth parents often try to conceal their birth information.
B. They are usually adopted from distant places.
C. Their birth information is usually kept secret.
D. Their adoptive parents don't want them to know their birth
parents.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 因果关系题。题干意为：“为什么被领养的人很难找到他们的亲生父母?”A项意为“他们的亲生父母经常试图隐瞒他们的出生信息”；B项意为“他们经常被领养到很遥远的地方”；C项意为“他们的出生信息经常被保密”；D项意为“他们的养父母不希望他们了解亲生父母”。听力材料中提到it is often very difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents because the birth records of most adoptees are usually sealed(被领养者经常很难找到其亲生父母，因为大多数被领养者的出生记录常常是被封存的)。这里需要注意听清类似because之类的表示因果关系的词。由此推知，被领养人很难找到其亲生父母是因为他们的出生信息是被封存加以保密的。故C为正确答案。
单选题
Why do many adoptees find it hard to make the decision to search for
their birth parents?
A. They do not want to hurt the feelings of their adoptive parents.
B. They have mixed feelings about finding their natural parents.
C. They generally hold bad feelings towards their birth parents.
D. They are fully aware of the expenses involved in the search.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 因果关系题。题干意为：“为什么很多被领养者发现很难做出去寻找其亲生父母的决定?”A项意为“他们不想去伤害其养父母”；B项意为“他们对寻找亲生父母抱有很复杂的感情”；C项意为“他们一般对其亲生父母心怀不满”；D项意为“他们充分意识到寻找亲生父母所会付出的代价”。听力材料中提到“The decision to search for birth parents is a difficult one to make. Most adoptees have mixed feelings about finding their biological parents”(寻找亲生父母是很难做出的一项决定，因为大多数被领养者对寻找生父母怀着复杂的情感)。由此推断，B为正确答案。
单选题
What can we infer from the passage?
A. Adoption has much to do with love.
B. Understanding is the key to successful adoption.
C. Most people prefer to adopt children from overseas.
D. Early adoption makes for closer parent-child relationship.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 分析推理题。题干意为：“从文章中我们可以推断出什么?”A项意为“领养与爱是有很大关系的”；B项意为“理解是进行成功领养的关键”；C项意为“大多数人喜欢领养外国的孩子”；D项意为“领养年幼的孩子有助于使养父母与孩子的关系更加亲密”。该题可采用排除法进行作答。听力材料中最后一句提到“Even though adoptees do not know about their natural parents, they do know that their adopted parents want them, love them and will care for them”(尽管被领养者不知道其生父母，但他们的确知道他们的养父母希望和他们在一起，爱他们，并且一直很关心他们)。由此推断，被领养者和其养父母之间是相互关爱的，故A为正确答案；B项中understanding和D项中early adoption在原文均未提及，故排除；而C项与文中提及的“some couples adopt children from their own countries，others adopt children from foreign countries”(有些人喜欢领养自己国家的孩子，有些人则喜欢领养外国的孩子)意思相违背，故排除D。因此，A为正确答案。