单选题 Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
单选题 A. They were too poor to provide for their sons.
B. They had enough with the terrible situation.
C. They did what spanish law requires them to do.
D. They didn't love their children any more.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 30-32
Do you have rude and moody teenage children living in your house?Have you ever secretly wanted to throw them out? A Spanish couple,Mr.and Mrs.Serrano,from Zaragoza in Spain,have done exactly that.Maria and her husband Mariano lived with their two sons,David,20 and Mariano,18.(30)"The situation was impossible,"said Maria."We were always arguing,our children were treating our house like a hotel and they weren't contributing anything.Also they weren't studying, or looking for work.They were complaining all the time.and insulting us.They didn't respect us.I love my children but in the end it was ruining our lives."
So Maria and Mariano asked their sons to leave the familv home in Zaragoza in Spain.But the two boys didn't want to go. (31)Then,Mr.and Mrs.Serra—no took an unusual decision-- they went to court.
Normally,under Spanish law parents do not have the right to make their children leave home.(32)But in this case the judge decided that the situation in the Serrano family was "intolerable".He gave Mr.and Mrs.Serrano the right to tell their children to go
What did the Serrano's boys do?In fact thev didn't go very far from home.The oldest boy David went to live with his girlfriend and has just started work in her father's construction company. The younger son has rented a room near the family home(his mother paid the first month's rent only).
Q: Why did the Spanish couple want to throw their children out?

[答案详解] Maria描述了两个孩子的恶劣行径,可知夫妇二人再也无法忍受孩子的行为了,所以将孩子赶出家门,故选B)项。
单选题 A. Renting a house for them. B. Finding jobs for them.
C. Locking them out of the door. D. Taking them to court.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析]
Q: What measure did the Spanish couple take to make their children leave home?

[答案详解] 文中指出,这对夫妇要求两个儿子离开家,但孩子们不愿走,最终他们做出了一个不同寻常的决定——将儿子告上法庭,故选D)项,D)项是原文went to court的同义转述。
单选题 A. He approved the couple's request. B. He rejected the couple's lawsuit.
C. He protected the children's benefits. D. He put the children into prison.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析]

Q: What did the judge do with the Serranos' case?

[答案详解] 说话者最后提到虽然根据西班牙法律父母无权将子女赶出家门,但鉴于这个家庭的状况让人“无法容忍”,法官决定赋予这对夫妇将两个儿子赶出家门的权力,故选A)项。