单选题Directions: For each blank in the following
passage, choose the best answer from the choices given below. Mark your answer
on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the
corresponding letter in the brackets. Double Income and
No Kids(DINK)becomes fashionable in China. The DINK couples are usually regarded
as those who have higher educations and {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}}
{{/U}}careers with higher incomes. The increase in DINK families has shattered the
Chinese traditional idea of the family and {{U}} {{U}} 2
{{/U}} {{/U}}typical. A survey conducted recently in Beijing
by a market survey company {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}that about
3.3 percent of 1,300 surveyed families in Beijing said they have {{U}}
{{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}plans to have children. It is estimated there
are about 600,000 DINK families in large cities like Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai,
and Chongqing. Why they choose such a lifestyle is concluded in
{{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}reasons. Some are showing great worry
for the rapid growth of population; some are indulged in building a more
well-off family; some are showing sharp {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}}
{{/U}}to get themselves free from the obligation of raising children.
{{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}, most people still believe it
is necessary to bear a child to keep the family line on. As an old Chinese
saying goes, there are three aspects in failing to be a filial son and the
{{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}serious one is to have no heir for
the family. So childless couples will suffer discrimination {{U}} {{U}}
9 {{/U}} {{/U}}family members and neighbors. But it is
clear that the new tide of ideas has come, which suggests young people {{U}}
{{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}to choose their own way of life. They are
installing modern ideas into traditional families and society. In the
modernization process, personal choices will be highly respected.