The following form shows the result of a

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The following form shows the result of a survey (调查) of parents from five countries, who were asked why children are important to them. They were required to choose three main reasons from seven dealing with personal interests, family relations and social responsibility(责任). Each number in the form is the percentage (%) of parents who chose that particular item(项) as one of their three reasons. Therefore, the most common for Japanese parents are strengthening family ties (Item D, 51%), learning from the experience (Item E, 60%), and raising responsible citizens (Item, G 45%).

Items	Japan	Korea	U.S.A	Britain	France
A.To see oneself continuing in future	35	32	31	17	59
B. To keep the family line	24	68	28	17	26
C. To receive care in old age	10	38	8	7	8
D. To strengthen family ties	51	25	50	55	66
E.To develop oneself through raising one’s children	60	19	54	69	35
F. To enjoy raising one’s children	20	19	50	71	39
G. To raise responsible citizens	45	40	46	28	15

小题1:According to this survey, Korean parents are most interested in .

A．continuing their family	B．obtaining care in old age
C．strengthening family relationship	D．caring for raising children

小题2:How many items are chosen by parents of more than two countries as main reasons?
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A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

小题3:From the percentages in items _______, we can see the following difference between the Asian and the European countries: the Asian parents want to devote themselves to future societies through children; the European parents enjoy the course of raising children.

A．B and C

B．D and F

C．E and F

D．F and G

小题4:According to the form, which of the following is true?

A．From the main reasons shown in the form it seems that in every country parents do not expect care
from children in their old age.

B．Japanese parents share two of their main reasons with the British and American parents, and the third one with Korean parents.

C．More than half of the parents from each country chose the reason“tostrengthen family ties”and for each it was one of the three main reasons for having children.

D．The percentage of French parents selecting the reason“to see oneself continuing in future”is about as high as that of the other countries.

答案

小题1:A

小题2:B

小题3:D

小题4:B

小题1:从表中可以看出，68%的韩国人认为孩子之所以对他们来说重要是因为“to keep the family line”，即A项。

小题2:被两个以上的国家选为主要原因的项目有：D、E、F。

小题3:“亚洲父母想通过孩子把他们奉献给社会”是日本(45%)、韩国(40%)，而英国仅为28%、法国仅15%；体会养孩子的乐趣主要是英国(71%)、法国(39%)，而同项目中日本只占20%、韩国只占19%。

小题4:日本的D(51%)、E(60%)与美、英在这两项上一致；在G(45%)与韩国相似(40%)。