首页
财务会计
医药卫生
金融经济
考公考编
外语考试
学历提升
职称考试
建筑工程
IT考试
其他
登录
财务会计
Passage 1 Hidden Valley looks a lot lik
Passage 1 Hidden Valley looks a lot lik
Loveyou
2019-12-17
1
问题
Passage 1Hidden Valley looks a lot like the dozens of other camps that dot the woods of central Maine.There′s a lake, some soccer fields and horses. But the campers make the difference. They′re allAmerican parents who have adopted kids from China. They′re at Hidden Valley to find bridgesfrom their children′s old worlds to the new. Diana Becker watches her 3-year-old daughter Mikadance to a Chinese version of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." "Her soul is Chinese," she says, "butreally she′ s growing up American."Hidden Valley and a handful of other "culture camps" serving families with children fromoverseas reflect the huge rise in the number of foreign adoptions, from 7,093 in 1990 to 15,774 lastyear. Most children come from Russia (4,491 last year) and China (4,206) but there are alsothousands of others adopted annually from South America, Asia and Eastern Europe. After cuttingthrough what can be miles of red tape, parents often come home to find a new predicament. "At firstyou think, ′I need a child′," says Sandy Lachter of Washington, D.C., who with her husband, Steve,adopted Amelia,5, from China in 1995. "Then you think, ′What does the child need′"The culture camps give families a place to find answers to those kinds of questions. Most grewout of local support groups; Hidden Valley was started last year by the Boston chapter of Familieswith Children from China, which includes 650 families, while parents address weighty issues likehow to raise kids in a mixed-race family, their children just have fun riding horses, singing Chinesesongs or making scallion pancakes. "My philosophy of camping is that they could be doing anything,as long as they see other Chinese kids with white parents," says the director, Peter Kassen, whoseadopted daughters Hope and Lily are 6 and 4.The camp is a continuation of language and dance classes many of the kids attend during the year."When we rented out a theater for′Mulan,′ it was packed," says Stephen Chen of Boston, whoseadopted daughter Lindsay is 4. Classes in Chinese language, art and calligraphy are taught byexperts, like Renne Lu of the Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Center. "Our mission is to preserve theheritage," Lu says.Kids who are veteran campers say the experience helps them understand their complexheritage. Sixteen-year-old Alex was born in India and adopted by Kathy and David Brinton ofBoulder, Colo., when he was 7. "I went through a stage where I hated India, hated everything aboutit," he says."You just couldn′t mention India to me." But after six sessions at the East IndiaColorado Heritage Camp, held at Snow Mountain Ranch in Estes Park, Colo., he hopes to travel toIndia after he graduates from high school next year.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word"predicament" inPARAGRAPH TWO
选项
A.Dilemma.B.Status.C.Contradiction.D.Consequence.
答案
A
解析
词义题。根据第二段“predicament”后面Sandy所说的话“Atfirstyouthink,‘I need achild’,”says Sandy Lachter of Washington,D.C.,who with her husband,Steve,adopted Amelia,5,from China in1995.“Then you think,‘What does the child need”’可知,虽然通过了重重困难收养了一个孩子,但是却发现了新的问题.那就是不知道孩子想要什么,所以家长的处境变得进退两难。故选A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://ti.zuoweng.com/ti/2bDsKKKQ
相关试题推荐
Passage1 \"THESERVANT\"(1963)isoneof
Passage1 \"THESERVANT\"(1963)isoneof
Passage2 ForcenturiesinSpainandLa
Passage2 ForcenturiesinSpainandLa
Passage2 Americanstodaydon′tplacea
Passage2 Americanstodaydon′tplacea
Passage2 Americansdon’tliketolose
Passage2 Americansdon’tliketolose
Passage2 Americansdon’tliketolose
Passage2 Americansdon’tliketolose
随机试题
关于新型抗凝药物,下列说法不正确的是
关于唐氏综合症的筛查不正确的是
2014年1~9月我国入境外国人共有1922万人,其中来自亚洲、美洲、欧洲、大洋
以下哪一项并非基托缓冲的目的
催化以DNA为模板合成RNA的酶是
心理发展的内动力和外动力之间的关系是()。 (A)儿童心理发展是内动力和外动力相互作用的结果 (B)人自身的内在动因是其发展的原动力 (C)...
《本草纲目》的作者是()。A.孙思邈B.李时珍C.华佗D.扁鹊
当粉尘的游离二氧化硅含量大于10%时,工作场所中的粉尘最高允许浓度为()mg/m3。A:1B:2C:4D:10
某增值税一般纳税企业自建一幢仓库,购入工程物资250万元,增值税税额为42.5万元,已全部用于建造仓库;耗用库存材料50万元,应负担的增值税税额为8.5万...
甲公司为居民企业,主要从事货物生产和销售。2014年有关收支情况如下: (1)取得产品销售收入5000万元、转让机器设备收入40万元、国债利息收入20万...