四级短文听力的攻略：命题特点与应试技巧_大学英语听力

四级短文听力的攻略：命题特点与应试技巧

　　26. 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.

　　27. 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 dont want them to know their birth parents.

　　28. 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.

　　29. 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.

　　听力原文

　　When couples get married, they usually plan to have children. Sometimes, however, a couple cannot 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 60,000 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; 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.