“If you are taking on extra debt or delaying retirement to help your adult child, you could be making a mistake and putting your own financial future in danger，” Beck warned.

　　Boomerang children can also cause other problems for their parents. Thirty percent of parents said they had given up privacy since their adult children moved back home, while more than a quarter have taken on added debt, and ten percent have delayed retirement. But the survey also showed that 42 percent of adult children living at home are helping with the cooking and cleaning.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。一项调查表明，受美国低薪和高失业率影响，很多已经成年的子女不能脱离家庭独立生活，在经济上仍然要依靠父母。这种现象同时也引发了一些问题。

　　1．The underlined phrase“boomerang children” in the first paragraph likely means ________.

　　A．adult children visiting parents often

　　B．married adult children

　　C．adult children depending on parents for financial support

　　D．adult children independent and successful in life

　　答案：C　词义猜测题。根据文章第一段可知，由于受到美国经济的影响，很多成年的子女都受父母的资助，有些已经离开家的人又搬回家和父母同住。因此boomerang children应该是“指那些离开家一段时间又回家住，并接受父母资助的成年人”。故选C项。

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