Ⅰ.阅读理解
In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called “satellite kids”，who live in one place but whose parents live in another place.
Asians are immigrating to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever before. Most Asians immigrate because they believe that they can give their children a better education in the West. In Asia, especially in China and Japan, it is difficult to go to university. Students must first pass the strict national examination. However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university, and anyone who wants to go can go. As a result, Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university.
The problem is that when Asians arrive, they discover that finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East. Also, they find that they are very lonely, and that they miss their homes. Because of these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West. Therefore, these children become “satellite kids”， and most of their parents do not know how sad it is to be a “satellite kid”．
Only until now are Canadians and Americans discovering the “satellite kid” problem.Because these children do not speak English and because their parents are not there to take care of them. They are often absent from school. To be a “satellite kid” means growing up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well. Also, it means growing up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere. What these “satellite kids” will probably say to their parents is that it's better to have parents around than to have a university education.
1．Some Asian parents send their kids abroad because ________.
A．they hope their children may easily find a job there
B．the kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries
C．all foreign universities are better than the ones in their own countries
D．the kids want to improve their English and make foreign friends
答案：B
解析：细节理解题。由第二段内容可知，B项正确。
2．The phrase “satellite kids” refers to Asian kids ________.
A．without parents
B．living abroad alone
C．with university education
D．speaking no English
答案：B
解析：细节理解题。由第一段中的“...there is a new group of children called ‘satellite kids’，who live in one place but whose parents live in another place.”和最后一段第四、五两句“To be a ‘satellite kid’ means growing up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well. Also, it means growing up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere.”可知，B项正确。
3．Some Asian immigrant children become “satellite kids” because their parents have to ________.
A．leave their own country
B．let them go to university
C．return to their own country to work
D．let them be independent
答案：C
解析：推理判断题。由第三段第三、四两句“...most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West. Therefore, these children become ‘satellite kids’．..”可知，C项正确。
4．What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Parents want better education for their kids.
B．Parents feel lonely and miss their family.
C．Canadians and Americans begin to notice the “satellite kids” problem.
D．Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need of care from family.
答案：D
解析：主旨大意题。由最后一段最后一句“What these ‘satellite kids’ will probably say to their parents is that it's better to have parents around than to have a university education.”可知，D项正确。
