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Tang Zhou and his wife are planning to have their second child, a test-tube baby. His wife had a natural delivery when she was 34 and their first child, a boy, is now 7. The couple are now hoping to have a daughter through a surrogate mother in the US. “My wife couldn’t bear another delivery because of her heart condition and her age. Surrogacy helps avoid the risks to older mothers,” Tang said, “Moreover, our second child will be born in the US and become a citizen there. That is not a bad choice.”

The couple spent weeks researching their move, looking for a reliable agency that provides surrogacy services overseas. Surrogacy is still illegal in many countries, including China. “We will be taking much higher risks by relying on a surrogate mother in China because we are not protected by any regulation or law. You pay a lot of money but may meet with many problems,” Tang said. “You might not even get your baby back.”

Tang and his wife are part of an increasing number of Chinese couples who are turning to surrogacy services. Tang also considered surrogacy in Thailand but dropped the idea after recent reports about a baby with Down Syndrome(唐氏綜合癥) who was delivered through surrogacy and said to have been deserted in Thailand by the biological parents from Australia. Instead, Tang chose the California Surrogacy Center agency as his first option after reading the detailed introduction on its website. Compared with many other agencies that he could contact only via e-mail, the center has a consulting office in Beijing, Tang said.

The center is in San Diego, California, and has satellite offices in Los Angeles and Beijing. According to Liu, the center has been operating for more than eight years, and about 100 surrogate mothers live in California.

1.“A surrogate mother” refers to a mother who _______.

A. acts as a baby-sitter

B. nurses another woman’s baby

C. offers service to a new mother

D. gives birth to a baby for another woman

2.Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A. Chinese couples prefer to have a test-tube baby.

B. Couples face no risks in surrogacy services.

C. A sick test-tube baby was deserted in Thailand.

D. Unhealthy test-tube babies can be legally abandoned.

3.Tang and his wife turned to overseas surrogacy services because _______.

A. surrogacy remains illegal in China

B. they call for less money

C. it is more convenient to contact them

D. most of them are experienced

4.The passage mainly tells us that ________.

A. an old woman can take a risk of delivering a baby

B. more Chinese couples are turning to surrogacy

C. it’s not a bad choice to have a baby born overseas

D. biological couples may fail to get their babies back

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.B

【解析】

試題分析:本文講述了北京的唐周和妻子計劃要第二個孩子-----一個試管嬰兒。因為在中國代孕是違法的，這對夫婦轉向尋找海外可靠的代孕機構。

1.小題1】猜測詞義題。根據第一段丈夫的話語得知：他的妻子因為心臟狀況不佳和年齡偏大不能再忍受生育。這對夫婦希望通過美國的代孕媽媽要一個女兒。因此劃線詞是指代孕媽媽。選D。

2.小題2】細節理解題。根據第三段得知：唐先生一開始考慮在泰國找人代孕，可是最近的一篇報道讓他改變了想法，報道稱有一個通過代孕出生的試管嬰兒有唐氏綜合癥，被澳大利亞的生物學父母遺棄在泰國。選C。

3.小題3】細節理解題。根據第二段得知：這對夫婦轉向尋找海外可靠的代孕機構，是因為在中國代孕是違法的。因此選A。

4.小題4】主旨大意題。根據第三段可以得知：唐周和妻子只是越來越多尋找海外可靠的代孕機構的中國夫婦之一。可以推斷出越來越多的中國夫婦選擇代孕。選B。

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