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It’s something familiar to all parents of young children: you’re in a busy shopping street and your child wants to pee (小便) and he just can’t hold it any longer. But two parents’ decision to let their child relieve (釋放) himself has caused much attention in China.
By now, it seems, the whole Chinese Internet is familiar with what happened on a crowded Hong Kong shopping street. A mother holds a nappy (尿布) while her two-year-old pees. A passerby took pictures which then were put online. The woman explained that they had found a public toilet (廁所) but saw there was a long queue, so she had no other choice but to let their child to relieve himself on the street instead.
Why has this one child’s act caused so much upset? Allowing a child under 12 to “answer the call of nature in any public street” is against the law in Hong Kong and the parents will face a 2,000 Hong Kong Dollar ($250) fine (罰款). But the on-line chatter has put all the attention on the fact that this family were tourists from mainland China, rather than being locals. “For Hong Kongers, people might think from time to time that mainlanders are not so polite and often break the public rules,” says Martin Yip of BBC. Charmaine Chui, who was born in Hong Kong, told BBC she feels angry to have seen mainland tourists peeing in shopping centers and restaurants. “Hong Kong is a beautiful, modern city. What do these people think of it?” she says.
In mainland China, there has also been criticism of the parents’ behavior. But most of the people say they find the parents’ behavior understandable as they had tried to find a toilet for their child and the mother used a paper nappy rather than simply allowing the baby to pee on the ground.
小題1:The child peed ________ in HK.

A．on a crowded shopping street	B．in a public toilet
C．at home	D．in a restaurant

小題2:The underlined phrase “answer the call of nature” means _________.

A．回歸自然	B．接自然打來的電話
C．上廁所	D．接電話

小題3:Charmaine Chui feels _________ to have seen mainland tourists peeing in shopping centers and restaurants.

A．understandable	B．sorry
C．angry	D．happy

小題4:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．A policeman took photos of the 2-year-old child and put them online.

B．It’s OK for children under 12 to pee wherever they like in Hong Kong.

C．All the Chinese feel very angry about the parents’ behavior.

D．In mainland China, most of the people find the parents’ behavior understandable.

Answer 1

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是很多大陸人去香港時，會讓他們的孩子在公共的場所，例如購物街或餐館等地方解手，類似的事情還被傳到了網上，這讓很多人都感到不可接受。在香港允許12歲以下的孩子在公共的大街上解手是違背當地法律的。但是很多大陸的人都覺得這件事是可以理解的。
小題1:細節理解題。根據短文第二段中the whole Chinese Internet is familiar with what happened on a crowded Hong Kong shopping street….so she had no other choice but to let their child to relieve himself on the street instead.可知，這個孩子是在香港一條擁擠的大街上解手。故選A。
小題2:詞義猜測題。根據短文第三段中Allowing a child under 12 to “answer the call of nature in any public street” is against the law in Hong Kong and the parents will face a 2,000 Hong Kong Dollar ($250) fine (罰款).可知，讓12歲以下的孩子在公共的大街上解手這違背了香港的法律，家長將會面臨2,000港元的罰款。這個短語的意思就是上面所說的在大街上讓小孩解手。故選C。
小題3:細節理解題。根據短文中Martin Yip of BBC. Charmaine Chui, who was born in Hong Kong, told BBC she feels angry to have seen mainland tourists peeing in shopping centers and restaurants.可知Charmaine Chui看到大陸的人讓孩子在購物街和餐館里解手，她感到很生氣。故選C。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據第二段中A passerby took pictures which then were put online.可知A選項不符合文意；根據Allowing a child under 12 to “answer the call of nature in any public street” is against the law in Hong Kong and the parents will face a 2,000 Hong Kong Dollar ($250) fine (罰款).可知B選項不符合文意；根據短文最后一段可知C選項不符合文意。根據But most of the people say they find the parents’ behavior understandable可知D選項是正確的。故選D。