单项选择题
Task1
Directions:Afterreadingthefollowingpassage,youwillfindfivequestionsorunfinishedstatements(No.46toNo.50).ForeachquestionorstatementtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YouarerequiredtomakethecorrectchoiceandwritethecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.
Manypost-80scouplesarecomplainingthatgoingtothemovies,shoppingorattendingpartieshavebecomeimpossiblesincetheirkidswereborn.That’sthewaymostparentsarelivingtheirlives,noweekendsoftheirown,notimetovisitfriends,notevenachanceofpromotionintheirjobs.
Askinghelpfromtheirparentsmightbeawayout,butproblemsarethatsomeagingparentsarenotstrongenoughtotakecareofthekids,andthatthekidsmayalsobecometoospoiledbytheirgrandparents.
Then,herecomesasolution:familieswithkidscanformasmallgroup,andparentsofeachfamilycantaketurnstolookafterallthekidsinthisgrouponweekends.Thus,otherparentscanhavesomequiettimeandfeelfreetodosomethingthey’vebeenplanningforalongtime.Atthesametime,thekidscanmakenewfriendsandwon’tbehangingaroundtheirparentsalldaylong.Thisisbaby-pooling. Inparagraph2,“awayout”means __________ .
A．out of date
B．a solution
C．without question
D．a complaint