Stay-at-home kids are named “generation nini” in Spain. They are those adults who still live at home and are neither working nor studying. But the problem is by no means limited to Spain. It is a worldwide problem.

In Italy, they are known as “bamboccioni” or big babies. There are nearly 60 percent of 18 to 34-year-old adults still living in their parents’ home, up from almost 50 percent since 1983. Last year, an Italian government minister admitted that his mother washed his clothes and made the bed for him until he was 30. He demanded a law forcing young Italians to leave their parents’ home at 18 to stop them becoming hopelessly dependent on their parents.

In the UK, the government has made the term NEETS — not in employment, education or training for these children. In England alone, the percent of NEETS aged 19-24 surged to 18. 8 percent of the age group in the last quarter of 2010, up 1.4 percent on the same period a year before. The number of British men in their 20s living with their parents has risen from 59 percent to 80 percent in the past 15 years, while the number of women has risen from 41 percent to 50 percent. The average age of the first-time house buyers is now 38.

In the US, the problem is known as the “Full Nest Syndrome (综合症)”. Adults there are left struggling to support adult children who have stayed at home with student debts and facing few job opportunities in a weak economy. A recent study showed almost a third of American adults aged 34 and under are living with their parents.

【小题1】What’s the purpose of the first paragraph?

A．To introduce the main topic.	B．To show the author’s attitude.
C．To describe a situation.	D．To analyze causes.

【小题2】The Italian government minister holds the belief that ________.

A．it is normal for adult children to live with their parents.

B．parents should never wash clothes for their children.

C．young people should live on their own after 18.

D．parents should take care of their adult children.

【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the last paragraph?

A．American parents are willing to live with their adult children.

B．Some American adult children become a heavy burden to their parents.

C．Most America adults aged 34 are living with their parents.

D．It is widely accepted for adult children to live with their parents in America.

【小题4】Where is this text taken from?

A．An advertisement.

B．A science report.

C．A newspaper.

D．A brochure.