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Shanghai to offer care services for younger kids
上海将为低龄儿童提供照护服务
Shanghai (1) ______ to extend child care services to younger children. It aims to build a seamless continuum of care from infancy to pre-primary school within single institutions, as stated in a document (2) ______ on Tuesday by the city government.
The city will make it a requirement to have synchronized planning, construction and delivery of child care facilities (3) ______ with new residential compounds. This is to help working parents balance career and child care duties more (4) ______.
The initiatives mentioned in the document are part of the efforts to improve early childhood care services and (5) ______ a more fertility-friendly environment. They are in line with national directives (6) ______ in October, which focus on addressing societal concerns and creating a good environment for young people to consider having children.
To offer inclusive and diverse child care services, the document also encourages industrial parks and employers to provide such services for children (7) ______ 3 years old at prices (8) ______ than market prices.
These measures are expected to make a big difference. They surely (9) ______ working parents a lot (10) ______hopefully encourage more young people to have children.
答案：
plans （考查知识点：时态，主语 “Shanghai” 是单数，根据语境描述一般情况，用一般现在时第三人称单数形式）
released （考查知识点：非谓语动词，“released on Tuesday by the city government” 是过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰 “document”，表被动关系）
alongside （考查知识点：介词，根据语境表示 “与…… 一起，与…… 同时”，用 “alongside”）
confidently （考查知识点：词性转换，修饰动词 “balance” 要用副词，“confidence” 的副词形式是 “confidently”）
promote （考查知识点：动词，此处与 “improve” 并列，作目的状语，用动词原形，表示 “促进”）
issued （考查知识点：非谓语动词，“issued in October” 是过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰 “national directives”，表被动关系）
under （考查知识点：介词，根据语境表示 “在…… 以下，小于”，用 “under”）
lower （考查知识点：形容词比较级，“than” 是比较级的标志词，“low” 的比较级是 “lower”，表示 “更低的”）
will help
and
Shanghai has (1) ______ a goal that 85 percent of kindergartens, including those run by the government, should offer child care services for children (2) ______ 3 by the end of 2025. Besides, it plans to develop more affordable child care services, improve the (3) ______ of baobaowu — government-run playgrounds for toddlers in each subdistrict — and enlarge free caregiving services for families (4) ______ need.
Moreover, colleges and vocational schools will be (5) ______ to set up child care-related programs to cultivate professional talent in this field.
Surveys in China have shown that the lack of child care support and difficulties in (6) ______ child care facilities for children under 3 are main factors that make young people (7) ______ from starting families. Economic pressures and child-rearing demands also (8) ______ to this problem.
China's fertility rate has been going down in recent years. Shanghai has witnessed a sharp decline in births among its permanent residents. To deal with these (9) ______, the Shanghai document suggests carrying out differentiated housing policies for families with two or more children and creating fertility-friendly employment models. Eligible families with more than one child will be given (10) ______ when applying for affordable housing.
答案：
set （考查知识点：时态，根据 “has” 可知此处是现在完成时，“set” 的过去分词还是 “set”，表示 “设定”）
under （考查知识点：介词，“under 3” 表示 “三岁以下”，符合语境要求）
quality （考查知识点：名词，根据 “improve the...” 可知此处需要填名词，“quality” 表示 “质量”）
in （考查知识点：固定短语，“in need” 表示 “在困难中，有需要的”）
encouraged （考查知识点：时态和语态，“will be + 过去分词” 构成一般将来时的被动语态，此处表示 “被鼓励”）
accessing （考查知识点：非谓语动词，“in” 是介词，后接动名词作宾语，“access” 表示 “使用，进入”，此处用动名词形式）
hesitate （考查知识点：固定搭配，“make sb. do sth.” 表示 “使某人做某事”，此处用动词原形，“hesitate from doing sth.” 表示 “对做某事犹豫”）
contribute （考查知识点：固定搭配，“contribute to” 表示 “导致，有助于”，此处用动词原形）
trends （考查知识点：名词，根据 “deal with these...” 可知此处需要填名词复数形式，指代前文提到的各种趋势）
priority （考查知识点：名词，“be given priority” 表示 “被给予优先权”，此处需要填名词）
Another focus is on (1) ______ the accommodation needs of young adults and increasing the supply of affordable rental homes.
In December, Shanghai introduced a policy (2) ______ employers to create “parent-friendly job posts” with flexible working hours and arrangements. This aims to help employees balance work and family (3) ______. Some sectors like manufacturing, hospitality and so on are getting support to pilot these initiatives.
Some parents think that more accessible child-related services in education and healthcare can (4) ______ people’s fears about having children.
Zhao Jing, a 35-year-old mother in Shanghai’s Changning district, mentioned that by the end of 2023, pediatric departments had opened in all 10 subdistrict community health service centers in the district. However, at the Xinhua Subdistrict Center which is (5) ______ to her home, pediatric services are available only half a day per week.
“We hope such medical services can become more accessible, along with a wider (6) ______ of medicines suitable for children,” said Zhao.
With the winter holiday (7) ______, some parents are also calling for more government-run child care facilities where working parents can send their children during school (8) ______.
These requests show that parents really (9) ______ better support in child care. And it’s hoped that the government will take more measures to (10) ______ these needs.
答案：
addressing （考查知识点：非谓语动词，“on” 是介词，后接动名词作宾语，用 “addressing” 表示 “解决，处理”）
encouraging （考查知识点：非谓语动词，“encouraging employers to...” 是现在分词短语作后置定语，修饰 “policy”，表主动关系）
responsibilities （考查知识点：名词复数，根据语境 “work and family responsibilities” 表示 “工作和家庭责任”，用复数形式）
alleviate （考查知识点：动词，情态动词 “can” 后用动词原形，“alleviate” 表示 “减轻，缓解”）
closest （考查知识点：形容词最高级，“be closest to...” 表示 “离…… 最近”，根据语境用最高级形式）
variety （考查知识点：固定短语，“a variety of...” 表示 “各种各样的”，此处需要填名词）
approaching （考查知识点：非谓语动词，“with + 宾语 + 现在分词” 构成独立主格结构，此处用 “approaching” 表示 “临近”）
breaks （考查知识点：名词复数，“school breaks” 表示 “学校假期”，用复数形式）
need （考查知识点：时态，主语 “parents” 是复数，描述一般情况，用一般现在时，此处用动词原形表示 “需要”）
meet （考查知识点：动词，“meet the needs” 表示 “满足需求”，不定式符号 “to” 后用动词原形）

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