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As we all know，www．taobao．com，the largest online（36）___in China，is never lacking in（37）___offers．And here is the latest one：boyfriends for（38）___．
A rented boyfriend can do the following：（39）___the girl to visit her families，go shopping，having family meals and even getting a courtesy of kiss．The charge is often by the（40）___．The services become hot with the coming of the Spring Festival，the most important festival for family reunions．
In China，parents especially（41）___their unmarried daughters．Single women will have to be faced with the same old question at the family dinner table：have you got a（n）（42）___？And for those who haven't found their （43）___，renting a boyfriend is considered as a good（44）___．
So，which men may offer to help（45）___？
"I'm not in need of（46）___．I offer such a service only because I'm（47）___and know fewer female friends at work，"said Ding Hui，27，a salesman in the plastic industry in Shanghai，with a monthly salary of more than 10，000yuan，so he wasn't charge by the hour．He rented himself twice last year：during the Spring Festival and National Day．His customers were two 28-year-old women．They were under great（48）___from their parents then．Feeling（49）___，they（50）___him for help．He charged 3，000yuan each．（51）___，the customer had to（52）___his round-trip tickets，accommodations and bought him clothes to make him look（53）___．
More than 260rent-a-boyfriend services can be found on www．taobao．com，with the number climbing．
An anonymous（匿名的） female netizen，who claimed to have rented a boyfriend，said on the website，"With a boyfriend found，my parents are very（54）___，so my pressure is greatly reduced．"
Another comment read，"It's good that I've（55）___the wish of my parents．"

36．A．market	B．bank	C．school	D．games
37．A．common	B．regular	C．strange	D．familiar
38．A．use	B．choice	C．sale	D．rent
39．A．requiring	B．guiding	C．forcing	D．accompanying
40．A．year	B．hour	C．second	D．month
41．A．bring about	B．argue about	C．worry about	D．set about
42．A．baby	B．boyfriend	C．apartment	D．job
43．A．Mr．Rights	B．Mr．Cools	C．Mr．Bigs	D．Mr．Riches
44．A．taste	B．research	C．experiment	D．solution
45．A．regretfully	B．suddenly	C．willingly	D．gratefully
46．A．admiration	B．competition	C．care	D．money
47．A．impatient	B．bored	C．proud	D．poor
48．A．control	B．pressure	C．threat	D．crisis
49．A．shameless	B．homeless	C．hopeless	D．fearless
50．A．turned to	B．stuck to	C．led to	D．meeting
51．A．Instead	B．Contrarily	C．However	D．Therefore
52．A．take	B．cover	C．sell	D．check
53．A．stupid	B．tall	C．clever	D．smart
54．A．satisfied	B．disappointed	C．worried	D．embarrassed
55．A．achieved	B．destroyed	C．ignored	D．changed．

Answer 1

36-40 ACDDB    41-45CBADC   46-50 DBBCA    51-55 CBDAA
36．A 淘宝网是中国最大的网上商场，选A：market
37．C 淘宝上从来不缺奇怪的供需要求．选C．strange offer
38．D 从下文可以得知，本文全文都在讲淘宝上的出租男友，故选D：for rent
39．D"出租男友"应该做的事情之一是陪伴女友回家看她的父母．选D：accompanying
40．B 出租男友通常都是按小时计费的，而下文也有提到．故选hour．按年、按秒、按月收费都是不合理的．
41．C 中国的父母担心他们未嫁的大龄女儿．选 worry about
42．B 饭桌上老问的话是："你有男朋友了吗？"也是全文围绕的话题，其他几个："你有孩子/房子/工作了吗？"皆和文章话题无关．
43．A 那些没找到生命中真命天子的女性．真命天子是Mr．Right
44．D solution 解决方案．对于那些被逼婚的女性来说，租个男友回家过年是个好的解决方案．
45．C 究竟哪些男人心甘情愿地提供这项服务呢？选willingly
46．D 从后面也可以看出，这个男的月薪过万，他不缺钱，只是无聊，在工作上也没几个女性好朋友，所以他选择出租自己．选money．
47．B 参见51题解说，选bored
48．B 找他的那两个女子，处于来自父母的巨大催婚压力下，选pressure
49．C 那两个女子感到了绝望、无助，所以选 hopeless
50．A turn to向某人求助．两个女子找他求助，当租用男友．
51．C 收费是每位3000元，然而，雇佣他的女子还必须负责来回机票、住宿等费用
52．B cover是覆盖、包含的意思，这里指的还必须包含来回机票和住宿费
53．D 女方还必须给男的买衣服，是他看起来帅帅哒．选smart
54．A 女方父母对这个"男朋友"很满意，选satisfied
55．A 达到实现了父母的愿望，选achieve．