Question

Since 1991, when, for the first time, overseas adoptions were permitted, adoption laws in China 1________ on more than one occasion. Chinese law permits only one child for the majority of Chinese families, and, as many families would prefer a boy, this has resulted in a large number of girls becoming available for adoption overseas. Many children born in China are now in the USA. It is forecast that by the early 2020s, as many as 100,000 children from China 2________ by American families.
3________ no bones about it, although life has 4________ for many of these children, growing up in a different culture can have its problems. The extent to which issues of cultural identity and cultural isolation can affect such children is 5________ between experts. However, nobody denies the difficulties faced by people who 6________ fend for themselves from a young age in an environment where they have looked different to everybody else.
It is no wonder that some young people have expressed 7________ with their host society, and begun to question their role within that society, and their own sense of belonging. These children had their lives 8________ at a very young age. There is a growing realization that many of them need real contact with other Asian-Americans, and need real validation of the racial and cultural issues they encounter in their lives.

1    a had altered     b were being altered     c having altered     d have been altered

2    a will be adopting     b will have adopted     c will have been adopting    d will have been adopted

3    a Make     b Show     c Shape     d Take

4    a improved     b transformed     c reverted     d enhanced

5    a skin and bones     b a bone of contention     c close at hand     d hand in hand

6    a having had to     b would have to     c having to     d have had to

7    a isolation     b disaffection     c association     d marginalization

8    a turned the corner     b made great strides     c turned upside down     d back to square one

Answer 1

1 D

2 D

3 A

4 A

5 B

6 A

7 B

8 C

Answer 2

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1.D. have been altered

2.D. will have been adopted

3.A. Make

4.B. transformed

5.B. a bone of contention

6.C. having to

7.B. disaffection

8.C. turned upside down