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Madonna seems like a person used to getting her own way. So the pop star must have been dismayed when a court in Malawi refused
Madonna seems like a person used to getting her own way. So the pop star must have been dismayed when a court in Malawi refused
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2013-03-27
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Madonna seems like a person used to getting her own way. So the pop star must have been dismayed when a court in Malawi refused her request to adopt a three-year-old girl, Mercy James. The reason was that Madonna had not fulfilled residency requirements. The last time Madonna tried to adopt a Malawian child, she met with more success and a heap of criticism.
By plucking David Banda from grinding poverty in Malawi in 2006, she provoked mixed reactions. Some praised the singer for offering a child an escape from a life of misery. Others suggested that the pop queen might have used her wealth and stardom to jump the queue. Detractors also suggested that it was wrong to take David away from his country of birth. The criticism grew louder when it emerged that David was not, in fact, an orphan.
That circumstance is not particularly uncommon. Children given up for adoption often do have a surviving parent but one who cannot provide adequate care. David’s father was still alive but gave him up to an orphanage where he hoped his offspring would have a better life.
The number of families from rich countries wanting to adopt children from poor countries has grown substantially in the past 30 years. And there is little shortage of children who need additional help. In 2005, it was estimated that there were 132 million children who had lost at least one parent in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Around 13 million of these had lost both parents, although most of them lived with extended family.
But difficulties abound. Would-be parents typically want to adopt a healthy and young orphan, usually a small baby. Older children, or those who suffer chronic illnesses, are not in demand.
Governments are understandably uneasy about outsiders removing their citizens. And as the demand for children to adopt has grown, so have examples of abuse, including cases of children who have been kidnapped or parents who have been coerced or bribed. The absence of effective international regulation also allows middlemen to profit from the demand for children to adopt.
The Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoptions is intended to regulate international adoptions. It states that these can only go ahead if the parents’ consent has been obtained without any kind of payment or compensation. Costs and expenses can be paid, and a reasonable fee may go to the adoption agency involved, but nothing more.
Paragraph 1 tells that Madonna______.
选项
A、adopted a Malawian girl named Mercy James
B、rarely failed to get whatever she wanted
C、had an illegal adoption of a Malawian child
D、regretted residing in a wrong community
答案
B
解析
根据文中第一段的内容可知,麦当娜似乎一直是个我行我素的人。因此,当马拉维的一家法院驳回其收养三岁女孩默西·詹姆斯的请求时,这位明星一定会感到很沮丧。麦当娜被拒的原因是她没有达到居民条件。麦当娜上次收养马拉维的一个孩子时非常成功,但也备受批评。据此可以推知,麦当娜通常都会得到她想要的一切。B项正确。
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