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The Spanish Government is so worried about the number of young adults still living with their parents that it has decided to hel

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问题     The Spanish Government is so worried about the number of young adults still living with their parents that it has decided to help them leave the nest.
    Around 55 per cent of people aged 18-34 in Spain still sleep in their parents’ homes, says the latest report from the country’s state-run Institute of Youth.
    To coax(persuade gently or gradually)young people from their homes, the institute started a "Youth Emancipation(解放)" programme this month. The programme offers guidance in finding rooms and jobs.
    Economists blame young people’s family dependence on the precarious(不稳定的)labour market and increasing housing prices. Housing prices have risen 17 percent a year since 2000.
    Cultural reasons also contribute to the problem, say sociologists. Family ties in south Europe — Italy, Portugal and Greece — are stronger than those in middle and north Europe, said Spanish sociologist Almudena Moreno Minguez in her report "The Late Emancipation of Spanish Youth: Key for Understanding".
    "In general, young people in Spain firmly believe in the family as the main body around which their private life is organized," said Minguez.
    In Spain — especially in the countryside, it is not uncommon to find entire groups of aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews all living on the same street. They regularly get together for Sunday dinner.
    Parents’ tolerance is another factor. Spanish parents accept late-night partying and are wary of setting bedtime rules.
    "A child can arrive home at whatever time he wants. If parents complain he’ll put up a fight and call the father a fascist(a fascist is someone who does not allow any opposition)," said Jose Antonio Gomez Yanez, a sociologist at Carlos III University in Madrid.
    Mothers’ willingness to do children’s household chores(杂务)worsens the problem. Dionisio Masso, a 60-year-old in Madrid, has three children in their 20s. The eldest, 28, has a girlfriend and a job. But life with mum is good.
    "His mum does the wash and cooks for him; in the end, he lives well," Masso said.
Young people’s family dependence can be attributed to the following factors except
选项 A、parent’s tolerance
B、housing problems
C、cultural traditions
D、unwillingness to get married
答案D
解析 文章第4段提到，经济学家将年轻人的依赖感归咎于……不断增长的住房价格，B)“住房问题”与之对应。文章第5段讲述文化原因在这一问题(即青少年对家庭的依赖)上 所起的作用，C)“文化传统”与之对应。文章第8段提到，父母的宽容也是另一个因素，A)与之对应。本题询问不是造成青少年依赖家庭的原因，四个选项只有D)“不愿意结婚”在文中未提及，故为答案。
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