[填空题]Growing number of Americans seek to adopt foreign-born children after women have a right to end unwanted pregnancies in 1973.

[填空题]Growing number of Americans seek to adopt foreign-born children after women have a right to end unwanted pregnancies in 1973.

[填空题]Americans like to adopt Korea children because there are more orphaned and abandoned children in South Korea.

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A significant number of people seek to adopt children from other countries, a process known as international adoption. People seek to adopt abroad for many reasons. Many people want to adopt an infant or a very young child. Some also hope to adopt children who share their ethnic heritage. Such prospective parents may find a shortage of suitable children available for adoption in the United States. Publicity regarding the availability of infants in a particular country also encourages some people to seek to adopt there. Many people adopt abroad because of anxieties regarding domestic adoptions, especially fears that the birth mother will refuse to proceed with an arranged adoption after she gives birth to the child. In a few, well-publicized cases in the United States, biological parents have attempted to reclaim their child years after it was adopted, adding to the worries of prospective parents.
Three methods can be used for international adoption. The majority of prospe
A. Many people want to adopt an infant or a very young child who share their ethnic heritage and they may find a shortage of suitable children available for adoption in the United States.
B. The public regard the parents can not give birth to the child so they seek to adopt abroad.
C. In a few, wealthy families in the United States, some parents have attempted to claim their abilities and conditions to adopt one or more child to ease the pressure of society.
D. There are children-sales agencies who provide enough children to the prospective parents.

[单项选择]A growing number of intercity commuters are turning to rail from air. They take the Eurostar train, which runs hourly city center-to-city center from London to Paris or Brussels, with check-in 20 minutes before departure or just 10 minutes for first-class passengers.
Eurostar Group cun-ently holds 60% of the Paris-London market, with 92% of Eurostar trains arriving on time—24 percentage points better than aircraft times.
High-speed trains, which travel at 200 to 300 kilometers an hour, have cut trip times between Madrid and Seville to two hours and 15 minutes from six hours, and between Rome and Florence to one hour and 35 minutes from three hours.
On short journeys, rail clearly beats air travel for market share. High-speed rail wins 80% to 90% of market share of a route if the journey is under two hours, and 50% to 60% if travel takes two to three hours.
Some airlines, such as Air France, have opted to cooperate and not compete with rail on shorter routes. As of M
A. run right into the city center
B. do not have departure wait
C. have now speed and convenience
D. arrives on time while planes do not

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