When Tsinghua University’s new 2013 freshmen arriv

ed on campus late last month, the first question they were confronted with at the registration desk was: “Did you come alone or with your parents？”According to statistics released after the first batch of the freshmen enrolled in the university, more than half of the 539 students came alone. In a letter to freshmen this year, Chen Jining, the president of Tsinghua University, encouraged them to “start this new adventure by standing on your own two feet.”To help freshmen grow up, some universities have thought of new methods. At Tsinghua, for example, freshmen need to register and find their dormitory by themselves. The process requires two to three hours, during which volunteers take parents on a tour of the campus.At Zhejiang University, a banner hanging in the information center says “Parents let go please; let us escort your children.” Lu Guodong, dean of undergraduate studies at Zhejiang University, coined the slogan.“Often parents like to do things or make decisions for their children. In their eyes, children never grow up,” said Lu.“But at university, growing up is the goal for all students. Growing up is the biggest success. In China, students grow up too slowly as parents are always in charge. Students never think about what path they should take and why,” said Lu.Zhang Yanxue, a senior student studying Chinese language and literature at the Communication University of China, is the president of the Self-improvement Society. Together with the other members of the society, Zhang welcomes freshmen at Beijing Railway Station. Although most students can finish the registration process by themselves, their parents usuallyprefer to accompany them to the university.“This is the third time I’ve welcomed freshmen and I didn’t see much change in that regard,” Zhang said. “The number of students who came alone is the same as in previous years. I saw two girls who came without their parents, that was really impressive.”Later, another girl arrived at the railway station with all her luggage and looked around for her university’s welcome team. She was Jin Hongting, 19, from Hebei province and will study business administration at Beijing Union University.Jin soon found the welcome team, but when they offered to carry her luggage she politely refused their help. “It’s not heavy. I can do this myself,” she said.When asked why she came alone, Jin said: “It only takes four hours from my hometown to Beijing. There’s no need to bother my parents to help me.”Sometimes, however, the distance between university and home is so great that many parents are too worried to let their children travel alone. To reassure parents, Renmin University of China introduced a new method. It asks senior students to return to their hometown and accompany freshmen back to the campus. This helps freshmen get used to living independently.“Students should have an independent character and a dream. Learning how to use that independent character to achieve their dream and finish tasks assigned by the country is very important,” said Tsinghua University Preside

1、Why do volunteers take parents on a tour of the campus at Tsinghua University_________？

A、They want the parents to know more about the university.

B、They want to impress the parents.

C、The freshmen can finish their registration process by themselves.

D、Parents like traveling.

2、According to Tsinghua University President Chen, ___________.

A、at university, growing up is the goal for all students.

B、college students should learn to be independent.

C、parents like to do things or make decisions for their children.

D、the number of students who came alone is the same as in previous years.

3、According to Zhang Yanxue, ____________.

A、there is not much change in the welcome process.

B、girls are more independent than boys.

C、more and more students came to the university alone.

D、most freshmen are still accompanied by their parents to the university.

4、What is true about Renmin University_________？

A、It asks senior students to return to their hometown and accompany freshmen back to the campus.

B、It leads a new trend in welcoming freshmen.

C、It offers freshmen courses on how to live independently.

D、It forbids parents to accompany their children to university.

5、What is the main idea of the text_________？

A、Parents interfere too much with their children.

B、Universities should not let parents accompany their children to the university.

C、Universities in China encourage their students to live independently.

D、College students are becoming more and more independent.