(4)In order to separate doting parents from their freshman sons and daughters,Morehouse College in Atlanta has instituted a formal “Parting Ceremony It began ona recent evening, with speeches in the Martin Luther King Jr International Chapel. Thenthe incoming freshmen marched through the gates of the campus -which swung shut.literally leaving the parents outside.When University of Minnesota freshmen moved in at the end of August, parentalseparation was a little sneaker: Mothers and fathers were invited to a receptionelsewher so students could meet their roommates and negotiate dorm room space -
without adult intervention.Grinnell College, like others, has found it necessary to be explicit about whenparents really, truly must say goodbye. After computer printers and duffle bags hadbeen carried to dorm rooms, everyone gathered in the gym, students on one side of thebleachers, parents on the other. Then the president of the college welcomed thefreshmen by having his back to the parents - a symbolic staging meant to inspire
“an-aha! momentan epiphany where parents realize that their children are feelingmore comfortable sitting with 400 people they just met” Shortly after, mothers and
fathers were urged to leave campus.Moving their students in colleges usually takes a few hours. Moving on? Mostdeans can tell stories of parents who lingered around campus for days. At ColgateUniversity, a mother and father once went to their daughter’ s classes and came to theregistrar’s office to change her schedule, recalled Beverly Low, the dean of first-yearstudents."We recognize it’ s a huge day for families,” she said.
1.
Which of the following statements is true about the “Parting Ceremony” ?
A. It was practiced in Morehouse College in New York.
B. The ceremony was figured out by a student of Morehouse College.
C. There were speeches in the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel.
D. The freshmen marched through the gates of the campus with their parents.
2.
The parents of freshmen in University of Minnesota were _____ in order to be
separated from their children.
A. received in another place
B. asked to be explicit about their leaving
C. asked to leave without telling their children
D. invited to a big dining room in another place
3.
What does "epiphany” mean in Para. 3?
A. A sudden existence of something.
B. A sweet lesson that people draw from an event.
C. A sudden realization or understanding of something
D. A gradual realization or understanding of something.
4.
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Beverly Low once went to her daughter’ s classes to change her schedule.
B. The president of Grinnell College chose to have his back to the parents because he
didn' t want to show his emotions.
C. In Grinnell College, freshmen and their parents were separated by a door when they
were going to say goodbye to each other.
D. There are various stories about the parents who wandered about campus
because they were worried about their children.
5.
What is the best title of the passage?
A. Parents' fear of separating from their children
B. Ways of being independent for college students
C. Parents' unwillingness to separate from their children
D. Colleges’ways of separating freshmen and their parents
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