Directions:There are 20 blanks in the followingpassage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D onthe right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that bestfits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet.
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Manypeople wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families placethem in nursing homes. They are left in the ____36 ___ of strangers for therest of their lives. Their ____37 ___ children visit them only occasionally,but more often, they do not have any ____38___ visitors. The truth is that thisidea is an unfortunate myth—an ____39 ___ story. In fact, family members provide over 80 percent ofthe care ____40 ___ elderly people need. Samuel Preston, a sociologist, studied____41 ___ the American family is changing. He reported that by the time the____42 ___ American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents thanchildren. ____43 ___, because people today live longer after an illness thanpeople did years ____44 ___, family members must provide long term care. Morepsychologists have found that all caregivers ____45 ___ a commoncharacteristic: All caregivers believe that they are the best ____46 ___ forthe job. In other words, they all felt that they ____47 ___ do the job betterthan anyone else. Social workers ____48 ___ caregivers to find out why theytook ___ 49 ___ the responsibility of caring for an elderly relative. Manycaregivers believed they had ___50 ___ to help their relative. Some stated thathelping others ____51 ___ them feel more useful. Others hoped that by helping____52___ now, they would deserve care when they became old and ____53 ___.Caring for the elderly and being taken care of can be a ____54___ satisfyingexperience for everyone who might be ____55___.
36. A. hands B. arms C. bodies D. homes
37. A. growing B. grown C. grow D. grows
38. A. constant B. lasting C. regular D. normal
39. A. imaginary B. imaginable C. imaginative D. imagery
40. A. that B. this C. those D. these
41. A. when B. how C. what D. where
42. A. common B. ordinary C. standard D. average
43. A. Still B. However C. Moreover D. Whereas
44. A. before B. ago C. later D. lately
45. A. share B. enjoy C. divide D. consent
46. A. person B. people C. character D. man
47. A. would B. will C. could D. can
48. A. questioned B. interviewed C. inquired D.interrogate
49. A. in B. up C. on D. off
50. A. admiration B. initiative C. necessity D. obligation
51. A. cause B. enable C. make D. get
52. A. someone B. anyone C. everyone D. anybody
53. A. elderly B. dependent C. dependable D. independent
54. A. similarly B. differently C. mutually D. certainly
55. A. involved B. excluded C. included D. considered
答案解析：
36. A
[解析] 惯用搭配题。in the hands of 意为“由……控制或照料”，是惯用搭配，刚好与句意相符，所以A正确。
37. B
[解析] 逻辑衔接题。此处缺少的是定语，4个选项中A，B都可以充当定语，growing意为“成长的，正在长大的”，grown意为“长大成人的，成年的”，结合前文内容可知，应选B。
38. C
[解析] 词义辨析题。regular意为“定期的，有规律的”，与visitors搭配指“定期来看望的人”，故选C。normal意为“正常的”，constant意为“经常的”，lasting意为“持续的”，均排除。
39. A
[解析] 词义辨析题。下文对前面提到的观点进行了反驳，也就是说前面所说的情况不是真实存在的，故选A(不真实的、虚构的)。imaginable意为“可想象的”，imaginative意为“富于想象力的”，imagery意为“肖像”，均排除。
40. A
[解析] 逻辑衔接题。此处应用that引导定语从句充当care的定语，故选A。
41. B
[解析] 逻辑衔接题。根据上下文可知，该句谈到社会学家研究了美国家庭如何在改变，应该用how引导宾语从句，表示改变的方式，故选B。
42. D
[解析] 词义辨析题。common意为“普通的，共同的”;强调一种趋同的ordinary与special相对立，强调平凡，毫无特性;standard意为“标准的”;average意为“一般的，平均的”，强调的是在类型或特征上通常的或平均情况。由此可知，本题选D。
43. C
[解析] 词义辨析题。still意为“尽管如此，但…仍然”，表让步;however意为“然而”，表转折;moreover意为“而且”;whereas意为“尽管”。分析上下文可知，前后两句应为递进关系，故选C。
44. B
[解析] 词义辨析题。ago意为“以前”，指从现在算起，故选B。before意为“以前”，指从过去某个时刻算起，故排除。
45. A
[解析] 词义辨析题。share意为“共享，共有”，与a common characteristic搭配意为“具有共同的特征”，所以A正确。
46. B
[解析] 词义辨析题。句中谓语为are，故此处应填入一个复数形式的名词，所以B正确。
47. C
[解析] 逻辑衔接题。本句的主句是过去时，故排除will和can，而would表示一种意愿，也应排除，故选C。
48. B
[解析] 词义解析题。question和inquire意为“询问，疑问”，interrogate意为“审问”，interview意为“面试，访问”，此处句意为“社会工作者访问护理人员，想弄明白为什么他们要承担照顾年纪大的亲戚的责任”，所以B正确。
49. C
[解析] 惯用搭配题。take in意为“欺骗;收容”，take up意为“从事”，take on意为“承担”，take off意为“脱下;起飞”，只有take on能与responsibility搭配，故选C。
50. D
[解析] 词义辨析题。admiration意为“羡慕”，initiative意为“主动”，necessity意为“必要性”，obligation意为“责任，义务”，此处句意为“护理人员相信他们有这个义务帮助他们的亲戚”，所以D正确。
51. C
[解析] 惯用搭配题。make sb. do sth.意为“使某人做某事”，符合句意，所以C正确。
52. A
[解析] 词义辨析题。someone泛指某个人，anyone和anybody指任何人，everyone指每个人，结合句意可知，A正确。
53. B
[解析] 词义辨析题。elderly意为“年纪稍老的”，dependent意为“依靠别人的”，dependable意为“可靠的”，independent意为“独立的”，此处句意为“当他们老了需要依靠别人时，他们应该得到照顾”，所以B正确。
54. C
[解析] 词义辨析题。similarly意为“同样地、相似地”，differently意为“不同地”，mutually意为“共同地”，certainly意为“当然地”，结合句意，照顾老人和被照顾是一种相互关系，由此可知，C正确。
55. A
[解析] 词义辨析题。involved意为“涉及的，牵涉到的”，excluded意为“排除在外的，不包括的”，included意为“包含的”，considered意为“被考虑到”，此句意为“照顾老人和被照顾是一种相互的关系，每个人都有可能涉足其中”，所以A正确。
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