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] 慣用搭配題。in the hands of 意為“由……控制或照料”，是慣用搭配，剛好與句意相符，所以A正確。

　　37. B

　　[解析] 邏輯銜接題。此處缺少的是定語，4個選項中A，B都可以充當定語，growing意為“成長的，正在長大的”，grown意為“長大成人的，成年的”，結(jié)合前文內(nèi)容可知，應選B。

　　38. C

　　[解析] 詞義辨析題。regular意為“定期的，有規(guī)律的”，與visitors搭配指“定期來看望的人”，故選C。normal意為“正常的”，constant意為“經(jīng)常的”，lasting意為“持續(xù)的”，均排除。

　　39. A

　　[解析] 詞義辨析題。下文對前面提到的觀點進行了反駁，也就是說前面所說的情況不是真實存在的，故選A(不真實的、虛構(gòu)的)。imaginable意為“可想象的”，imaginative意為“富于想象力的”，imagery意為“肖像”，均排除。

　　40. A

　　[解析] 邏輯銜接題。此處應用that引導定語從句充當care的定語，故選A。

　　41. B

　　[解析] 邏輯銜接題。根據(jù)上下文可知，該句談到社會學家研究了美國家庭如何在改變，應該用how引導賓語從句，表示改變的方式，故選B。

　　42. D

　　[解析] 詞義辨析題。common意為“普通的，共同的”;強調(diào)一種趨同的ordinary與special相對立，強調(diào)平凡，毫無特性;standard意為“標準的”;average意為“一般的，平均的”，強調(diào)的是在類型或特征上通常的或平均情況。由此可知，本題選D。

　　43. C

　　[解析] 詞義辨析題。still意為“盡管如此，但…仍然”，表讓步;however意為“然而”，表轉(zhuǎn)折;moreover意為“而且”;whereas意為“盡管”。分析上下文可知，前后兩句應為遞進關(guān)系，故選C。

　　44. B

　　[解析] 詞義辨析題。ago意為“以前”，指從現(xiàn)在算起，故選B。before意為“以前”，指從過去某個時刻算起，故排除。

　　45. A

　　[解析] 詞義辨析題。share意為“共享，共有”，與a common characteristic搭配意為“具有共同的特征”，所以A正確。

　　46. B

　　[解析] 詞義辨析題。句中謂語為are，故此處應填入一個復數(shù)形式的名詞，所以B正確。

　　47. C

　　[解析] 邏輯銜接題。本句的主句是過去時，故排除will和can，而would表示一種意愿，也應排除，故選C。

　　48. B

　　[解析] 詞義解析題。question和inquire意為“詢問，疑問”，interrogate意為“審問”，interview意為“面試，訪問”，此處句意為“社會工作者訪問護理人員，想弄明白為什么他們要承擔照顧年紀大的親戚的責任”，所以B正確。

　　49. C

　　[解析] 慣用搭配題。take in意為“欺騙;收容”，take up意為“從事”，take on意為“承擔”，take off意為“脫下;起飛”，只有take on能與responsibility搭配，故選C。

　　50. D

　　[解析] 詞義辨析題。admiration意為“羨慕”，initiative意為“主動”，necessity意為“必要性”，obligation意為“責任，義務”，此處句意為“護理人員相信他們有這個義務幫助他們的親戚”，所以D正確。

　　51. C

　　[解析] 慣用搭配題。make sb. do sth.意為“使某人做某事”，符合句意，所以C正確。

　　52. A

　　[解析] 詞義辨析題。someone泛指某個人，anyone和anybody指任何人，everyone指每個人，結(jié)合句意可知，A正確。

　　53. B

　　[解析] 詞義辨析題。elderly意為“年紀稍老的”，dependent意為“依靠別人的”，dependable意為“可靠的”，independent意為“獨立的”，此處句意為“當他們老了需要依靠別人時，他們應該得到照顧”，所以B正確。

　　54. C

　　[解析] 詞義辨析題。similarly意為“同樣地、相似地”，differently意為“不同地”，mutually意為“共同地”，certainly意為“當然地”，結(jié)合句意，照顧老人和被照顧是一種相互關(guān)系，由此可知，C正確。

　　55. A

　　[解析] 詞義辨析題。involved意為“涉及的，牽涉到的”，excluded意為“排除在外的，不包括的”，included意為“包含的”，considered意為“被考慮到”，此句意為“照顧老人和被照顧是一種相互的關(guān)系，每個人都有可能涉足其中”，所以A正確。