經過了長時間的努力，考驗我們的時候終于來到了。明天我們要懷著輕松的心情走進考場，希望每個人都能發揮出超常水平，達到最佳狀態！同樣，即使我們這次沒能通過，我們也沒有必要氣餒。因為真正重要的是我們在學習過程中學到的知識和獲得的經驗技巧。四六級并不是我們英語學習道路上的終點，恰恰相反——這是一個新的起點：讓我們以更廣闊的視野獲取最快捷的咨詢的途徑。最后感謝大家長時間支持我們的節目，與我們共同分享學習中點點滴滴苦澀與清醇。
It doesn't matter if we win or lose. It only matters if we try as hard as we can. If we give every ounce of spirit we've got. What do we say? ---Say "Yeah! I can!!" loudly. ~~~:)
In the United States, older people rarely live with their adult children. But in many other cultures children are expected to care (21) their aged parents. In some parts of Italy, the percentage of adult children who (22) with their parents (23) 65 to 70 percent. In Thailand, too, children are expected to care for their elderly parents; few Thai elderly live (24).
21. [A] about [B] after [C] for [D] over
22. [A] reside [B] recite [C] redeem [D] rebel
23. [A] amasses [B] amounts [C] attains [D] reaches
24. [A] lone [B] alone [C] lonesome [D] lonely
What explains these differences in living arrangements (25) cultures? Modernization theory (26) the extended family household to low levels of economic development. In traditional societies, the elderly live with their children in large extended family units for economic reasons. But with modernization, children move to urban areas, leaving old people (27) in (28) rural areas. Yet modernization theory cannot explain why extended family households were never common in the United States or England, or why families in Italy, which is fully modernized, (29) a strong tradition of intergenerational living. Clearly, economic development alone cannot explain (30) living arrangements.
25. [A] over [B] across [C] within [D] above
26. [A] associated [B] linked [C] united [D] combined
27. [A] aside [B] after [C] over [D] behind
28. [A] isolated [B] segregated [C] idealized [D] secluded
29. [A] maintain [B]promote [C]reserve[D]support
30. [A] appointed [B] assigned [C]preserved [D] preferred
Another theory associated intergenerational living arrangements with inheritance patterns. In some cultures, the stem family pattern of inheritance (31). (32) this system, parents live with a married child, usually the oldest son, who then (33) their property when they die. The stem family system was once common in Japan, but changes in inheritance laws, (34) broader social changes brought (35) by industrialization and urbanization, have (36) the (37). In 1960 about 80 percent of Japanese over 65 lived with their children; by 1990 only 60 percent did—a figure that is still high (38) U. S. standards, but which has been (39) steadily. In Korea, too, traditional living arrangements are (40): the percentage of aged Koreans who live with a son declined from 77 percent in 1984 to 50 percent just 10 years later. Although most elderly Koreans still expect to live with a son, their adult children do not expect to live with their children when they grow old.
31. [A] controls [B] overtakes [C] predominates [D] overwhelms
32. [A] at [B] under [C] by [D] over
33. [A] delivers [B] conveys [C]conceives [D] inherits
34. [A] as well as [B] might as well [C] as well [D] well as
35. [A] off [B] up [C] around [D] about
36. [A] undermined [B] decreased [C] diminished [D] defeated
37. [A] authority [B] usage [C] habit [D] tradition
38. [A] by [B] on [C] with [D] in
39. [A] inclining [B] reclining [C] declining [D] reducing
40. [A] receding [B] removing [C] invading [D] eroding
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