Do the old people in the United States like to live alone? No doubt some of them do. 1 at least some of them 2 living alone to the changes and 3 that living with others needs. Independence is, 4 , the chief and most honored 5 in this country. The ideal, deeply rooted in us early, 6 even when we can, quite 7 , no longer “stand on our own feet.” When our 8 parents’ need for help grows too obvious to 9 , we say they are beginning to “fail.” Losing one’s independence is, for Americans, a 10 thing. And needing help, we know, 11 in our potential helpers pity, 12 and fear.

We are all, through our lives, a 13 to others. From the moment of 14, we are nourished and nurtured by others. As adults we learn to pay for or negotiate our 15 needs, but the fact 16 that it takes an 17 army of other people to grow our food, clean our clothes, maintain our roads, fuel our furnaces. When we marry, we accept another’s 18 to stick with us in sickness and health, 19 and poverty. The load we lay on others only becomes visible, less 20 , as we age.

1. [A] But [B] Or [C] So [D] Besides

2. [A] favor [B] appreciate [C] like [D] prefer

3. [A] failures [B] compromises [C] fashions [D] balances

4. [A] after all [B] above all [C] at all [D] in all

5. [A] manner [B] custom [C] habit [D] virtue

6. [A] maintains [B] persists [C] insists [D] retains

7. [A] virtually [B] usually [C] basically [D] literally

8. [A] late [B] aging [C] maturing [D] younger

9. [A] emphasize [B] meet [C] cater [D] ignore

10. [A] shameful [B] pity [C] ashamed [D] shame

11. [A] build [B] act [C] transform [D] evoke

12. [A] frustration [B] interest [C] passion [D] pleasure

13. [A] burden [B] responsibility [C] relief [D] requirement

14. [A]perception [B] deception [C] conception [D] reception

15. [A] common [B] independent [C] actual [D] mutual

16. [A] stays [B] remains [C] manifests [D] reveals

17. [A] variety [B] invisible [C] abundant [D] forceful

18. [A] pledge [B] assertion [C] proclaim [D] announcement

19. [A] booming [B] hospitality [C] property [D] prosperity

20. [A] deniable [B] considerable [C] unbearable [D] feasible

改錯（六級）

Many describe Freud as the most influential psychologist

of all time. Yet not everyone recognize the profound effect of 71.__________________

psychoanalytic theory in the way most of us look at human 72.__________________

behavior, regardless of any formal exposure to Freud’s works.

For example, most adults in Western society accept the idea that

behavior can be influenced by an unconscious part of the mind.

We say things like “I must have done that consciously” or “Even 73.__________________

though I didn’t realize it consciously, maybe unconsciously

I did.” Although Freud was not the first to talk about the

unconscious, no one ago, or probably since, has placed 74.__________________

so many emphasis upon unconscious processes in explaining 75.__________________

human behavior.

Do you believe that dreams hold important psychological

information, revealing inner fears and desires? If so, you are

backing on an idea that Freud popularized. 76.___________________

As people had been interpreting dreams for thousands of 77.___________________

years, Freud was the first to incorporate dream interpretation

into a larger psychological theory. When we talk about our dreams

and try to figure it out, we are informally following a therapeutic 78.__________________

procedure outlining by Freud at the turn of the century. 79.__________________

Numerous examples of Freudian thought can be found in our

daily language, as well as in modern literature and in motion

pictures. Thus, an understanding of Freudian psychology

is part of a good liberal arts education; it can aid the observant

student to appreciating subtle and not-so-subtle references 80.____________________

本周作文題目：

給你的朋友寫信，闡述你對他的憂慮的看法與建議。你的朋友這個學期到校外做兼職，影響了學習，并有幾門考試不及格，他問你應該怎么辦。（四級120字，六級150字）