训练要求：阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。 ! q5 W# l: v( r6 S b/ [2 p
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In the American family the husband and wife usually share important decision making. When the children are_________(1) enough, they make part as well. Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness(宽容) of American parents. The old rule that “children should be seen and not heard” is rarely_________(2), and children are often allowed to do _________(3) they wish without strict control of their parents. The father seldom expects his children to listen to him_________(4) question, and children are encouraged to be_________(5) at an early age. Some people believe that American parents carry this freedom_________(6) far. Others think that a strong father image would not _________(7) the American values of equality and independence. Because Americans emphasize the importance of independence, young people are expected to _________(8) their parental families by the time they have _________(9) their late teens or early twenties. Indeed, not to do so is often regarded as a _________(10), a kind of weak dependence.% i) v& H* Q9 h) i( j7 S
This pattern of independence often results in serious_________(11)for the aging parents of a small family. The average American is expected to live_________(12)the age of 70. The job-retirement age is_________(13)65. The children have left home, married, and _________(14) their own households. At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement incomes. _________(15) the major problem of many elderly couples is not economic. They feel useless and lonely with neither an occupation nor a close family group.9 a- Q1 Z- _' S5 J+ K
1 A senior B junior C old D young
# N1 p. i1 e' b. s$ x: E, w 2 A watched B followed C understood D grasped
/ K1 \( H% [8 v4 B5 B 3 A what B that C which D when, Q4 A, L" B$ H- O
4 A for B on C without D in% t* n4 k$ M7 s; d( V, X3 g$ M
5 A dependent B independent C sure D secure
7 K/ w! l# r( Q" n3 a2 u 6 A too B almost C nearly D so, w" w2 I+ J: i5 T! o2 d
7 A gain B welcome C suit D estimate
# i5 u; N L# \% |% }, t1 X 8 A break up B break into C break through D break away from: |! s% h" ^. [- ?" V
9 A reached B come C arrived D developed
& N, M% c* b a/ K* S$ s 10 A reward B criticism C failure D success
8 ?$ O9 F/ ]5 o! z* s: n5 { 11 A events B problems C matters D affairs0 f" N1 O, D6 Y( `* u
12 A on B up C from D beyond Y6 g' Y/ a: |% H
13 A only B usually C sometimes D seldom
4 z7 K0 O x1 e9 C, f' ~, x 14 A set forth B set aside C set up D set down
% }0 d0 w7 s* n0 Z 15 A But B Therefore C In contrast D On the other hand
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