单选题
The family is the center of most traditional Asians" lives. Many people worry about their family"s welfare, reputation, and honor. Asian families are often
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, including several generations related by
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or marriage living in the same home. An Asian person"s misdeeds (过错) are not
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just on the individual but also on the family—including the dead ancestors.
Traditional Chinese, among many other Asians, respect their elders and feel a deep sense of duty
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them. Children repay their parents"
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by being successful and
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them in old age. This is accepted as a
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part of life in China.
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, taking care of the aged parents is often viewed as a tremendous
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in the United States, where aging and family support are not
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highly. In fact, in the youth-oriented United States, growing old is seen as a bad thing, and many old people do not receive respect.
Filipinos, the most Americanized of the Asians, are still extremely family-oriented. They are
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to helping their children and will sacrifice greatly for their children to get an education.
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, the children are devoted to their parents, who often live nearby. Grown children who leave the country for economic reasons
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send large parts of their income home to their parents.
The Vietnamese family
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people currently
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as well as the spirits of the dead and of the as-yet unborn. Any
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or actions are done from family considerations, not individual
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People"s behavior is judged
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whether it brings shame or pride to the family. The Vietnamese do not particularly believe in self-reliance; in this way, they are the
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of people in the United States. Many Vietnamese think that their actions in this life will influence their
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in the next life.
【答案解析】[解析] 固定搭配。空格所填的谓语动词与介词on搭配。分析这四个选项：A．accuse“控告，谴责，非难”，通常指正式指控某一错误行径，不与on搭配；B．scold“责骂”，指严厉地且通常愤怒地责备或批评，也不与on连用；C．punish“处罚”，因为触犯法律、罪过或过错而遭受惩罚，及物动词，宾语是人，也不与on连用，因此这三个选项都不符合题意要求。D．blame“责备，谴责”，强调对某种可以解释的失误或不良行为的谴责或惩罚，其常用搭配为blame sth. on sb.或blame sb. for sth.，意为“归咎，把(某事)责任归于……”；D．放在此处，结构意义都符合题意，因此正确。
【答案解析】[解析] 名词辨析。空格所在的句子是说孩子报答父母的______，我们常常说子女应该报答父母为我们所做出的牺牲。分析四个选项：A．contributions“捐献；贡献”或是捐款或贡献的行为，在语义上不符；B．sufferings“受苦，遭难”，强调苦痛或悲痛，子女并不是报答父母所受的苦，因此B也不正确；D．tributes“贡品，贡金”，也不符合题意，可以排除；C．sacrifices“牺牲”，父母为了子女曾经都放弃了许多有价值的东西，而且下文第三段中也明确提到sacrifice greatly for their children，因此C放在此处最贴切，为正确选项。
【答案解析】[解析] 语义理解与句际关系。该段的最后一句用了in fact“事实上”，表示明显的对比，讲在以年轻人为主导的美国，growing old is seen as a bad thing, many old people do not receive respect，这与前面提到的中国人很强的尊敬老人、赡养老人的责任感形成鲜明的对比，由此可见此空格应该填一个表示对比的词组。B．To the same extent“在相同程度上”以及C．In a way“在某种程度上，稍稍”意义不符，因此首先排除；A．In comparison有“比较，对照”之意，但是它指既比较相似性又比较差别，而文中强调的是中美两国观念的差别，因此也不合适；D．In contrast“相反，大不相同”，强调二者的差异，显然最恰当，为正确答案。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 语义理解与名词辨析。由上一空我们了解到美国对待老人的态度与中国的截然相反。上文中说中国的子女对老人有一种a deep sense of duty，由转折对比可知，在美国照顾老人则被看成是一种负担。分析四个选项，A．relief“免除，救济”，指减轻痛苦或忧虑的东西；B．responsibility“责任”以及D．business“商业，买卖，交易”，都不符合题意。C．burden“担子，负担”，强调使人感情上、经济上难以承受的东西，符合题意，为答案。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 动词辨析。上文中说在中国子女respect their elders；由对比关系可知，在美国年长者不受尊敬。分析四个选项，A．rewarded“报答，报酬”，B项honored“对……表示尊敬”，C．regarded“看待；对待”；D．complimented“恭维；称赞”。分析可知只有B项与respect意义最相近，放在此处符合句意，因此正确。
【答案解析】[解析] 语义理解。空格前面说They are dedicated to helping their children，后面讲the children are devoted to their parents。根据时间上的逻辑关系，显然父母照顾孩子发生在前，等孩子长大后他们会报答父母的关爱。分析几个选项，B．In exchange常与for连用“作为交换”，不表示时间而表目的；C．In vain“徒然，枉然”以及D．In debt“负债”意思就与题目相差甚远，因此排除；A．In turn“依次，后来，转而”有一前一后的时间差含义，而且表示前后的一种关联对应，显然A为正确答案。