单选题 In the United States, older people rarely live with their adult children. But in many other cultures children are expected to care (1) their aged parents. In some parts of Italy, the percentage of adult children who (2) with their parents (3) 65 to 70 percent. In Thailand, too, children are expected to take care of their elderly parents; few Thai elderly live (4) . What explains these differences in living arrangements (5) cultures? Modernization theory (6) 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 (7) in (8) 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, (9) a strong tradition of intergenerational living. Clearly, economic development alone cannot explain (10) living arrangements. Another theory associated intergenerational living arrangements with inheritance patterns. In some cultures, the stem family pattern of inheritance (11) . (12) this system, parents live with a married child, usually the oldest son, who then (13) their property when they die. The stem family system was once common in Japan, but changes in inheritance laws, (14) broader social changes brought (15) by industrialization and urbanization, have (16) the (17) .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 (18) U.S. standards, but which has been (19) steadily. In Korea, too, traditional living arrangements are (20) : 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.

单选题 [A] about [B] after [C] for [D] over

单选题 [A] reside [B] recite [C] redeem [D] rebel

单选题 [A] amasses [B] amounts [C] attains [D] reaches

单选题 [A] lone [B] alone [C] lonesome [D] lonely

单选题 [A] over [B] across [C] within [D] above

单选题 [A] associated [B] linked [C] united [D] combined

单选题 [A] aside [B] after [C] over [D] behind

单选题 [A] isolated [B] segregated [C] idealized [D] secluded

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 考查近义词词义辨析。此句意思是：将老人留在孤零零的乡村地带。isolated“隔离的，分离的，孤立的”，符合题意；segregated意为“隔离的”，一般仅用于“种族隔离”；idealized意为“理想的”；secluded意为“退隐的，隐居的”，侧重“有意使自己与他人隔离”的意思。

单选题 [A] maintain [B] promote [C] reserve [D] support

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析。因为需要填人的动词的宾语是tradition，并且根据上下文的意思，该词的意思应该是“保留”。而promote意为“推崇，提倡”，如果填入promote，给人感觉是这个传统以前在意大利不曾有过，而这是不符合事实的。resetve意为“(为某种特别的目的而)储备，预备”，也不如maintain恰当。