完形填空模拟练习及答案详解(四)

　　Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes.

　　They are left in the __1__ of strangers for the rest of their lives.

　　Their __2__ children visit them only occasionally, but more often, they do not have any __3__ visitors.

　　The truth is that this idea is an unfortunate myth __4__ story.

　　In fact, family members provide over 80 percent of the care __5__ elderly people need.

　　Samuel Prestoon, a sociologist, studied __6__ the American family is changing.

　　He reported that by the time the __7__ American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children.

　　__8__ , because people today live longer after an illness than people did years __9__ , family members must provide long term care.

　　More psychologists have found that all caregivers __10__ a common characteristic:

　　All caregivers believe that they are the best __11__ for the job.In other words, they all felt that they __12__ do the job better than anyone else.

　　Social workers __13__ caregivers to find out why they took __14__ the responsibility of caring for an elderly relative.

　　Many caregivers believed they had __15__ to help their relative.Some stated that helping others __16__ them feel more useful.

　　Others hoped that by helping __17__ now, they would deserve care when they became old and __18__ .

　　Caring for the elderlyand being taken care of can be a __19__ satisfying experience for everyone who might be __20__ .

　　1.A.hands B.arms

　　C.bodies D.homes

　　2.A.growing B.grown

　　C.being grown D.having grown

　　3.A.constant B.lasting

　　C.regular D.normal

　　4.A.imaginary B.imaginable

　　C.imaginative D.imagery

　　5.A.that B.this

　　C.those D.these

　　6.A.when B.how

　　C.what D.where

　　7.A.common B.ordinary

　　C.standard D.average

　　8.A.Further B.However

　　C.Moreover D.Whereas

　　9.A.before B.ago

　　C.later D.lately

　　10.A.share B.enjoy

　　C.divide D.consent

　　11.A.person B.people

　　C.character D.man

　　12.A.would B.will

　　C.could D.can

　　13.A.questioned B.interviewed

　　C.inquired D.interrogate

　　14.A.in B.up

　　C.on D.off

　　15.A.admiration B.initiative

　　C.necessity D.obligation

　　16.A.cause B.enable

　　C.make D.get

　　17.A.someone B.anyone

　　C.everyone D.anybody

　　18.A.elderly B.dependent

　　C.dependable D.independent

　　19.A.similarly B.differently

　　C.mutually D.certainly

　　20.A.involved B.excluded

　　C.included D.considered

　　1.答案A

　　【解析】本句意为他们的业余生活要由陌生人来照料。in the hands of由控制或照料，固定搭配。

　　2.答案B

　　【解析】grown children过去分词作定语，意为长大的孩子。

　　3.答案C

　　【解析】regular定期的、有规律的normal正常的constant经常的lasting持续的，这里指定期来看望的人。

　　4.答案A

　　【解析】imaginary不真实的、虚构的imaginable可想象的imaginative富于想象力的imagery意为肖像。

　　5.答案A

　　【解析】that引导定语从句。

　　6.答案B

　　【解析】根据上下文，how引导宾语从句，表示如何、怎么样。

　　7.答案D

　　【解析】average指一般、通常的情况;common表示普通的，强调大部分;ordinary与special相对立，强调普遍性;standard标准的。

　　8.答案C

　　【解析】用moreover而且，表示两句间递进的关系。如果further加上more，也表示递进关系。

　　9.答案B

　　【解析】ago以前，指从现在算起;before是从过去某个时刻算起。

　　10.答案A

　　【解析】share，共享的，常与common搭配。consent同意。

　　11.答案B

　　【解析】这里要用复数，故选people。

　　12.答案C

　　【解析】would表示一种意愿，can表示能力。主句是过去时，故选could。

　　13.答案B

　　【解析】questioned和inquired表示询问、疑问interrogate审问。故interviewed面试、访问符合句意。

　　14.答案C

　　【解析】take on承担take in欺骗、收容take up从事take off脱下、起飞。take on符合句意，承担照顾年老亲戚的责任。

　　15.答案D

　　【解析】obligation责任、义务admiration羡慕initiative首创的，开始的necessity必要性。本句与上句意思相近，故选obligation。

　　16.答案C

　　【解析】make sb do sth.表示使某人，符合句意。

　　17.答案A

　　【解析】someone在这里泛指某个人。Anyone、anybody指任何人，everyone指每个人。

　　18.答案B

　　【解析】dependent依靠别人的dependable可靠的independent独立的。

　　19.答案C

　　【解析】mutually共同地similarly同样地、相似的differently不同地certainly当然地。只有共同地符合句意。

　　20.答案A

　　【解析】involved涉及、牵涉到included包含excluded排除在外、不包括considered考虑到。本句意为可能涉及到的每一个人。

　　We have spoken of marriage as a formal contract.

　　It should be noted, however, that this contract does not __1__ the same form in different societies.

　　In Western societies, the __2__ of a man and a woman __3__ given the status of legal marriage by being registered by an official __4__ by the state.

　　In some African so cieties, __5__ , marriage has nothing to do __6__ an official registration of this kind but is legalized by the formal __7__ of goods.

　　Generally __8__ is the bridegroom who is required to make a __9__ of goods to the brides kin, though sometimes a payment is __10__ made by the bridegrooms kin to that of the bride.

　　Among the Nuer, a __11__ living in Southern Sudan, the payment made to the brides kin, __12__ as bridewealth, is in the __13__ of cattle.

　　Once the __14__ of bridewealth is agreed __15__ , and the formal payment is made, the marriage becomes a __16__ union and the offspring of the union become the acceptable __17__ of the husband.

　　They remain __18__ children even __19__ the wife subsequently leaves him to live with __20__ man.

　　1.A.make B.get

　　C.take D.do

　　2.A.condition B.difference

　　C.union D.divorce

　　3.A.is B.are

　　C.was D.were

　　4.A.recognizing B.recognize

　　C.to recognize D.recognized

　　5.A.however B.yet

　　C.though D.still

　　6.A.with B.from

　　C.for D.to

　　7.A.exchange B.contact

　　C.communication D.connection

　　8.A.that B.this

　　C.one D.it

　　9.A.money B.payment

　　C.cost D.consumption

　　10.A.also B.too

　　C.either D.as well

　　11.A.a person B.a people

　　C.a man D.a couple

　　12.A.called B.known

　　C.named D.looked

　　13.A.shape B.size

　　C.form D.type

　　14.A.amount B.number

　　C.figure D.volume

　　15.A.upon B.with

　　C.to D.for

　　16.A.legal B.casual

　　C.direct D.progressive

　　17.A.bride B.cattle

　　C.wealth D.children

　　18.A.his B.her

　　C.their D.ones

　　19.A.before B.because

　　C.while D.if

　　20.A.other B.another

　　C.more D.farther

　　答案：

　　1.答案C

　　【解析】本句意为在不同的社会里,这种合约采取不同的形式。take the form of是固定搭配,意为采取形式。

　　2.答案C

　　【解析】本句是说在西方社会,男女的结合只有由政府认可的官员登记后才成为合法婚姻。union结合;difference区别condition条件divorce离婚。

　　3.答案A

　　【解析】主语是the union，为单数，从上下文的时态看应用现在时。

　　4.答案D

　　【解析】过去分词做定语修饰official，意为被认可的官员。

　　5.答案A

　　【解析】though为连词，连接主语和从句，表虽然但是yet一般用在否定句或疑问句尾，表示已经still用在动词前后，表示仍然however可用逗号与前后隔开，在意思上与前句转折。

　　6.答案A

　　【解析】have nothing to do with,与无关，固定搭配。

　　7.答案A

　　【解析】符合商品交换的选项只有exchange。contact接触communication指交流、交换connection连接。

　　8.答案D

　　【解析】此处是强调句型，It iswho/that结构，故只能用it.

　　9.答案B

　　【解析】make a payment of是固定搭配，意为支付。money是不可数名词，故不能用a money。cost和consumption是花费、消费的意思，后面一般没有to的结构。

　　10.答案A

　　【解析】also一般跟着谓语动词;too与as well一般放在句尾，too有时也放在句中，用逗号隔开。

　　11.答案B

　　【解析】a people一个民族，a people living in southern Sudan是Nuer的同位语，从among the Nuer中可以看出，选项不可能是a man或a person或a couple。

　　12.答案B

　　【解析】be known as，作为而得名;如用call或name，后面的as应去掉。

　　13.答案C

　　【解析】in the form of以形式,固定搭配。

　　14.答案A

　　【解析】number、figure表示数字;volume意为容量只有amount数量可与新娘彩礼相搭配。

　　15.答案A

　　【解析】动词agree后面可接不同的介词，agree on/upon表示就一点双方达成一致意见;agree to同意对方建议;agree with同意某人意见，双方在观点意见上的吻合。无agree for的说法。

　　16.答案A

　　【解析】casual偶尔的progressive进步的direct直接的。根据上下文。此处应填legal合法的。

　　17.答案D

　　【解析】联姻的后代成为，不可能选bride或cattle。但从后面的句子中可以看出，此处选children最为合适。

　　18.答案A

　　【解析】本句的意思是即使妻子离开丈夫后，同别人生活，他们的孩子应属于夫方。His指代husband。

　　19.答案D

　　【解析】根据上题的译文，本句用even if即使，符合句意。

　　20.答案B

　　【解析】other后接复数名词;表示单数概念时用another。