第二部分 完形填空——特訓(xùn)練習(xí)與答案

　　一、特訓(xùn)練習(xí)

　　訓(xùn)練一

　　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 elderly and 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

　　答案與解析

　　1.【答案】A

　　本題考查固定搭配。本句意為他們的業(yè)余生活要由陌生人來照料。in the hands of是固定搭配，表示“由……控制或照料”。

　　2.【答案】B

　　分析句子語法結(jié)構(gòu)，grown children過去分詞作定語，意為長(zhǎng)大的孩子，過去分詞做定語表示完成或被動(dòng)。

　　3.【答案】C

　　regular 定期的、有規(guī)律的;normal 正常的;constant 經(jīng)常的;lasting 持續(xù)的。根據(jù)上下文，該句的意思是：他們沒有定期來看望的人。所以選C。

　　4.【答案】A

　　根據(jù)前面的myth(神話)說明這個(gè)故事是imaginary 不真實(shí)的、虛構(gòu)的;而imaginable 可想象的;imaginative 富于想象力的;imagery肖像，故選A。

　　5.【答案】A

　　分析句子語法成分。the care做先行詞，被that引導(dǎo)定語從句所修飾，其余三個(gè)詞不能引導(dǎo)定語從句。

　　6.【答案】B

　　根據(jù)上下文，此處的意思是“研究美國家庭是如何改變的”，how引導(dǎo)賓語從句，表示“如何、怎么樣”。