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th.”及下文可知,在最后一段作者著重指出很多護(hù)理提供者都有潛在的健康問題。故A項(xiàng)正確。2.解析:選A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的“concluded that gender (性別) is one of the most important things that decide whether or not people will actively care for their elderly parents”可知,決定人們是否會主動照顧老年人的最主要因素是性別。t pass on caring responsibilities to others. author develops the text by ________. social networks of careers people39。s the most important factor to predict if people will actively care for the elderly?. .. . US study finds that ________. a sister makes men less likely to look after their parents are twice as likely as daughters to care for parents in old age and daughters seem to give equal care to their parents are unwilling to leave care173。giving responsibilities to their sisters.”In the UK, the 2011 Census showed that there are now around million people with caring responsibilities, a figure which has risen by a tenth in a decade.But many are doing so at the risk of their health. The census showed that those who provide 50 hours or more of care a week while trying to hold down a full173。50s for the last decade, she calculated that women provide an average of hours a month of care for elderly parents while men offer only hours.“Sons reduce their relative care173。包頭測評)According to a new US study, couples who expect their children to look after them in old age should hope they have daughters because daughters are twice as attentive as sons overall.The research by Angelina Grigoryeva, from Princeton University, found that, while women provide as much care for their elderly parents as they can manage, men do as little as they can get away with and often leave it to female family members.Her analysis of the family networks of 26,000 older Americans concluded that gender (性別) is one of the most important things that decide whether or not people will actively care for their elderly parents.In a paper presented at the annual conference of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, she concludes that simply having a sister makes men likely provide less care.Using data from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study, a study which has been tracking a cross173。故D項(xiàng)正確。5.Which point of view may the author agree to?A.Every effort should be paid back.B.Competition should be encouraged.C.Winning should be a lifeanddeath matter.D.Fear of failure should be removed in petition.答案:D 推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段倒數(shù)第三、四句“Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true petitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one39。s achievement is determined by his particular skills.D.One39。.B.One39。4.What is the similar belief of the true petitors and those with a “desire to fail”?A.One39。根據(jù)“Among”可知,畫線詞是指上文提到的那些強(qiáng)烈譴責(zé)競爭的人。在只注重贏家而不注意普通人的文化價(jià)值觀下,他們強(qiáng)烈譴責(zé)競爭。3.The underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 means ________.A.those who try their best to winB.those who value petition most highlyC.those who are against petition most stronglyD.those who rely on others most for success答案:C 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第一段第二句“Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity.”可知,有人認(rèn)為競爭是社會進(jìn)步和繁榮的動力。故B項(xiàng)正確。根據(jù)文章首句“In modern society there is a great deal of argument about petition.”可知,現(xiàn)代社會關(guān)于競爭有很多爭議。文章首先提出論點(diǎn)“現(xiàn)代社會關(guān)于競爭有很多爭議”,然后詳細(xì)分析了不同人對競爭的不同看法。t try.” What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true petitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the