2009年考研英语考前三套题(二).docVIP

考研英语模拟二 Section Ⅰ Use of EnglishDirections：Read the following text. Choose the best word（s） for each numbered blank and mark A， B， C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. （10 points） In the United States， older people rarely live with their adult children. But in many other cultures children are expected to care1their aged parents. In some parts of Italy， the percentage of adult children who2with their parents 3 65 to 70 percent. In Thailand， too， children are expected to take care of their elderly parents； few Thai elderly live4.What explains these differences in living arrangements5cultures？ Modernization theory6the 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 people7in8rural 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，9a strong tradition of intergenerational living. Clearly， economic development alone cannot explain10living arrangements.Another theory associated intergenerational living arrangements with inheritance patterns. In some cultures， the stem family pattern of inheritance11.12 this system， parents live with a married child， usually the oldest son， who then13their property when they die. The stem family system was once common in Japan， but changes in inheritance laws，14broader social changes brought15by industrialization and urbanization， have16the17. In 1960 about 80 percent of Japanese over 65 lived with their children； by 1990 only 60 percent did—a figure that is still high18U. S. standards， but which has been19steadily. 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 sti