电大学位英语复习资料完形填空

1. 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-and _4 _ story. In fact, family members provide over 80 percent of the care _5 _ elderly people need. Samuel Preston, 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 the _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、handsB、armsC、bodiesD、homes正确答案：A2、A、growingB、grownC、growD、grows正确答案：B3、A、constantB、lastingC、regularD、normal正确答案：C4、A、imaginaryB、imaginableC、imaginativeD、imagery正确答案：A5、A、thatB、thisC、thoseD、these正确答案：A6、A、whenB、howC、whatD、where正确答案：B7、A、commonB、ordinaryC、standardD、average正确答案：D8、A、StillB、HoweverC、MoreoverD、Whereas正确答案：C9、A、beforeB、agoC、laterD、lately正确答案：B10、A、shareB、enjoyC、divideD、consent正确答案：A11、A、personB、peopleC、characterD、man正确答案：B12、A、would B、willC、couldD、can正确答案：C13、A、questionedB、interviewedC、inquiredD、interrogate正确答案：B14、A、inB、upC、onD、off正确答案：C15、A、admirationB、initiativeC、necessityD、obligation正确答案：D16、A、causeB、enableC、makeD、get正确答案：C17、A、someoneB、anyoneC、everyoneD、anybody正确答案：A18、A、elderlyB、dependentC、dependableD、independent正确答案：B19、A、similarlyB、differentlyC、mutuallyD、certainly正确答案：C20、A、involvedB、excludedC、includedD、considered正确答案：A2. Reading involves looking at graphic symbols and formulating mentally the sounds and ideas they represent. Concepts of reading have changed _1_ over the centuries. During the 1950s especially, increased attention has been devoted to _2_ and describing the reading process. _3_specialists agree that reading _4_ a complex organization of higher mental _5_, they disagree _6_ the exact nature of the process. Some experts, who regard language primarily as a code using symbols to represent sounds, _7_ reading as simply the decoding of symbols to the sounds they stand _8_.These authorities _9_ that meaning, being concerned with thinking, must be taught independently of the decoding process. Others maintain that reading is _10_ related to thinking, and that a child who pronounces sounds without _11_ their meaning is not truly reading. The reader, _12_ to some, is not just a person with a theoretical ability to read but one who _13_ reads.Many adults, although they have the ability to read, have never read a book in its _14_ . By some experts they would not be _15_ as readers. Clearly, the philosophy, objectives, methods and materials of reading will depend on the definition one uses. By the most _16_ and satisfactory definition, reading is the ability to _17_ the sound symbols code of the language, to interpret meaning for various _18_, at various rates, and at various levels of difficulty, and to do _19_ widely and enthusiastically. _20_ short, reading is the interpretation of ideas through the use of symbols representing sounds and ideas.1、A、substantivelyB、substantiallyC、substitutivelyD、subjectively正确答案：B2、A、distributingB、promotingC、definingD、reporting正确答案：C3、A、AlthoughB、IfC、UnlessD、Until正确答案：A4、A、involvesB、takesC、revealsD、invites正确答案：A5、A、opinionsB、effectsC、mannersD、functions正确答案：D6、A、ofB、aboutC、forD、into正确答案：B7、A、viewB、l