It is often observed that the aged spend much time thinking and talking about their past lives, 【21】______ about the future. Th

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问题      It is often observed that the aged spend much time thinking and talking about their past lives, 【21】______  about the future. These reminiscences are not simply random or trivial memories, 【22】______  is their purpose merely to make conversation. The old person’s recollections of the past help to 【23】______  an identity that is becoming increasingly fragile: 【24】______  any role that brings respect or any goal that might provide 【25】______  to the future, the individual mentions their past as a reminder to listeners, that here was a life 【26】______  living. 【27】______ , the memories form part of a continuing life 【28】______ , in which the old person 【29】______  the events and experiences of the years gone by and 【30】______  on the overall meaning of his or her own almost completed life.
      As the life cycle 【31】______  to its close, the aged must also learn to accept the reality of their own impending (即将发生的) death. 【32】______  this task is made difficult by the fact that death is almost a 【33】______  subject in the United States. The mere discussion of death is often regarded as 【34】______ . As adults many of us find the topic frightening and are 【35】______  to think about it—and certainly not to talk about it 【36】______  the presence of someone who is dying. Death has achieved this taboo 【37】______  only in the modern industrial societies. There seems to be an important reason for our reluctance to 【38】______  the idea of death. It is the very fact that death remains 【39】______  our control; it is almost the only one of the natural processes 【40】______  is so.
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选项 A、keeps
B、draws
C、inclines
D、tends

答案B

解析 此题属于词语搭配题。draw to a close表示“接近结束”,符合句意,其他选项虽均可搭配 to,但语意不符。选项A keep(to)表示“遵守诺言,坚持”,例如:For heaven’s sake,let’s keep to the point or we’ll never reach any decisions.选项C incline(to sth./to do)表示“倾向于”,例如:I incline to disagree with you on that point.选项D tend(to
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