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  3. In America, older people rarely live with their adult children. But in many other cultures children are expected to care【C1】____

In America, older people rarely live with their adult children. But in many other cultures children are expected to care【C1】____

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问题     In America, older people rarely live with their adult children. But in many other cultures children are expected to care【C1】______their aged parents. In some parts of Italy, the percentage of adult children who【C2】______with their parents【C3】______65% to 70%. In Thailand, too, children are expected to look after their elderly parents; few Thai elderly live【C4】______. What explains these differences in living arrangements across cultures? Modernization theory【C5】______the extended family to low levels of economic development. In traditional societies, the elderly live with their children in large extended family units for economic reasons.【C6】______with modernization, children move to urban areas,【C7】______old people after in【C8】______rural areas. Yet modernization theory can’t explain why such households were never common in America or England, or why families in fully modernized Italy【C9】______a strong tradition of intergenerational living. Clearly, economic development alone cannot explain【C10】______living arrangements.
    Another theory associated intergenerational living arrangements with inheritance【C11】______. In some cultures, the stem family pattern of inheritance overtakes.【C12】______this system, parents live with a married child, usually the oldest son, who then【C13】______their property when they die. The stem family system was once common in Japan, but changes in inheritance laws,【C14】______broader social changes brought【C15】______by industrialization and urbanization, have【C16】______the usage. In 1960 about 80% of Japanese over 65 lived with their children; by 1990 only 60%【C17】______— a figure that is still high【C18】______American standards, but which has been【C19】______steadily. In Korea, too, traditional living arrangements are【C20】______: the percentage of aged Koreans who live with a son declined from 77% in 1984 to 50% just 10 years later.
【C9】
选项 A、maintain
B、promote
C、conserve
D、support
答案A
解析 根据上下文的意思，可知本句意为：但是“现代化理论”却无法解释为什么几代同堂的居住方式从来没有在美国或英国普遍存在，而已经完全现代化的意大利仍然保留着几代人住在一起的传统，故[A]maintain为答案。[C]conserve为强干扰项，虽然与maintain同义，但它强调的是“谨慎合理地使用现有的珍贵东西”，含有一旦用完就难再补充之意，故排除。
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