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When my mother’s health was failing, I was the "bad" sister who lived far away and wasn’t involved. My sister helped my parents.
When my mother’s health was failing, I was the "bad" sister who lived far away and wasn’t involved. My sister helped my parents.
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2022-11-05
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When my mother’s health was failing, I was the "bad" sister who lived far away and wasn’t involved. My sister helped my parents. She never asked me to do anything, and I didn’t【C1】________I was widowed, raising kids and working, but that wasn’t really【C2】________I kept to weekly calls and short, infrequent visits. I was【C3】________in my adolescent role as the indifferent achiever, defending myself【C4】________my judgmental mother and other family craziness. As always, I turned a deaf ear to my sister’s【C5】________about my not being around more—and I didn’t hear her rising desperation. It wasn’t until my mom’s【C6】________, watching my dad and sister【C7】________each other and weep, that I got a【C8】________of their long painful experience—and how badly I’d behaved.
My sister was so furious, she【C9】________spoke to me during my father’s last years. To be honest, I’m not a terrible person. So how did I get it so【C10】________?
We hear a lot about the【C11】________of taking care of our graying population. But the big story beneath the surface is the psychological crisis among middle-aged brothers and sisters who are fighting【C12】________ issues involving their aging parents. According to a new survey, an【C13】________43.5 million adults in the U.S. are【C14】________an older relative or friend. Of these, 43% said they did not feel they had a【C15】________in this role. And although 7 in 10 said another unpaid caregiver had provided help in the past year, only 1 in 10 said the burden was【C16】________equally.
As brothers and sisters who are often separated【C17】________and emotionally, we are having to come together to decide such【C18】________issues as where Mom and Dad should live and where they should be【C19】________. "It’s like being put down with your brothers and sisters in the center of a nuclear reactor and being told, ’Figure it【C20】________,’" says University of Colorado psychologist Sara Honn Quails.
【C5】
选项
A、criticisms
B、demonstrations
C、beliefs
D、proposals
答案
A
解析
上下文语义题及名词辨义。上文作者一直围绕“在母亲健康每况愈下的情况下却置身事外”进行叙述,结合空格后的my not being around more(不常在身边陪伴),可推断my sister对我的行为是持抱怨或批评的态度,A项criticisms“批评”符合语义。此空格填入的名词被介词短语about my not being around more所修饰,C项belief“信仰”和D项proposal“提议”代入句中语义不通顺,可首先排除。B项demonstrations“证明”代入句中虽然意思通顺,但与上下文内容衔接不上。文中并未提到my sister要证明“我不在母亲身边陪伴”的相关内容,因此排除。
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