首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A、Because the children refuse to have parents living with them. B、Because the children can afford to have their own homes. C、Bec
A、Because the children refuse to have parents living with them. B、Because the children can afford to have their own homes. C、Bec
admin
2019-04-25
61
问题
M: But don’t many more parents live apart from their married children than used to be the case?
W: True, but this is because many more young families can afford to own their own homes these days than ever before. In other words, parents and their married children usually live in separate households because they prefer it that way, not because the children refuse to have mum and dad living with them.
M: Is this a good thing, do you think?
W: I think that it’s an excellent arrangement. We all like to keep part of our lives private, even from those we love dearly. I certainly don’t think that it’s a sign of the increased loneliness of old age.
M: Are people’s mental abilities affected by old age?
W: Certain changes do take place as we grow older, but this happens throughout life. These changes are very gradual and happen at different times with different people, but, in general, if you know a person well in his middle age and have seen how he deals with events and problems, you will easily recognize him in old age.
M: So that someone who enjoys new experiences, travel, education, and so on in his middle years will usually continue to do so into old age?
W: Exactly. We have carried out some very interesting experiments in which a group of people aged 60-70 and a group aged 30-40 had to learn the same things. The first thing we discovered was that the young group tended to be quicker at learning than the old group. However, although the old group took longer to learn, eventually, they performed as well as the young group. And when we tested the two groups several weeks later, there was again no difference between the two groups.
M: That’s very interesting indeed. What else did your experiments show?
W: Well, one group of old people agreed to attend evening classes for a year to study English and mathematics. In fact, most of this group became so interested in their studies that they continued them for another year. Anyway, we discovered that they did best in the English classes and that most of them steadily improved their ability to communicate in both the written and the spoken language.
M: What about the group who studied mathematics?
W: Well, that’s a different story. There seems to be no doubt that people find maths more difficult as they grow older. Though why this is so, I cannot say.
M: Perhaps pocket calculators will solve this problem.
W: I think you’re right. In fact, I’m sure that you are.
M: Okay. Time for a commercial. Stay tuned: we’ll be right back.
6. Why are there more parents living apart from their married children now?
7. What’s Professor McKay’s attitude towards more parents living apart from their children?
8. When are people’s mental abilities affected by age?
9. What did Professor McKay’s interesting experiments find?
10. What can’t Professor McKay offer explanation for?
选项
A、Because the children refuse to have parents living with them.
B、Because the children can afford to have their own homes.
C、Because the parents prefer to live in nursing homes now.
D、Because the parents refuse to care for their children any more.
答案
B
解析
本题考查为何更多父母不再和自己已婚的孩子住在一起。访谈中,McKay教授说原因是更多年轻人有能力购买自己的房子,因此选B。A“孩子拒绝与父母一起住”是被McKay教授否定的原因:C“父母更愿意住在疗养院”和D“父母拒绝继续照顾孩子”访谈中未提及。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/aeEK777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Allpeoplehavesomeabilitytomanagetheirhealthandthehealthofthosetheycarefor.Meanwhile,withtheincreasing【S1】___
Allpeoplehavesomeabilitytomanagetheirhealthandthehealthofthosetheycarefor.Meanwhile,withtheincreasing【S1】___
Allpeoplehavesomeabilitytomanagetheirhealthandthehealthofthosetheycarefor.Meanwhile,withtheincreasing【S1】___
Allpeoplehavesomeabilitytomanagetheirhealthandthehealthofthosetheycarefor.Meanwhile,withtheincreasing【S1】___
TherearedifferenttheoriesofLanguageDevelopment.Thelearningperspectivearguesthatchildrenimitatewhattheyseeandh
TherearedifferenttheoriesofLanguageDevelopment.Thelearningperspectivearguesthatchildrenimitatewhattheyseeandh
Communicationisfarmorethanspeechandwriting.Mostofusareawarethatwearecommunicatinginmanydifferentwayseven【S1
Culturesaredifferentbecausethelocationstheyexistinaredifferent.Somepeoplelivinginthedesert,aregoingtolived
随机试题
拥有,具有vt.P______
INN的中文名称是
在选择了主要工艺方案以后,应考虑主要机械设备的选型。主要设备的选型选择,在满足机械功能和生产过程的条件下,应()。
目前,ETF认购资金冻结期间利息按()计算,在银行按季结息后划付给基金管理人。
公司研究决定()时,应当听取公司工会的意见,并通过职工代表大会或者其他形式听取职工的意见和建议。Ⅰ.公司改制Ⅱ.制定重要的规章制度Ⅲ.召开股东大会Ⅳ.经营方面的重大问题
A公司2013年度、2014年度实现的利润总额均为8000万元,所得税采用资产负债表债务法核算,适用的所得税税率为25%。A公司2013年度、2014年度与所得税有关的经济业务如下:(1)A公司2013年发生广告费支出1000万元,发生时已作为销售
根据《民法典》的规定,债务人可以用于抵押担保的财产有()。
Heinspiredmanyyoungpeopletotakeupthesport
Immigrationisasensitivesubjectatthebestoftimes,andthisisnotoneofthem.Theeconomiccrisishasdestroyedmillions
A—limitedliabilityJ—unfaircompetitionB—businessscopeK—wholesalerC—commercialchannels
最新回复
(
0
)